TUTORIAL: Auto-Insert Product Key during Office Installation

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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

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:

Is this applicable to 2003 also ?

I don't hv Office 2003 Setup, so can't check it!

But this trick works for Office 2000 and XP......

thanx man

is there anything similar for windows installation ?

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alibi

YES!
Why not

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 said:
Is this applicable to 2003 also ?

yes it is applicable to office-2003

coz i have the cd with inbuilt cd-keys

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

@alib_i - gr8 question

hah ... i wanted that ..
thanks vishal .. you're the man !

QwertyManiac said:
@alib_i - gr8 question

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alibi

My pleasure :wink: