Re: MSI admin update for OfficXP_pro SP3 results

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From: Sean Mercer, MCSE (mercersw_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:32:46 -0600

yep, you are right. I think you replied to me in a different group, I
posted in serveral other groups and will now have to

find those posts and post finished replies. If I remember correctly, you
posted in another group to look at:

http://www.petri.co.il/office_xp_sp_slipstreaming.htm This website let me
to know of the new command in OfficeXp setup /a.

Odly enogh this website states that it is uncertain if it is possible to
slipstream the service pack into office2000. The

msiexec commands I mentioned in my post worked perfectly for office2000 and
windows 2000.

Anyway, I created the admin install point on my hard drive with setup /a and
applied the service pack and then used the

resource kit to customize the installation and profile, and I'm in business.
I mailed off the CD to the customer today. It

did leave me with one problem though that I didn't have with my word2000 cd.
After completing the process for OfficeXP, the

custom CD no longer prompted for a keycode, as it used the product key I
used with the admin install but the Office2000 CD

didn't do that. It prompted for the keycode, which is good because the
customer I gave the CD to could enter his own valid

licensed product key.

I am surprised it took so long for someone to tell me something so simple
that I have to apply the .msp to an admin point

created from setup /a and then it would work. Thank you for replying! I
think that I will just paste this post into the

other newsgroups that I requested help from to simplify my response. This
response is originally written to

"microsoft.public.office" in reply to "neo[mvp outlook]"

OOP! I just found the post that helped me. It was from Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

Anyone reading these post can compare the original webpage from Microsoft
describing the procedure to the one that Bob

referenced. Microsoft:
"http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011525351033.aspx" Bob:
http://www.petri.co.il/office_xp_sp_slipstreaming.htm"
"Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote
in message news:%23bGc$lXGFHA.2756@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi Sean,
>
> See if the procedure here helps you get to the size you need
> http://www.petri.co.il/office_xp_sp_slipstreaming.htm
>
> =======
> >>"Sean Mercer, MCSE" <mercersw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:0vQSd.16319$%k4.13438@fe07.lga...
> Slipstreaming officeXP pro SP3 per
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011525351033.aspx Results
> in
> an 860mb directory and therefore cannot fit on CD. The original office CD
> is less
> than 400mb. Office SP3 is only about 60mb. The patch adds hundreds of mb
> to the
> \FILES\PFILES\COMMON\MSSHARED directory and also the
> \FILES\PFILES\MSOFFICE\OFFICE10 directory where there were only kb on the
> original. I've examined closely
> the options in MSIEXEC /? and the relative MS support sites and don't see
> any obvious
> solution. The MS websites all refer to updating a network install point
> but
> don't mention an administrative update and reburning the CD. I have
> slipstreamed the service packs into Office 2000 and Windows2000 and did
> not
> have this problem. Using the syntax "msiexec /a e:\office10\pro.msi
> /update
> e:\officexpsp3\MAINSP3ff.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE" and also the syntax
> "msiexec /a e:\office10\pro.msi /p e:\officexpsp3\MAINSP3ff.msp
> SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE" have the same result, after successful completion of
> MSI installation, then the directory is now 860mb.
>
> Does anybody know how to slipstream this patch so it can be reburned to
> CD? >>
> --
> Let us know if this helped you,
>
> Bob Buckland ?:-)
> MS Office System Products MVP
>
> *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
>
> Office 2003 Editions explained
> http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx
>
>
>
>

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