OFF2000: UserName and CompanyName Fields Not Set to Blanks (226530)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office 2000 Premium
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Professoinal
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Standard
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
  • Microsoft Access 2000
  • Microsoft Excel 2000
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000
  • Microsoft Outlook 2000
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
  • Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q226530

SYMPTOMS

When installing Office, the UserName and CompanyName fields are filled in, even if you use a command line switch or transform(.mst) file to suppress these fields.

CAUSE

This will occur when you attempt to set the UserName and CompanyName properties to blank, either by using a command line, or by specifiying the settings in the setup.ini file. For example, if you use the following command line to start Office Setup

setup.exe USERNAME="" COMPANYNAME=""

the UserName and CompanyName fields are still populated.

RESOLUTION

To set the UserName and CompanyName properties to blank, use the NoCompanyName and NoUserName properties. These properties can be used either on the commmand line, in the setup.ini file, or in a transform (.mst) file. When using these properties, they must be set to one (1). For example, if you use the following command line to start Office Setup: 

setup.exe NOCOMPANYNAME=1 NOUSERNAME=1

the UserName and CompanyName fields will be suppressed.

REFERENCES

For additional information on how to customize Office Setup, check the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit documentation, or check out the Office 2000 Resource kit online at:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/13/2006
Keywords:kbbug kbfix KB226530
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