text: i want to install office 2000 or office xp professionals unattendedly (silently)i mean automatically? i want to install microsoft office 2000 professional and office xp professional automatically in my system. i mean..... when i click setup.exe or any .msi file i want to be install the complete installation of office 2000 or xp with out asking the product key, user name and organisation. it is actually happening in office 2003 by using ork(office resource kit). but when i am using the ork of 2000 or xp i am unable to do it correctly. so please help me in installation of office 2000 and office xp unattendedly. here is a procedure to install office xp unattendedly  use office 2003 resource kit to automate installation download resource kit follow link  http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/e/d/0eda9ae6-f5c9-44be-98c7-ccc3016a296a/ork.exe  the custom installation wizard is automatically installed on your computer when you install the office resource kit. to locate the tool, click the start menu, point to programs, point to microsoft office tools, point to microsoft office 2000 resource kit tools, and then click custom installation wizard.  do an administrative install (setup.exe /a). this will create your admin point. after this edit the setup.ini file to include your serial, company and name. example,  code  ; microsoft office 2000 windows installer setup.exe information file. ; if a file exists in the same directory as setup.exe named "setup.ini", or ; /settings  is passed on the command line, that file will ; be read and modify the default behavior of setup as shown below.  [msi] ; if a value is present, the msi section gives the name of the msi file to install. ; this file must be in the same directory as setup.exe, and both must be in the root ; of the installation tree. ; if no value is present, setup.exe will look for exactly one file matching "*.msi" ; in its directory and if found, use that. ; msi=data1.msi  [mst] ; if a value is present, the mst section gives the full path to a transform to apply. ; specify it in the form mst1=path to mst ; remember to uncomment both the section name and the value names. ; ;mst1=&#92;&#92;server&#92;share&#92;some transform.mst ;mst1=d:&#92;transforms&#92;my transform.mst mst1=h:&#92;o2k&#92;d1&#92;setup1.mst ;mst1=file-server&#92;applications&#92;o2k&#92;d1&#92;setup1.mst  [options] ; if a value is present, the [options] section gives the values of properties to apply to ; this installation. specify them in the format: ; propname=propvalue ; remember to uncomment both the section name and the value names. ; ;username=customer username=why do you need to know companyname=home pidkey=serial number here xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx installlocation=h:&#92;o2k&#92;office  [display] ; if a value is present, the [display] section overrides default ui modes. ; display has one of the following values: ; quiet, none, basic, reduced, full ; completionnotice - if this value is present gives whether or not to display ; a setup completion noticefor otherwise quiet setups. the completion notice will ; only appear if setup does not need to reboot to complete the installation. ; remember to uncomment both the section name and the value names. ; display=none completionnotice=no  [logging] ; if a value is present, the logging section provides default logging information. ; there are three possible values, all are optional and have defaults as shown below ; ; value default description ; type  logging mode to use, e.g. ea ; use * to get all logging modes; + to append to the ; logfile if it exists. ; path %temp% path to create logfiles in. may contain environment variables. ; final component may be non-existent and will be created. ; template setuplog(*).txt file name for log file. may contain environment variables. ; should end in "(*).txt"; the * is replaced with a zero-padded ; 4 digit number to make the file name unique. ;type=icewarmup ;path=&#92;&#92;officeserver&#92;logfiles&#92; ;template=office %username%(*).txt template=office 2000 sr-1 premium setup(*).txt type=piwae   in the serial number do not use the "-" group all serial number keys together and that should work. you will also need to change the file paths, as mine are for my setup and will not work under your system. the mst is used with office tools to create a "custom" install which can be found here. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistan...1383061033.aspx