RE: office 2003 deployment - too general of a error message

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I have my command line as:

setuppro.exe /qb- TRANSFORMS="DPDefault.MST" REBOOT=ReallySuppress /m off11

I have the transform in the same directory as the package.

"BookerW" wrote:

> ok, i take it back, her is the description o nthe error message:
>
> ERROR_INSTALL_TRANSFORM_
> FAILURE 1624 Error applying transforms. Verify that
> the specified transform paths are valid.
>
> But now my question is, i have the program set to download to the client's
> computer. I have the command line as follows
>
> setup.exe transforms=C:\SMSsourcefiles\office2003\Upgradeto2003.MST /qb-
>
> That .mst file is on the site server in that location. When it downloads
> the source files to the client machine does it need or take the mst file with
> it, or is the ransform file applied from the sms site server?
>
> Help
>
>
> "BookerW" wrote:
>
> > The program for advertisement "P002004D" failed ("P000000B" - "office 2k3 w
> > upgrade transform"). A failure exit code of 1624 was returned.
> > User context: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
> >
> > Possible cause: Systems Management Server (SMS) determines status for each
> > program it executes. If SMS cannot find or correlate any installation status
> > Management Information Format (MIF) files for the program, it uses the
> > program's exit code to determine status. An exit code of 1624 is considered a
> > failure.
> > Solution: For more information on the exit code, refer to the documentation
> > for the program you are distributing.
> >
> > Does anyone know the specific cause of such an error. It seems so vague!
> >
.

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