Student Computing Clusters

Microsoft Campus Agreement Details

Windows - Microsoft Office 2003 Installation

System Requirements - Windows 2000 SP3, Windows XP, or later, 256 M RAM, 600 M hard drive space
Includes: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, InfoPath

Note: The "UNH-Public" network does not allow Windows file sharing (SMB/CIFS) connections. You must be on a wired Ethernet connection for this to work, or you must use the UNH VPN or "UNH-Secure", if you are on wireless.

If you are installing from off-campus or via wireless using the UNH VPN, note that you may need to use an alternate method to access the server using your AD credentials. If you receive an error about access beind denied, please see the supplemental instructions at the end of this document.

  1. From the Start Menu, select Run.
  2. Enter the following UNC path:
    \\academic.unh.edu\office$
  3. If necessary, login with your AD credentials. You may need to enter your username prefixed by AD\ (e.g. AD\djb1).
  4. When the Office$ window appears, open the Office 2003 folder.
  5. Run the Setup.exe program in the Office 2003 folder.
  6. Walk through the setup. It is recommended that you select a Complete Install. If you choose the default Typical Install or other options, you may be required to access the server again in the future when running Office as it tries to install new components. Please do not select a "Run from Network" install as this will force your computer to always contact the server when you use any Office application.
  7. Close the Office$ window when the setup program is complete.

Note: Office 2003 can co-exist with older versions of Office. You may be prompted as to whether or not you wish to remove older versions when the setup program runs. The choice is up to you.

The Office 2003 administrative installation point on the server has already been upgraded with Office 2003 Serivce Pack 2. It is suggested you go to the Microsoft Office Update website to download any additional updates to the software.

Supplemental Instructions to Map a Network Drive

In some situations, you may not be able to access the Office share on the ACADEMIC server using your AD credentials. This is usually because you do not login to your computer normally using an AD account. This is especially true of users with laptops or who are off-campus. The following steps should force your computer to connect to the server as your AD identity so that you can be granted access. Use them in place of steps 1 through 3 above.

  1. Right-click on My Computer and select Disconnect Network Drive.
  2. In the list of connected network shares, look for any that reference the server \\academic. There are likely to be connections, if you have already tried the standard instructions and had them not work. Since you can only connect to the server as one identity at a time, you most close these connections before proceeding.
    Select the connections to \\academic and click the OK button to close these connection.
  3. Right-click on My Computer and select Map Network Drive.
  4. Select any unused drive letter in the Drive: field. The default Z: drive is just fine.
  5. Enter the path \\academic.unh.edu\office$ in the Folder: field. Do not click the Finish button or press Return yet!
  6. Make sure that the Reconnect at logon box is not checked.
  7. Click on the link that says Connect as a different user name.
  8. In the Connect As... dialog box that appears, enter your your username prefixed by AD\ (e.g. AD\djb1), then enter your AD account password.
  9. Click OK in the Connect As... dialog box followed by Finished in the Map Network Drive dialog box.
When the Office$ share window appears proceed with the normal installation instructions above.