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The Transform file is like an overlay on top of the existing MSI file defining what stuff you ultimately want to be shown to the client. Have one handed to you by someone ie: Software manufacturer with pre-baked MST files. This is pretty rare. If you're lucky, your software manufacturer will simply hand some to you as described in option 1.

However, let's next talk about option 3 Creating one yourself first. There are a variety of 3rd party utilities you can use to create MST files. Here in Figure 2, you can see Office with it's own utility called the Custom Installation Wizard. Yes, yes, this is an old example, but it still holds up. Figure 2: Some applications have their own MST creation utility.

If your application comes with an MST creation utility, you'll create the MST file then pick the options that make sense as seen in Figure 3. Remember: You might have to do this multiple times and create multiple MST files ' one for each type of user. For instance, one for Sales, one for Marketing, one for Research, etc. Help Register Login. Latest Threads. Results 1 to 4 of 4. I have an OU containing For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.

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Thread starter mpirotte Start date Jan 8, I can't add an. The Add button is greyed out. I am trying to deploy Office XP in a new windows environment with xp pro clients. I have this situation at two clients and I must just be missing something. Any Ideas Thanks Mike mpirotte. Unless you are the last person in your organization, do not try and take ownership.

Even if it were possible, it is extremely unprofessional! Permissions are set for a reason. You could inadvertently undo the work of a colleague or worst yet, create a conflict in policies.

Attempting to take ownership would be a last and desperate resort. Hi, you should be able to take Ownership. On the group policy tab, click on properties, advanced and owner. Take Ownership, after that you can edit the permissions. You also get this if you tick "Disable Computer Configuration settings" and "Disable User Configuration settings" in the properties of the policy itself.

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