Re: Upgrade Office 2003 via GPO

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From: Matjaz Ladava [MVP] (matjaz_at_ladava.com)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:52:55 +0200

That is about it. check Office 2003 RK and try out custom instalation
wizard. Otherwise this is what you should do. I just did this today for a
small company. Everything went smoothly :-). They have not called yet :-S 

-- 
Regards
Matjaz Ladava
MVP Windows Server - Directory Services
matjaz@ladava.com, matjazl@mvps.org
"Sam" <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:52216790-4657-4F2B-B04C-C21244E9412D@microsoft.com...
> Thanks,
>
> If I 'm not wrong I will have to:
>
> 1. Create transform to Office 2003 administrative install and set to 
> remove
> all previous office installation.
> 2. Delete the user configuration of the previous office deployment.
> 3. Create computer configuration for office 2003 deployment to all the
> computers.
>
> "Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Good evening all!
>>
>> I think that Matjaz meant that you would have to Advance Assign the 
>> package
>> to the computer configuration side of things.... ;-)
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Cary
>>
>>
>> "Matjaz Ladava [MVP]" <matjaz@ladava.com> wrote in message
>> news:e9XHQOiiEHA.3664@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> > Use Office 2003 Administrator toolkit (from office 2003 resource kit) 
>> > to
>> > create transformation file, where you can instruct to remove any 
>> > previous
>> > office version during office 2003 instalation. Next you have to stop
>> > advertising Office XP trough user settings and next create a publishing
>> > package for office 2003 with transformation file (use advanced option). 
>> > It
>> > did work for me.
>> >
>> > -- 
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > Matjaz Ladava
>> > MVP Windows Server - Directory Services
>> > matjaz@ladava.com, matjazl@mvps.org
>> >
>> > "Sam" <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:D95CD1E2-2723-4179-8B6F-C0BDDA7B1090@microsoft.com...
>> > >I previously assigned Office XP via the GPO to User Configuration and 
>> > >now
>> I
>> > > would like to upgrade the Application to Office 2003 via GPO but to
>> > > Computer
>> > > Configuration.
>> > >
>> > > I would like to know how could I accomplise this? Thanks.
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>

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