Installing Internet Explorer with Microsoft Office

The Custom Installation wizard (CIW) enables you to customize how you install Office programs. To simplify the installation process, the IEAK is designed to work with the CIW.

If you plan to include Internet Explorer with your customized Office package, you have two choices:

• If you do not plan to customize Internet Explorer, you can install Internet Explorer components with the CIW; you do not need to use the IEAK.
• If you plan to customize Internet Explorer, and you are deploying Office, then specify in the CIW that you want to customize Internet Explorer. The Custom Installation wizard starts the IEAK.

The IEAK Customization wizard runs in corporate administrator mode with the following settings:

• The distribution media is CD.
• Three installation options are available. You cannot change the names of these options, but you can specify which components will be installed with each installation option.
• All of the .cab files and custom components that are created by the IEAK are placed in the same folder.

To use the IEAK as part of the CIW, Internet Explorer 5 and IEAK 5 must be installed on the computer where you are customizing your installation package.

Note

• When using the Office Custom Install wizard, user options from Windows Update Setup for Internet Explorer will not be displayed during Setup. The user interface for Setup is determined by the Office Custom Install wizard.