TUTORIAL: Auto-Insert Product Key during Office Installation

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Vishal Gupta

Vishal Gupta

Microsoft MVP
To Auto-Insert Product Key in Office Setup:

For this U hv to edit "Setup.ini" file and add PIDKEY= <product_key_without_dashes> in [Options] section, as following:

Code: 
[Options]
PIDKEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
U'll find Setup.ini file in direct root of CD in case of Office 2000 and in case of Office XP, u'll find it in FILES\SETUP folder.

From now whenever u'll run the setup, the Product-Key will be auto-inserted :D

PS: Remember there must be no Dashes between Product key's digits.

Source : I read it in a DIGIT edition and noted down it. Now I'm sharing it with u guys :wink:
 
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Vishal Gupta

Vishal Gupta

Microsoft MVP
YES!
Why not :D

Auto-Insert Product Key in Windows 9x (95, 98, Me, etc):

Create a text file, named "MSBATCH.INF" in the root of the setup and add folowing lines:

Code: 
; MSBATCH.INF
;
; Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Microsoft Corporation.
; All rights reserved.
;

[BatchSetup]
Version=3.0 (32-bit)
SaveDate=<any_date_or_the_date_when_u_create_the_file> (like 12/03/05)

[Version]
Signature = "$CHICAGO$"

[Setup]
ProductKey="xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx" (Remember with Dashes)


Auto-Insert Product Key in Windows XP or 2000:

For this create a file named "WINNT.SIF" in "i386" folder of Setup and add following lines:

Code: 
[UserData]
ProductKey = "xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx"

PS: Actually these files are part of unattended Setup of Winodws and there r many options similar to this one.
 
QwertyManiac

QwertyManiac

Commander in Chief
Wow ! The XP one is quite handy for quick hassle less installations.. thankx a looooooootttttt for that.

@alib_i - gr8 question ;)
 
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