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What's New in Installation
Creating an Administrative Installation Point
Distributing a Custom CD
Creating a Hard Disk Image
See also

Microsoft® Project 2002 provides you with the flexibility to customize and install it in a number of different ways. The simplest methods of installing a customized version of Microsoft Project include creating an administrative installation point on the network or distributing a customized version of the Microsoft Project CD.

Deploying Microsoft Project from an administrative installation point gives you the most flexibility and control over the installation process. After you install the files on a network share, you can determine how much users should interact with Setup and which Microsoft Project features should be available to them. You can specify default settings for most options, and even chain additional Microsoft Windows® Installer packages to the Microsoft Project installation. Users can run Setup from the network or from the Microsoft Project CD, or you can distribute Microsoft Project by using a hard disk image or management services tool such as Microsoft Systems Management Server.

You can use the following methods to install Microsoft Project:

  • Create an administrative installation point from which you can deploy Microsoft Project across a network
  • Distribute a custom CD to laptop users or users who may have a slow network connection
  • Include Microsoft Project on a hard disk image

What's New in Installation

The installation process for Microsoft Project 2002 has been significantly improved over previous versions. Along with an improved Setup process, new tools and enhancements to existing tools provide the best means for managing the deployment of Microsoft Project 2002 within a corporate environment.

Intelligent Installation

Microsoft Windows Installer has been improved to handle more tasks than in previous versions. You can choose from several new properties to perform customization tasks.

See Also

Microsoft Project 2002 Setup has a number of features that make installation easier and more flexible. For more information about Microsoft Project Setup, see the Setup Program resource kit article.

Custom Installation Wizard

Several enhancements have been made to the Custom Installation Wizard (Custwiz.exe), including improvements to the following sections:

New wizard pages

There are several new pages available in the Custom Installation Wizard, but the following two pages offer advantages not previously available:

  • Change Office User Settings
  • Specify Security Settings
Enhanced user interface

Several changes were made to the Custom Installation Wizard to make it easier to use—including improvements to the names and descriptive text for controls and labels in the user interface.

New installation state—Not Available, Hidden, Locked

To help administrators enforce an installation state that a user cannot change, the Not Available, Hidden, Locked installation state is provided to curb the ability of users to change the configuration administrators have set for applications and their features.

New options on the Set Feature Installation States page

Due to new installation capabilities and requests from administrators, the following capabilities have been added to control how Microsoft Project is installed:

  • Do not Migrate Previous Installation State
  • Disable Installed on First Use
  • Disable Run from Network
Ability to remove files with a transform

You can now remove files from a user's computer by using a transform. Previously, you could only add files with a transform.

Ability to remove registry entries with a transform

You can now remove registry entry branches, keys, or values from a user's computer by using a transform. Previously, you could only add them in the transform.

Enhanced Help

An integrated Help file is available from the Custom Installation Wizard, Custom Maintenance Wizard, and the Profile Wizard. This file contains the core information you will need to use these tools to configure Microsoft Project, including property information, Setup.ini information, and a "special issues" section.

New format for MST and MSI files

Due to the differences between Microsoft Project 2000 and Microsoft Project 2002, there is a new MSI file format. This change also forced a change to the MST file format. Because of these changes, you cannot use the previous release of the Custom Installation Wizard with the new file formats; you must use the new release of the wizard.

Ability to install Visual Basic for Applications as a feature of Microsoft Project

You'll need to see the Help for the Custom Installation Wizard (Custom10.hlp) for specifics about this enhancement. Microsoft Visual Basic® for Applications is a sensitive component of Microsoft Project, and requires extra understanding by administrators. See the Help available from the Set Feature Installation States page or from the Specify Project Security Settings page of the wizard for detailed information.

Customize Internet Explorer 5.01 Installation Options pages appears only when customizing the OSP.msi file

Due to the new method of installing Microsoft Project and upgrading system files, there is a corresponding update to how Office-related components are installed—specifically, how Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 is installed, and how you customize it for your own use.

New properties in the Modify Setup Properties page

There are several new properties you can configure. It is advised that you read Setuppref.doc, from the Office XP Resource Kit, for information on all the properties you can use. Setuppref.doc is installed by default when you run Office XP Resource Kit Setup.

See Also

For more information about using the Custom Installation Wizard, see the Custom Installation Wizard resource kit article.

Profile Wizard

The Microsoft Project 2002 Profile Wizard is capable of doing all the things it could do for Microsoft Project 2000 — and more. Improvements include the following:

  • New Profile Wizard INI files
  • New Profile Wizard templates that allow you to set system policies are available for download from the Microsoft Project 2002 Resource Kit Toolbox
  • The ability to selectively save or restore settings for specific Office applications
  • Like the Save My Settings Wizard, the Profile Wizard can now restore the configuration settings for any selected application or applications
  • The ability to manage most user-interface settings of the wizard through command-line parameters
  • The ability to set the Profile Wizard to use and set almost all user-interface options through the command line

See Also

For more information on using the Profile Wizard to deploy Microsoft Project 2002, see the Profile Wizard resource kit article.

