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Subject: A couple of queries since deployment
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mrp21User is Offline

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08/28/2008 5:12 AM  

Hi,

I'm using MDT2008 and testing an XP deployment with Office 2003.

The problems I am getting are:

 

1. Microsoft Office 2003 doesn't install and comes up with return error code: 3

2. I need to uninstall Windows Messenger from the Add & Remove Windows components before the deployment but have no idea how it is removed from the installation process

3. How would I put certain internal web pages in the trusted zones on the internet settings so that I wouldn't need to manually do that once the deployment is complete?

 

I hope this is making sense. I'm new to MDT2008 (infact to the whole deployment process) and picking this project up part way through

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09/08/2008 1:56 PM  
For question 1 I am not sure what might be causing that issue. Can you manually install Office with your transforms (if any) from the deployment share once your system is up and running (after your task sequences complete and you get the final summary window)? If not I would start there. Try mapping a drive to your deploymentshare$\applications directory and running the installation. If it installs normally, then the problem probably exists in the way you configured the application in the workbench, check the syntax on the details tab of the application properties.

For question 2, customize the sysprep.ini file of your operating system, the help file for sysprep will tell you what entries you need to put in it to disable/remove messenger from the OS install. That can be done on the OS Info tab of the task sequence properties in the workbench.

For question 3, I would recommend using group policies on your domain instead of trying to do this with MDT. Much easier, but if you really need to, you might consider running a command line task in the STATE RESTORE phase of your task sequence that executes a script to accomplish this. You can find a script that adds sites to trusted zone in IE by Googling it, but the best option is to do it via a GPO.
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