Hi, > I don't want to state the obvious but have you checked that SKU011.CAB exists in your installation point? Lol, yeah. Of course all the files are there... > have a read of this > http://www.winserverkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/sms-distribution/362/office-2003-unattended-install-problem-to-advanced-client D'OH!!! ARGH!!! GNA!!! I checked the original sku011.xml against the sku011.xml on the server and see what? They differ in size. Running a diff on both files didn't reveal any differences at first but ... after copying the files from a Windows machine to the server using WinSCP all the line-breaks in the file had been changed to ^M. -.- After switching WinSCP into binary transfer mode instead of automatic the friggin installation FINALLY works!!! YAY! - jens |