Installing Office 2000 Using Group Policy

[Everett LeCates]

I have an admin install of Office 2000 and instead of installing all the
patches to it and then deplying that what I want to do is install the basic
install of Office 2000 and then I want to create a package that installs all
the patches but I have not been able to find a way to install the .msp files
into a package is there a way to do this? Thanks In Advance

 

[Patrick Rouse [MVP]]

If you're planning a new install I'd really recommend
applying all of the SP's patches to the Installation Point
before the rollout, simply because it takes less time &
reboots by each computer and a lot less scripting on your
part.

If you use Group Policy you can assign Office 2000, XP or
2003 to Workstations and the entire application will
install on the next reboot w/o any user interaction.

If you've already installed the suite via group policy you
can apply all of the SP's & MSP's to your installation
point, then recache your installation via the "redeploy
application" option in the GPO.

If you're not using Group Policy [unmanaged install] you
can recache the original install the install after
updating the Installation point by running the following:

msiexec.exe /i [DriveLetter]:\[InstallPointShare]\pro.msi
REINSTALLMODE=vomu /qb

This is for Office XP, but I think the options are the
same.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/journ/O2ksp3a.htm#O2
ksp3a_4

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

 

[Joe Stern]

If you are having trouble with the msiexec.exe commandline switches, try
enclosing the paths to your MSI and MSP files in quotes.

- Joe

If you're planning a new install I'd really recommend
applying all of the SP's patches to the Installation Point
before the rollout, simply because it takes less time &
reboots by each computer and a lot less scripting on your
part.

If you use Group Policy you can assign Office 2000, XP or
2003 to Workstations and the entire application will
install on the next reboot w/o any user interaction.

If you've already installed the suite via group policy you
can apply all of the SP's & MSP's to your installation
point, then recache your installation via the "redeploy
application" option in the GPO.

If you're not using Group Policy [unmanaged install] you
can recache the original install the install after
updating the Installation point by running the following:

msiexec.exe /i [DriveLetter]:\[InstallPointShare]\pro.msi
REINSTALLMODE=vomu /qb

This is for Office XP, but I think the options are the
same.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/journ/O2ksp3a.htm#O2
ksp3a_4

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

-----Original Message-----
I have an admin install of Office 2000 and instead of installing all the
patches to it and then deplying that what I want to do is install the basic
install of Office 2000 and then I want to create a package that installs all
the patches but I have not been able to find a way to install the .msp files
into a package is there a way to do this? Thanks In Advance


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