Free Windows Help Tutorials sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org /title> <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=ISO 8859-1"> <META name="description" Content="Hundreds of downloadable Windows help tutorials, articles and how-to guides sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org."><style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=#999999 vlink=blue link=blue> <span name = "INTRA" class="pg" style="top:0px; left:5px; width:714px; height:1010px"></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:0px; left:5px; height:1010px; width:714px' class='img'> <img src="pg0004im.png" height = "1010 width = "714" border="0"> </span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:48px; left:540px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>Office 2000 And IntelliMirror</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:89px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Assigning</b></i> <i><b>Office</b></i> <i><b>Applications</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:111px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The basic procedure for assigning office applications consists of eight steps, as</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:124px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>follows.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:144px; left:247px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Times'><b>1</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:144px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Design and set up the Active Directory structure and Group Policy and security</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:157px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>group memberships. Go to Start/Programs/Administrative Tools and click</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:170px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Active Directory Users and Computers. Right click the domain or organisational</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:183px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>unit for which you want to set Group Policy. Click Properties, then Group Policy.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:195px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>You can edit an existing GPO by selecting it in the Group Policy Objects Links</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:208px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>box and clicking Edit. Or create a new GPO by clicking New, giving it a name,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:221px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>then selecting the GPO and using Edit on it.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:233px; left:247px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Times'><b>2</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:233px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Decide which users need which configuration of Office. It makes sense to assign Office</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:246px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>at the highest possible level in the Active Directory hierarchy, since Group Policy</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:259px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>settings apply by default to all lower levels; then you can target groups and individual</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:271px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>users quite precisely by filtering Group Policy through Windows 2000 security</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:284px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>groups.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:296px; left:247px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Times'><b>3</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:297px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Install Office 2000 on an administrative installation point by running Setup with the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:309px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>/a command line option.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:322px; left:247px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Times'><b>4</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:322px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Use the Custom Installation Wizard to customise your Office installation. Store the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:335px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>resulting MST file at the administrative installation point.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:348px; left:247px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Times'><b>5</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:348px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Give users read access to the network share that contains the administrative</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:360px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>installation point.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:373px; left:247px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Times'><b>6</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:373px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Now assign or publish Office to users or computers. Back at Start/Programs/Ad </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:386px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ministrative Tools/Active Directory Users and Computers, right click the do </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:398px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>main in question, then select Properties/Group Policy and edit the required GPO</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:411px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>entry.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:423px; left:247px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Times'><b>7</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:424px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>To assign or publish software to users, click the User Configuration node; to assign</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:436px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>software to computers, click the Computer Configuration node. Expand the Software</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:449px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Settings node, then right click the Software Installation node to open the Software</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:462px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Installation snap in. Select New, click Package/Open, then find the Office 2000 MSI</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:474px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>file in the Office folder (it could well be DATA1.MSI) and click Open to display the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:487px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Deploy Software dialog box.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:499px; left:247px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Times'><b>8</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:500px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Now click Advanced published or assigned to display the Office 2000 Properties</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:513px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>dialog box. This contains five option tabs, most of which are self explanatory:</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:527px; left:247px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'>G</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:525px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Deployment: specify whether to publish or assign Office. Under Installation user</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:538px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>interface options, you specify how much of Office Setup is shown to users during</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:551px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the installation process the default setting is Basic, which installs Office with no</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:563px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>user interaction (and the Maximum setting won't work at all unless the target</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:576px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>user is an administrator).</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:591px; left:247px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'>G</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:589px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Upgrades: this is used to deploy a service release or a new version.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:603px; left:247px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'>G</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:602px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Categories: providing you have already set up categories for your organisation</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:614px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>in Active Directory, you can use the Categories tab to associate the new Office</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:627px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>installation to an available category and so make it simpler for users to find in</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:640px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the Add/Remove Programs list.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:654px; left:247px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'>G</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:652px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Modifications: applies an MST transform to the Office installation.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:667px; left:247px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'>G</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:665px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Security: displays the standard Windows 2000 based security options. The Ad </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:678px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>vanced button lets you use Windows 2000 access control lists (ACLs) to tweak</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:690px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the Group Policy software installation settings for specific cases.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:735px; left:62px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i> Within</i> <i>the</i> <i>GPO,</i> <i>you</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:759px; left:62px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>specify</i> <i>Group</i> <i>Policy</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:783px; left:62px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>settings</i> <i>to</i> <i>assign</i> <i>or</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:807px; left:62px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>publish</i> <i>Office</i> <i>to</i> <i>users</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:831px; left:62px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>or</i> <i>computers</i> <i>based</i> <i>on</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:855px; left:62px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>their</i> <i>Active</i> <i>Directory</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:861px; left:615px' class="ft6"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>PCNA</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:879px; left:62px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>group</i> <i>memberships. </i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:905px; left:564px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Copyright ITP, 2001</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:950px; left:52px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>Issue 133:August 2001</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:943px; left:260px' class="ft7"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>PC</b> <b>Network</b> <b>Advisor</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:950px; left:612px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>File: E1536.4</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:962px; left:52px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>page 22</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:962px; left:544px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>End User Support:Software</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:967px; left:283px' class="ft8"><pre><font face='Helvetica'><b>www.pcnetworkadvisor.com</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" class='nav' style='left: 357px; top: 1010px'><pre><a href='page0001.htm'><<</a> <a href='page0003.htm'><</a> GO > >></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1050px; left:50px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial">New!</font><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial Narrow"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial">The best sites for quality <a href="http://www.inkjet-printer-cartridges.org">inkjet printer cartridges</a> and the best sites for <a href="http://www.cheap-inkjet-cartridges.com">cheap inkjet cartridges</a></font></b></pre></span></body> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1100px; left:300px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial"><a href="../index.html">Windows Help Desk Home</a> </font></b></pre></span></body></html>