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  • #373042
    St. Alphonso
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    I am hoping someone can help me to understand what it is that I’m doing wrong.

    Using an InstallerChoices.xml file I have successfully been able to install or not install all of the various pieces my image requires, with one exception. No matter what I do Office 2004 Test Drive gets installed.

    Does anyone have any suggestions for how to NOT install the Office Test Drive.

    Here is what my InstallerChoices.xml file looks like:

    <array>
                 <string>PrinterDriversGroup</string>
                 <string>Epson_Printer_Drivers</string>
                 <string>HP_Printer_Drivers</string>
                 <string>Guten_Printer_Drivers</string>
                 <string>Xerox_Printer_Drivers</string>
                 <string>AdditionalFonts</string>
                 <string>LanguageTranslations</string>
                 <string>French</string>
                 <string>Spanish</string>
                 <string>BundledSoftware.mpkg</string>
                 <string>CPU_OfficeTDUS_disc.pkg</string>
                 <string>iWork08Trial.pkg</string>
    </array>

    I have tried all sorts of combinations, I added the Office.pkg twice, removed it all together, changed the order. But no matter what I do it always gets installed. I followed the advise in Patrick Fergus post (Thanks, Patrick) on adding it as many times as you click to get rid of it in the GUI installer, but the result is always the same. It won’t go away.

    Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

    #373048
    Patrick Fergus
    Participant

    Two questions:

    1. What OEM disc are you using? Model and OS (say, “10.5.2 OEM for a Mac Pro”). It affects what options are available, and may be helpful in tracking this down.

    2. Is it possible to shift the “CPU_OfficeTDUS_disc.pkg” to the last line in your array of strings? Something in the back of my mind says that if you “click” anything in the Bundled Software group in the Mac OS X installer, the Office test drive is reenabled.

    – Patrick

    #373077
    St. Alphonso
    Participant

    Patrick,

    The discs I am using are the “10.5 OEM for MacBook”.

    Your suggestion to move the “CPU_OfficeTDUS_disc.pkg” entry to the last line appears to be the key. That along with a few other changes got it work exactly the way I needed.

    I added the “BundledSoftware.mpkg” string twice. That seems to turn everything off. I put the Office 2004 string at the beginning, right after the second BundledSoftware.mpkg string, and again at the end, as the last entry in the array. In between are the strings for all of the other items I wanted installed from the BundledSoftware.mpkg, which is all of the iLife apps.

    Thanks for your help.
    St. Alphonso

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