Hello World,
I'm using Dell Kace to distribute office 2013. I have used the Office Customization Tool (OCT) to create a silent install.
In the Licensing and user interface section under Setup I have selected the Enter another product key radio button, typed my valid Multiple Activation Key (MAK), checked the I accept the terms in the License Agreement check-box, selected None from the Display level drop-down menu, checked the Suppress modal check-box, and unchecked the Completion notice and No cancel check boxes.
Under the same Setup section of the OCT I enter a Property name "AUTO_ACTIVATE" with a value of 1 in the Modify Setup properties section.
Any and all other settings are in accordance with my environment. I have saved the MSP file, placed it in the Updates folder, zip it up, move it to the targeted machine (Kace handles this), and run Setup.exe (with no parameters) as the domain admin.
The install is perfect. All items with all expected configurations are installed.
The problem is when an Office 2013 application is ran for the first time the end user is presented with the MS Office Activation Wizard.
If I click next on the wizard screen my product activates no problem. All features are available and everything is as it should be.
My question is this...Why dosen't the install Auto Activate the Office Std 2013 on its own?
I followed TechNet OCT walk throughs and have actually completed this type of install on about 15-20 other end users. I have read some about syspreping or the Computer Machine ID may have trouble, but I thought that was with KMS services as I didnt read any specific subtleties about MAK style licensing.
Thanks to anyone in advance for helping me.