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Windows - Microsoft Office 2007 Installation

System Requirements - Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, or later, 256 M RAM, 2 G hard drive space
Note: Windows 2000 is not supported for Office 2007 and will not function.
Includes: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, InfoPath, Groove, OneNote, Communicator

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.

Important Upgrade Inforamtion

The setup program has been preconfigured to not remove older versions of Microsoft Office. If you accept the defaults, Office 2007 will be installed along side Office 2003 or other older versions. You can also change the behavior of the Office 2007 installation program to have it remove older versions of Office.

Outlook is a BIG EXCEPTION to the above. You cannot have Outlook 2007 on a machine co-existing with an earlier version. The defaults WILL UNINSTALL OLDER VERSIONS OF OUTLOOK! You can change the settings to not install Outlook 2007 and leave the older versions, but you cannot have both installed.

The Office 2007 installer should convert any configuration settings for older versions of Office, including Outlook profiles, over to be the settings for Office 2007.

If you do leave older versions of Office installed, you can remove them later via the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel.

Office 2007 Setup
  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 2007 folder.
  5. Run the Setup.exe program in the Office 2007 folder.
  6. We recommend that you click the Customize button instead of the default Upgrade one so that you can select appropriate settings for your needs such as the installation location, what programs to install, and whether or not to remove older versions. The defaults are to install all portions of the Office 2007 Enterprise suite to the local hard drive. We recommend that you do not change this. Please do not use the "Run from Network" options for any office components as this will force your computer to always contact the server when you use Office applications.
  7. Close the Office$ window when the setup program is complete.

The Office 2007 installation point has already been updated wtih Service Pack 1. 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.