Re: Admin Installs - Office 2003 Pro - Microsoft Update

But what about Administrative Installs and Microsoft Update? Has something
changed here? Perhaps in Windows Installer 3.1?
--
Sandy Wood
Orange County District Attorney


"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> NON Administrative installs normally can access the download\update sites.
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> Peter
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> "Sandy Wood" <sandy.wood@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:7949B147-A934-4D7A-8838-350BCCC7CA21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I've been doing the same since Office XP and all along if a user went to
> > OfficeUpdate they'd get a notice that they could not update their
> > installation. Now it's all open it seems.........
> > --
> > Sandy Wood
> > Orange County District Attorney
> >
> >
> > "Gerry Hickman" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Sandy,
> >>
> >> > We're in the process of upgrading our users to Office 2003 Pro from
> >> > administrative installs of Office 2003 Pro SP1. I've noticed lately that a
> >> > few machines that have been upgraded, have been able to get Office updates at
> >> > the new Microsoft Update site. We're used to seeing a note that because we've
> >> > got an administrative install of Office, we would need to update our clients
> >> > that way. Have the rules changed with Microsoft Update now?
> >>
> >> I've always run it the same since Office 2000.
> >>
> >> 1. Create fully packed and patched AIP
> >> 2. Deploy to clients
> >> 3. Disable Office update on all clients
> >>
> >> If a patch is released, MSP the AIP, then do recache and reinstall of
> >> FEATURELIST.
> >>
> >> There's a new barmy idea in Office 2003 called "Local Installation
> >> Source", but I'm not sure who is falling for it. The deployment guide
> >> seems somewhat confused in this area.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Gerry Hickman (London UK)
> >>
>
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