Re: error: product key on patching admin. install

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From: Ryan Asdourian [MSFT] (rasdo_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:09:01 -0800

I'm not sure this will work because it is usually used in the main install
command line but you can try adding
PIDKEY=AAAAABBBBBCCCCCDDDDDEEEEE
in your command line...

Thanks,
Ryan 

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"Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:9F90A483-7821-4F60-B934-28376913D1C9@microsoft.com...
> Copied Office 2003 Pro CD up to network share.
> Used to deploy via Active Directory using the .MSI and a transform (.MST).
>
> Works great.
>
> Now - I'm trying to patch the darn thing.
> Frustration.
>
> After weeding through many arcane MS pages, I finally landed on a 3rd 
> party
> site that explained it in plain english.
>
> Here is what I'm doing, but it is giving me the error "You have not
> specified a valid product key...." etc.   Where do I install it??   We 
> have
> the volume license, and I originally entered it in using the CIW when
> creating the .MST.   MSIEXEC doesn't know to read this I guess and is
> wondering where it is.  How do I tell it what my key is so I can patch 
> this
> admin share?
>
> Here's my process:
>
> To extract:
> Office2003SP1-kb842532-fullfile-enu.exe /t:c:\Office2003SP1 /c
>
> To apply:
> msiexec /p mainsp1ff.msp /a \\fileserver1\office\2003\pro11.msi /qb
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike

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