Creating an Administrative Installation Point

The most common method of deploying a customized version of Microsoft Project to a large number of users is to create a central copy of Microsoft Project on a network server. Users can then install Microsoft Project on their computers from the network. This method provides a number of advantages over having users install Microsoft Project individually from the Microsoft Project 2002 CD:

  • You can manage one set of Microsoft Project files from a central location
  • You can create a standard set of Microsoft Project features and options for all users
  • You can take advantage of flexible installation options, such as setting features to be installed on first use
  • You can have more control when you upgrade Microsoft Project in the future

When you install Microsoft Project from a network server, you must first create an administrative installation point and customize your version of Microsoft Project Setup. Then, you run Setup on users' computers.

See Also

For more information on creating an administrative installation point and deploying Microsoft Project 2002 from that installation point, see the Customizing Setup resource kit article.

Distributing a Custom CD

Users who travel out of the office and rely on laptop or portable computers often work with network connections that are intermittent, slow, or unreliable. When you deploy Microsoft Project 2002 to laptop computers, there are several recommended methods and settings that minimize users' reliance on the network and make installing and maintaining Microsoft Project more efficient.

For example, because some features in Microsoft Project may be set to Installed on First Use by default, laptop users or users with slow network connections might find that they need an additional feature when their Microsoft Project CD is back at the office and out of reach. You can ensure that the source is always available by providing customized copies of the Microsoft Project CD.

Important You must obtain the proper user licenses before copying, modifying, or distributing a customized version of the Microsoft Project CD. For more information about licensing, see your Microsoft reseller.

The process of customizing the Microsoft Project CD is similar to the process of customizing an administrative installation point. First, you edit the Setup settings file or create a Windows Installer transform (MST file) to use with Setup. However, instead of customizing an administrative installation point on the network, you copy the contents of the Microsoft Project CD to your hard disk. After modifying the Microsoft Project installation with your settings, you save and distribute copies of your custom CD to your users.

Copying the Microsoft Project CD

If you want to create a custom CD as a source, do not run Setup with the /a command-line option to create an administrative installation point. Instead, copy the folders on the Microsoft Project 2002 CD directly to the network and use this image to create the duplicates.

After you copy the contents of the Microsoft Project CD to a network share, the process of customizing a Microsoft Project CD image is similar to customizing an administrative image. For example, you can use the Custom Installation Wizard and the Setup INI Customization Wizard, if you point the wizards to the MSI file on the compressed image. You can also customize files that reside outside of any CAB files, such as the OPC file used by Setup or by the Removal Wizard, to remove previous versions.

Select a folder on your hard disk with at least 204 megabytes (MB) of free space, and copy the complete folder hierarchy and files from the Microsoft Project CD to that folder. Make sure that you also have also copied all hidden folders. This step creates an exact copy of the CD contents. You can customize this copy before using it to create custom copies of the Microsoft Project CD.

To create a custom Microsoft Project CD
  1. If you haven't already done so, copy the entire contents, including hidden files, of the Microsoft Project CD to a network share; the complete CD image for both Microsoft Project Standard and Microsoft Project Professional requires approximately 350 MB of disk space.
  1. Customize the CD image by creating one or more transforms and modifying Setup.ini.
  1. Copy the image on your hard disk onto a CD, and distribute copies to users.

Copying and Distributing Your Custom CD

After you have customized your copy of the CD on disk, you can use this copy to create CDs for your users. The CD that you create can be used in the same way as the original Microsoft Project CD, except that Setup runs with your modifications.

See Also

For more information about deploying Microsoft Project 2002 to traveling users, see the Supporting Traveling User resource kit article.

For more information about the Setup command line, the Setup settings file, and Setup properties, see the Customizing Setup resource kit article.

For more information on advanced customizations and using the Custom Installation Wizard, see the Custom Installation Wizard resource kit article.

Creating a Hard Disk Image

Some organizations deploy a complete user system at one time, including Windows software, device drivers, Office applications, and custom settings. In this scenario, you install the entire system onto a test computer, and then you create an image of the hard disk to distribute to users' computers.

Installing Microsoft Project 2002 with a complete user system is almost as fast as installing Microsoft Project by itself —it is a particularly efficient way to configure a new computer, or to restore a computer to its original state. When you distribute the hard disk image to users, everything on the computer is replaced by your custom configuration, so users must back up any documents or other files they want to keep.

After you have installed and configured all the system software on the test computer, run Microsoft Project Setup to install Microsoft Project. Set the NOUSERNAME property on the Setup command line so that a user name is not defined during installation. This step allows users to enter their own user names the first time they run Microsoft Project.

