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How to install MOSS 2007 SP2 on Windows 7 RC (build 7100)

Although this is not a supported scenario, there is a way to install MOSS 2007 onto Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100). Here are the steps:

1. Get the Installation Helper, created by Bamboo Nation.
   
2. Get the MOSS 2007 installation media and extract it to a temporary folder on your hard drive
   
3. Get the MOSS 2007 SP2 service pack: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B7816D90-5FC6-4347-89B0-A80DEB27A082&displaylang=en
   
4. Get the WSS 3.0 SP2 service pack: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=79BADA82-C13F-44C1-BDC1-D0447337051B&displaylang=en
   
5. Now you need to slipstream the installation packages (if you try to run the installer without SP2 slipstreamed, you will be blocked (KB 962935)
   http://blogs.msdn.com/opal/archive/2009/05/08/install-moss-2007-wss-3-0-on-windows-server-2008-r2-you-will-need-sp2-slipstream.aspx
   
6. To create the slipstream package, follow the steps in http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261890.aspx. Basically, you need to open a command prompt and execute the following commands:
7. wssv3sp2-kb953338-x64-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:C:\TEMP\MOSS2007×64\Updates
   
8. officeserver2007sp2-kb953334-x64-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:C:\TEMP\MOSS2007×64\Updates
   
9. Delete Wsssetup.dll because it may conflict with Svrsetup.dll. Having both Wsssetup.dll and Svrsetup.dll in the updates folder for a slipstreamed installation source is not supported.
   
10. Run the SetupLauncher.exe from C:\Program Files (x86)\WssOnVista\Setup)
    
11. Locate the MOSS 2007 setup.exe in your installation folder.

source: http://blogs.msdn.com/weslbo/archive/2009/05/08/how-to-install-moss-2007-sp2-on-windows-7-rc-build-7100.aspx