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abitzos

Posts:9

07/08/2008 12:22 AM
Can anyone help me? During a test deployment process I receive the following message: 'During the deployment process, 1 errors and 0 warnings were reported. Details... Application MS Office 2003 Standard returned an unexpected return code: 2. This is a very vague error message, can anyone help me? Thanks.

JCadavid

Posts:64

07/08/2008 1:39 PM
Are you using a transform to customize your install? What does your command look like?

melvin

Posts:1

08/26/2008 2:46 PM
I am doing a deployment of Windows XP Professional w/Office 2003 Professional using MDT running off server 2008. I have also encountered this error. I am using a TRANSFORM that looks like this: setuppro.exe TRANSFORMS="K:\Distribution\Applications\Microsoft Office 2003 Professional\New CustomSetup.MST" /qb- I am still at a loss as to how to correct this issue and get Office 2003 to install properly. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

jbrixey

Posts:18

09/08/2008 2:09 PM
Try placing your transform in the same directory as your application (if it is not already, although it appears that you do have it there). Unless you are mapping a drive via a command before you start the office install task sequence, you don't have a k: drive. If you place the transform in the same directory all you need in the command line of the application details is: setuppro.exe transforms="tranformfile.mst" /qb- (or whatever options you use). Don't specify a path in the transform file name, just the tranform file name, as the path will be assumed to be relative when the task sequence executes the application installation script.

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