Office Customization Tool

[Glenn]

I setup an install of Outlook 2007 by using setup.exe /admin.

It works pretty well, except for applying updates. There's an "Updates"
folder with a readme.txt file in it that says any patches placed in this
folder will be applied during initial install. I have several folders
inside of that folder with updates in them that I have downloaded from
windowsupdate.com. They aren't being installed. I'm wondering if it is
because when I downloaded it created all of the folders with the patches
inside of the folders rather than putting the patches in the root.

Also, if I go back and change something, such as run spell check before
sending a message, is there a way to deploy that to the computers that have
already run setup using the .MSP file that I created with the OCT?

Thanks.

 

[TXGuy]

Hi Glenn,

You are exactly correct - the extracted .msp files must be in the root of
the folder, along with the .msp created with the OCT. You will need to
remove all subfolders.

Distribute product updates for the 2007 Office system
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc178995.aspx

I'm not exactly clear on what you are asking in the second question, but I
believe you are asking about applying a change to the .msp file created with
the OCT, post-install? If so, then yes, you can distribute it the same way
as with any other .msp; with a comand such as: msiexec /p
<path>\<filename>.msp /qb-

Hope this helps!