Sunday, January 23, 2011

Windows installer cannot be accessed

Reinstall the Windows Installer
To reinstall the Windows Installer, rename the damaged Windows Installer files, and then reinstall the Windows Installer. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open text box, and then click OK.
2. Type cd %windir%\system32, and then press ENTER.
3. Type attrib -r -s -h dllcache, and then press ENTER.
4. Type ren msi.dll msi.old, and then press ENTER.
5. Type ren msiexec.exe msiexec.old, and then press ENTER.
6. Type ren msihnd.dll msihnd.old, and then press ENTER.
7. Type exit, and then press ENTER.
8. At the command prompt, type exit, and then press ENTER.
9. Click Start, and then click Turn off computer or Shut Down.
10. Select the Restart option, and then click OK, or click Restart.
11. Log on to the computer.
12. Download and install the latest version of the Windows Installer. For more information about

how to obtain the Windows Installer, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
893803 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893803/ ) Windows Installer 3.1 v2 (3.1.4000.2435) is available
13. Click Start, and then click Turn off computer or Shut Down.
14. Select the Restart option, and then click OK, or click Restart.

Log on to the computer.
Click Start, click Run, type msiexec /regserver in the Open text box, and then click OK.

Thanks Microsoft

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Ms office 2003 sp3 slipstreaming

1. Insert the Office System (2003) CD into your drive, from the "Start" button select "Run" and type

d:\setup.exe /a

This is going to start the install process of Office 2003. You'll be presented with the option of where you want the files to go (I chose "C:\Office2003"), and you'll be asked to enter your CD key.


After entering the CD key, you'll be presented with the End User License Agreement. Accept it then continue.

It's going to appear to be installing, but in fact your files are being copied over to your hard drive.

The completion window will pop up and the entire Office 2003 CD is now copied to your hard drive.

2. Extract the Service Pack files

office2003SP3-KB923618-FullFile-ENU.exe /t:c:\Office2003SP3 /c

All the office2003Sp3 files are copied to c:\office2003sp3 folder

then

Start the "Run" command from your "Start" menu again. Enter the following command:

msiexec /p c:\Office2003SP3\MAINSP3.msp /a c:\Office2003\PRO11.MSI shortfilenames=true /qb

office sp3 is updated to folder c:\office2003.

office 2007 compatibility pack Deploying via Group Policy

First, download fileformatconverters.exe from Microsoft Website

create one blank directory name temp
then extract using the command

fileformatconverters.exe /extract:c:\temp\

Copy the files O12Conv.CAB and O12Conv.MSI to a shared folder on your server.

then goto the desired deploying ou and select group policy create new group policy.

Expand out the Computers Configuration and select the Software Settings > Software Installation.
Right-click in the right hand pane and select New > Package.
Browse to the package on the file share you are going to use and select the O12Conv.MSI

Once you have pressed OK you will find the package in your GPO.