SUMMARY

This explains the supported installation techniques for deploying Office 2003.

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These techniques are used for installing Office 2003 on a workstation:
• Run Setup from an Office 2003 CD-ROM.
• Run Setup from a server where a network image or Administrative install or compressed CD image of Office 2003 is stored. This image adds tools that large organizations may utilize to run the Office Setup program, for example, Systems Management Server (SMS).
• Utilize Group Policy to allocate or publish Office 2003 for PCs with Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003.
Two additional techniques for installing Office 2003 include:
• Create and allocate a custom CD-ROM that is based on the Office 2003 CD-ROM.
• Generate a hard-disk image, and then duplicate it on the users PCs.
To create a system image that includes Office 2003, follow these steps:
1. Do a clean installation of the operating system. Office 2003 needs Windows 2000, service pack 3 (SP3) or later, and Windows XP or later.
2. Do a neat installation of Office 2003 with the aspects and preferences that you would like.
3. Create a system image (copy) of the PC. This image can be either a partition image or a full hard disk image.
4. You can then restore the system image onto the target PCs.

eneral Guidelines for Troubleshooting Installation of Office

Use the following methods to troubleshoot problems that you are having when you install Office:

• Determine whether the problem happens only on single PC.

For this, reinstall Office on the problem PC by using technique that you used to install the current installation of Office. If the problem is not solved, run Setup.

• Determine whether the problem happens on multiple PCs or many users.

For this, run Setup on other PC, or log on to the PC as a user, and then run Setup. If the problem is solved, the earlier method of installing Office is failed. If you used a third-party utility, contact the company of that utility.