Microsoft KB Archive/298041

= HOW TO: Install Internet Explorer 5.5 with Office XP on Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 298041

Article Last Modified on 12/4/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition for Students and Teachers
 * Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q298041



For a Microsoft Office 2000 version of this article, see 270105.

IN THIS TASK

 * SUMMARY
 * How to Install Internet Explorer 5.5 with Office XP on Windows 2000
 * REFERENCES



SUMMARY
This step-by-step article describes how to install Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 with Microsoft Office XP on a Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional-based computer.

When you install Office XP, by default Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 (version 5.00.2919.6307) is not installed, even though it is included on the Office CD-ROM. If you want to, you can include Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 (version 5.50.4134.600) with the installation of Office XP. This article describes the steps that you must perform in order to install Internet Explorer 5.5 with Office XP on a computer that is running Windows 2000 Professional.

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How to Install Internet Explorer 5.5 with Office XP
To install Internet Explorer 5.5 with Office XP on Windows 2000, follow these steps:  Create an administrative installation point for Office XP. For more information about how to do this, see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/one/depb01.htm

 Either create a local install point for the Microsoft Internet Explorer files, or download the files from the Microsoft Web site.

For additional information about a download-only installation of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257249 Download-Only Setup of Internet Explorer 5.5 on Windows 2000

If you choose to install Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 from a local install point, you can use Microsoft Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) 5.5. For more information about how to deploy Internet Explorer 5.5 by using IEAK, see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/bb219517.aspx

 Copy the folder that contains the Internet Explorer 5.5 installation files to the \Files\OSP\1033 folder of the Office administrative installation. Install the Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit Tools. The Office XP Resource Kit tools are available for download from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/appndx/appc00.htm

 Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Office Tools, point to Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit Tools, and then click Setup INI Customization Wizard. On the Specify an administrative installation point page, type the path to the Office XP administrative installation. Click Next. On the Specify an INI file to customize page, click Files\Setup\Setup.ini, and then click Next.

NOTE: This is the Setup.ini file that the wizard will customize.</li> On the Specify logging and display settings to use during Setup page, select the options that you want, and then click Next.</li> On the Select MSI and EXE files to include in your INI file page, click Browse.</li> Locate and then click Ie5setup.exe in the folder that you created for the Internet Explorer installation files that is now located in your Office administrative installation folder. Click Open.</li> Click Next.</li> On the Specify options for each package in your INI file page, select the entry for Ie5setup.exe.</li> On the Command line options page, type the following command-line parameters for the Internet Explorer installation:

/Q:A /C:&quot;ie5wzd /S:&quot;&quot;#e&quot;&quot; /Q:A /R:N&quot;

</li> Click Next.</li> On the View the summary of your INI file page, view the proposed changes to the Setup.ini file, and then click Save As.</li> In the Save As dialog box, specify a name other than Setup.ini for your customized Setup.ini file. Click Save.</li> Click Finish on the last page of the wizard.</li> Install Office XP with the customized Setup.ini file by using a command line similar to the following:

\\Server\Share\OfficeXP\Setup.exe /Settings \\Server\Share\OfficeXP\Files\Setup\ .ini

where  is the name of your customized Setup.ini file.</li></ol>

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