[GTwannabe]

The company I work for has a site license for Office 2000. My department does quite a few office installs/reinstalls. The copies of office I burn don't last very long because they get scratched to all hell.

I have our corporate serial number memorized, but it's a pain for the other guys to type it in every single time they install. Is there a way to make our serial key automatically fill in the fields when the installer starts up?

[adamvjackson]

Why don't you copy the contents of the CD to a folder on your domain, one that only you and other admins can access, and install from there? You'll have to check, but I know you can install 2k without entering a cd key by creating an unattended ini file... That feature probably exists in Office 2k as well.

[clutch]

This link should cover you question:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q284273&

Be sure to read through it first, and then make your decision on how to deploy it across your network.

[Logos302]

The other options is to buy a copy of ghost and do the install once and never worry about it..

[adamvjackson]

[DosFreak]

It's best to make your Office an administrative install off the network AND THEN MAKE SURE NO ONE HAS ANY OFFICE CD'S EXCEPT FOR A BURNED COPY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE INSTALL! HEED MY WORDS!

[clutch]

Plus if you install it from the network (as mentioned in the link) you can centrally manage the patches and push out updates via Active Directory and/or scripting. You can also install on demand without needing the CD all the time.