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How to: Office2k disc that auto fills in the serial field?

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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?

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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.

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

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Install Office 2000 (2K) without inputting a product key – How To make a CD that automatically fills in your product ID follow the steps below:

 

Copy the contents of your Office 2000 CD to a folder on your Hard Drive

 

In the root directory will be a SETUP.INI file, edit this file

 

Find the [OPTIONS] section, add a line PIDKEY=(your product key no dashes)

 

Now burn the contents onto a blank CD. Windows will now install without the need for you to insert the product key.

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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! laugh

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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.

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