STS FAQ - What is the best way to install STS?

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What is the best way to install STS?

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II.1 What is the best way to install STS ?

STS is available in three forms. There is a separate STS CDROM; STS is included with FrontPage 2002 and STS is included with all Office XP versions that include FrontPage which will probably mean the Developer Edition; the version of Office XP Professional that is included with an MSDN subscription and possibly your company's Microsoft subscription copy.

The best way seems to be to install SPTS from the Office XP (as above) CDROM. The Service Pack 1 for Office XP includes at least one vital amendment to STS (a working Migration). There is no Service Pack for the stand-alone version.

It is possible to install STS from the Office XP CDROM without the need to install Office XP or FrontPage.

(Note: Some people have had problems when Service Pack 1 is run on a machine with only STS)

(I have however with success installed a standard Office SP1 over a Finnish language STS where no Office apps have been installed.The only problem was that the pop-up saying it was complete/Press OK was almost entirely under a similar pop-up showing that the update was only half-way through. Watch out for this !)

Note: You still need - for licensing reasons - to assign one of the above products solely to the server even if you only install STS and not FP or Office XP. See below.

Note: KnowledgeBase Q312543 lists the STS bits amended by the Office XP SP1.

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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q312543

1. - What is the best way to install STS?

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Created at 5/27/2005 6:56 PM by Jim

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