Microsoft Office 2007 unattended install prompts for product selection

I was creating a new MS Office 2007 unattended installation when I’ve been showed off with a prompt for selecting the product to install.

There was some options like:
- Microsoft Office Professional 2007
- Microsoft Office Professional 2007 – Portuguese Language Pack
- Microsoft Office Project 2007

This happened because Project 2007 installed first then Office 2007. So, for pass this through you need to specify the XML and admin file on Office 2007 silent install command line, for example:

C:\MSOffice2007\setup.exe /Config ProPlus.WW\config.xml /adminfile updates\setup.msp

You also need to make sure that in your config.xml file, the tag

<Configuration Product=”ProPlus”> it’s not commented like this <!–<Configuration Product=”ProPlus”> –>

Windows 2008: Accepting Incoming Ping Requests

By default, when Windows 2008 is installed you cannot use the ping command from another machine to the new one.

This happens because the Echo Request on the Windows 2008 it’s disabled by default.
To enable this feature you need to do the following steps:

- Go to Control Panel -> Adminstrative Tools -> Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
- Click on the option “Inbound Rules”
- Find the rule named “File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request – ICMPv4-In)
- Right-click on it and select “Enable Rule”

If you’re using Windows Server Core, use the following command:
- netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8

And that’s it.