If you plan to install all Microsoft Project features to run from the local hard disk, except for those features you choose to make unavailable, you can install Microsoft Project directly from the Microsoft Project CD. However, if you want to install some features to run from the network, or if you want to set some features to be installed on first use, you must install Microsoft Project from an administrative installation point. All users who receive the disk image will use this administrative installation point as their primary server.

Customizing Microsoft Project on the Administrative Installation Point

To create the hard disk image, you begin by running Microsoft Project 2002 Setup with the /a option to create an administrative installation point. You can use the Custom Installation Wizard to create a transform and the Setup INI Customization Wizard to modify Setup.ini, just as you do when you customize Microsoft Project in any other network installation scenario. In addition, you must take several steps to exclude user-specific information from the hard disk image.

To customize Microsoft Project 2002 for a hard disk image
  1. Run Setup with the /a option to create an administrative installation point.
  1. If you are including Multilanguage User Interface (MUI) Packs in your installation, run LpkSetup.exe with the /a option, and install them on the same administrative installation point, or on a different network share.
  1. Start the Custom Installation Wizard. On the Customize Default User Settings page, specify the name and path of any profile settings file (OPS) you have created.
  1. On the Set Feature Installation States page, set installation states for Microsoft Project.
  1. On the Modify Setup Properties page, set the following properties:
  • NOUSERNAME=True
  • ENTERPRISE_IMAGE=True
  1. Make any additional customizations and save the transform.
  1. Start the Setup INI Customization Wizard and specify the transform you created, along with any other modifications you want to make to Setup.ini.
  1. Save the custom INI file and copy the command line it generates.

Specifying Setup Properties

You must set the following Setup properties to ensure that your Microsoft Project 2002 configuration installs properly on users' computers:

  • NOUSERNAME=True
  • ENTERPRISE_IMAGE=True

Including an OPS File

You can use the Profile Wizard to configure user settings and add an OPS file to your transform. However, you must install Microsoft Project 2002 and the MUI Packs on a separate test computer before you can start Microsoft Project to configure user options and capture settings. If you start Microsoft Project on the computer you intend to make an image of, user- and computer-specific settings will be included in the hard disk image.

To customize user settings on the Microsoft Project 2002 image by using an OPS file
  1. Before you create a transform, install Microsoft Project 2002 from the administrative installation point on a test computer.
  1. On the test computer, run Microsoft Project 2002 and modify application settings, and then close Microsoft Project.
  1. Start the Profile Wizard.
  1. On the Save or Restore Settings page, click Save the settings from this machine.
  1. Enter the name and path for the OPS file, and click Finish.
  1. When you create the transform, enter the file name and path of the OPS file on the Customize Default User Settings page of the Custom Installation Wizard.

Installing Microsoft Project 2002 on a Clean Test Computer

The next step is to install Microsoft Project 2002 from the administrative installation point onto a clean client computer—one that already has the Windows configuration you want and one that has never had any version of Microsoft Project installed. This becomes the model for your hard disk image.

After you have installed and configured the system software on the test computer, run Setup to install Microsoft Project from the administrative installation point. If you have not already done so in the transform or in the Setup.ini file, set the NOUSERNAME and ENTERPRISE_IMAGE properties on the Setup command line.

To install Microsoft Project 2002 on the test computer
  1. On the Start menu, click Run.
  1. Enter the file name and path of Microsoft Project Setup.
  1. If you have not already done so, set the NOUSERNAME and ENTERPRISE_IMAGE properties on the command line. For example:
  1. Unless you want all users who receive the hard disk image to use your administrative installation point as a source for installing, repairing, or removing Microsoft Project 2002, reset the source list to point to the Microsoft Project CD or another network share.

Distributing the Hard Disk Image

Before you distribute your hard disk image, install it on a client computer and make sure that Microsoft Project 2002 is installed and configured correctly. You can then use any one of a number of tools to create the hard disk image.

The Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems include several new or improved technologies for automating installation of Windows XP and Windows 2000 Professional client computers through hard disk imaging. Two of these technologies allow you to include Microsoft Project 2002 in the hard disk image that installs Windows XP or Windows 2000 Professional.

  • SysPrep 1.1
  • Remote Installation Services (RIS)

If you need to create a set of different disk images, but you want to use the same Microsoft Project configuration for each image, you can install and configure Microsoft Project separately on each test computer.

See also

For more information on using the OPS files and using the Profile Wizard to distribute profiles, see the Profile Wizard resource kit article.

For more information on creating an administrative installation point and deploying Microsoft Project 2002 from that installation point, see the Customizing Setup resource kit article.

For more information on customizing the Setup file, see the Customizing Setup resource kit article.

For more information using MUI Packs in a hard disk image, see the International Deployment resource kit article.