The (free) downloadable Microsoft book "Deployment for the Office 2007 release" currently (as of 13th June 2007) has the wrong package codes in the section "run setup from the local installatio… Read More

Easiest and quickest way to uninstall a product is to amend the a Config.xml file as follows: <Configuration Product="Product Name"> <Display Level="none"/> <Setting Id="SETUP_REBO… Read More

In addition to the MSDN distributing a retail copy (see above OCT error), Action Pack subscribers are also receiving a retail copy. Read More

In addition to notes listed above, here are specific registry keys that can be used to stop the Opt-In Wizard appearing for all users. It uses the HKLM to HKCU mechanism built in to Office 200… Read More

I've tried every reg setting I could find on the web in the OCT; however, only one successfully worked one time. That setting was actually listed on Microsoft's site. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Softwar… Read More

There's also a bug in the Common Feed List group policy. The "Synchronize Outlook RSS Feeds with Common Feed List" setting is not set correctly in the Office Customization Tool and in the Grou… Read More

So i'll share a little of what I've learned with Office 2007 - Not sure if this is documented anywhere but here goes... The registry key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\User… Read More

If you want to uninstall Office 2007: 1: Run setup.exe /uninstall. 2: You need to edit the config.xml file in the product folder you wish to uninstall. 3: Make sure the package folder is dif… Read More

This is the message you get when you first run Outlook 2007 if you're not going to install Windows Desktop Search. [Windows Desktop Search is not currently installed or not up to date. Outlo… Read More

You can also specify the product to be installed by using the /config switch: setup.exe /adminfile custom.msp /config ProPlus.WW\config.xml You don't have to modify the config.xml but there a… Read More

Office 07-My quick summary, Microsoft really wants you to install Windows Desktop Search. It takes up extra resources. Here is how to disable the Warning notification about Windows Desktop not… Read More

After you create the .msp file you can deploy the setup out like this: "setup.exe" /adminfile "office.msp" Read More

The registry entries work great to get rid of the Privacy Options when the application is first opened, but to get rid of the option to go to Office Updates at the end of the install, you must … Read More

To remove privacy option popup, set the following values in the registry: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\User Settings\Product code] "Count"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_… Read More

I have found it better to first uninstall Office 2003 before installing Office 2007 when Office 2003 has been deployed through GPO. I noticed that even though Office 2003 is gone its shortcuts… Read More

Retail 2007 Office products do not support the /admin switch (that provides the new Office Customization Tool (formerly Custom Installation Wizard)) as it does not include the files that make u… Read More

The successor of the famous Office Resource Kit Tools (ORK) to customize the Office installation is now called Office Customization Tool (OCT) and is included within the original setup so you d… Read More

If you deployed a previous version of Office in a large organization, you probably ran Setup.exe from your source media with the /a command-line option to extract compressed installation files … Read More