Programming Excel with VBA and .NET

Change Security Settings

The Microsoft Office Resource Kit is not included with the Microsoft Office product, but is available for free download from Microsoft (see "Resources" at the end of this chapter). Table 26-1 lists the four primary tools that come with the Office Resource Kit.

Table 26-1. Office Resource Kit tools

Tool	Use to
Custom Installation Wizard	Create customized installations for your organization. You can remove Office components, add your own components, set default installation paths, and determine Start menu and Desktop items created by Setup.
Custom Maintenance Wizard	Deploy changes to Office installations including new components and updates. This is similar to the Installation Wizard, but is designed for modifying existing installations rather than creating new ones.
Removal Wizard	Removes previous versions of Office applications.
Profile Template Wizard	Deploy Office user settings, such as macro security settings.

The basic steps for using the Custom Installation and Custom Maintenance Wizards are the same:

1. Set up an administrative installation point on your network. This is the location from which Setup will run and includes the Windows installer files (.msi) for Office.

2. Run the wizard to create a Windows installer transform (.mst) containing the modifications you wish to make to the Office installation. You can also add components (such as ActiveX controls or Smart tags) to the installation by including their .msi files to create chained installations. ...