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When we try to install office 2007 which is 32 bit installation on a windows server with terminal services enabled you will be getting the following errors

Error Information :

Loaded Dll : \\sbc-netapp01\Install\microsoft\Sv_office_ent_2007\Enterprise.WW\OSETUP.DLL.

How to Check for prerequisite Microsoft .Net framework 2.0 installed on the machine before installation ?

1. Create your Office customization by running

setup.exe /admin

Which will open up the Office Customization tool

2. Select Create a new Office Professional Plus 2007 option

3. Take the settings as you want in the following set of options available

 a) Setup
 b) Features
 c) Additional Content
 d) Outlook

How to register a dll using Msiexec.exe /y and Msiexec.exe /z

1. Go to File Section where the file is present
2. Double click the file
3. Goto Self registration tab
4. Selct the registration Method as "Use order Specified below"
5. Hit ok

Goto MSi Script section and you can find corresponding custom action for registeration .

Error 1603 is a generic machine-specific issue .

One or more of the following fixes may resolve the error .

Msi error 1622 during an installation and uninstallation of an msi .

Cause : Error in writing a log file 

Example :  This Error may occur if we give a folder which is not present during installation or uninstallation

Msiexec /i Xtrader.msi /l*v c:\temp\install\ins.log

How to Uninstall CS3 Before Installing CS4 release of fireworks

1. Copy the uninstall.xml to "%TEMP%\XML\uninstall.xml"

2. Check for the existence of C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Installers\bbef028176efa5abf0233d3e1747be8

3. Run the Setup.exe --mode=silent --deploymentFile="%TEMP%\XML\uninstall.xml" --skipProcessCheck=1

Microsoft Best Practices on Component Rules

We need to keep the following points when we create components in Wise package Studio

We Can cusomise the rules by going into Component rules -> modify

• Match components in previous versions of the .MSI
• Add all executable files to their own components