Office Updates And Sp1 Smooth Install Using Msp

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Hi, I've made a quick search and I didn't find this (easy method for installing Office 2003 updates and service packs silently with MSP files) explained.

The way I've done it is as follows:

First install Office and go to Office update website and let office download sp1 and the needed updates, this updates are stored on "<program files>\OfficeUpdate\cabs" inside you'll find several folders that contain an MSP and CAB file inside.

Copy those CAB and MSP files to your XPCD Office folder, and add the MSP file to your runonceex or script file, using the switches "/qb"

example:

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Office 2003 Service Pack & Updates" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%cdrom%\aplicaciones\office2003\511749.MAINSP1op.msp /qb" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 2 /D "%cdrom%\aplicaciones\office2003\512140.OUTLFLTR.msp /qb" /f

Obviously this entry has to be placed AFTER the one that installs Office. Here I've keeped the orginal MSP names of the updates, but probably you can rename them to something more friendly.

Hope it helps

Cheers