Adding Service Pack (2) to Enterprise Install

Is there a way to add Office 2007 SP2 files to an existing Enterprise install
structure? So when new users get, they already have SP2 installed.

Thanks

YES. In office 2007, to slipstream (this is the official term for such things)
process has been made easier. This is done by first downloading the full version
of Office 2007 SP2 and extracting it to the folder:

D:\Enterprise\Updates

Note: D:= Drive letter of the installation files

The easiest way is to copy the entire contents of the Enterprise CD on to your C
drive and then extracting the SP2 to:

C:\Enterprise\Updates

You must have noticed that Enterprise already includes the folder Updates and
there is also a "ReadMe.txt" file in it about all updates.

Once you have done the extraction, you could copy the entire C:\Enterprise folder
on to a CD and keep it as a back up or for installation purposes. You could also
enter the serial number in this file before copying them on to a CD:

C:\Enterprise\Enterpriser.WW\Config.xml

by changing::

<!-- <PIDKEY Value="BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789B" /> -->

to:

<PIDKEY Value="BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789B" />

Just enter the correct serial number in place of "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789B"

Hope this helps.


JeffB wrote:

> Is there a way to add Office 2007 SP2 files to an existing Enterprise install
> structure? So when new users get, they already have SP2 installed.
>
> Thanks

works like a champ. thanks very much.

I have about 50 PCs with previous (non-SP2) already installed. Other than
running the actual SP itself, is there a way those users can run setup.exe
again and just get the updates?


"Expert" wrote:

> YES. In office 2007, to slipstream (this is the official term for such things)
> process has been made easier. This is done by first downloading the full version
> of Office 2007 SP2 and extracting it to the folder:
>
> D:\Enterprise\Updates
>
> Note: D:= Drive letter of the installation files
>
> The easiest way is to copy the entire contents of the Enterprise CD on to your C
> drive and then extracting the SP2 to:
>
> C:\Enterprise\Updates
>
> You must have noticed that Enterprise already includes the folder Updates and
> there is also a "ReadMe.txt" file in it about all updates.
>
> Once you have done the extraction, you could copy the entire C:\Enterprise folder
> on to a CD and keep it as a back up or for installation purposes. You could also
> enter the serial number in this file before copying them on to a CD:
>
> C:\Enterprise\Enterpriser.WW\Config.xml
>
> by changing::
>
> <!-- <PIDKEY Value="BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789B" /> -->
>
> to:
>
> <PIDKEY Value="BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789B" />
>
> Just enter the correct serial number in place of "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789B"
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> JeffB wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to add Office 2007 SP2 files to an existing Enterprise install
> > structure? So when new users get, they already have SP2 installed.
> >
> > Thanks
>
>

Unfortunately, no. For the existing non-SP2 installations, you will need to
deploy SP2 separately, preferably via startup script. SP2 was not cached
with the original installation so Maintenance Mode will not include it.

--
TXGuy [MSFT]


"JeffB" wrote:

> works like a champ. thanks very much.
>
> I have about 50 PCs with previous (non-SP2) already installed. Other than
> running the actual SP itself, is there a way those users can run setup.exe
> again and just get the updates?
>
>
> "Expert" wrote:
>
> > YES. In office 2007, to slipstream (this is the official term for such things)
> > process has been made easier. This is done by first downloading the full version
> > of Office 2007 SP2 and extracting it to the folder:
> >
> > D:\Enterprise\Updates
> >
> > Note: D:= Drive letter of the installation files
> >
> > The easiest way is to copy the entire contents of the Enterprise CD on to your C
> > drive and then extracting the SP2 to:
> >
> > C:\Enterprise\Updates
> >
> > You must have noticed that Enterprise already includes the folder Updates and
> > there is also a "ReadMe.txt" file in it about all updates.
> >
> > Once you have done the extraction, you could copy the entire C:\Enterprise folder
> > on to a CD and keep it as a back up or for installation purposes. You could also
> > enter the serial number in this file before copying them on to a CD:
> >
> > C:\Enterprise\Enterpriser.WW\Config.xml
> >
> > by changing::
> >
> > <!-- <PIDKEY Value="BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789B" /> -->
> >
> > to:
> >
> > <PIDKEY Value="BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789B" />
> >
> > Just enter the correct serial number in place of "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789B"
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> >
> > JeffB wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a way to add Office 2007 SP2 files to an existing Enterprise install
> > > structure? So when new users get, they already have SP2 installed.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> >

TXGuy,

While this methodology certainly works, it certainly is not a slipstream.
Traditionally a slipstream approach overwrites the old file/data with the
up-to-date ones along with any new bits. The benefit of a slipstream is that
you end up with a minimal set of bytes to deploy.

Using this new method, my source files increase from the base CD of about
560 MB (Office Enterprise 2007 - DVD (English)) to a whopping 898 MB when
including SP2.

Is there no "fully integrate" Office version with SP2?




"TXGuy" wrote:

> Unfortunately, no. For the existing non-SP2 installations, you will need to
> deploy SP2 separately, preferably via startup script. SP2 was not cached
> with the original installation so Maintenance Mode will not include it.
>
> --
> TXGuy [MSFT]
>
>
> "JeffB" wrote:
>
> > works like a champ. thanks very much.
> >
> > I have about 50 PCs with previous (non-SP2) already installed. Other than
> > running the actual SP itself, is there a way those users can run setup.exe
> > again and just get the updates?
> >
> >
> > "Expert" wrote:
> >
> > > YES. In office 2007, to slipstream (this is the official term for such things)
> > > process has been made easier. This is done by first downloading the full version
> > > of Office 2007 SP2 and extracting it to the folder:
> > >
> > > D:\Enterprise\Updates
> > >
> > > Note: D:= Drive letter of the installation files
> > >
> > > The easiest way is to copy the entire contents of the Enterprise CD on to your C
> > > drive and then extracting the SP2 to:
> > >
> > > C:\Enterprise\Updates
> > >
> > > You must have noticed that Enterprise already includes the folder Updates and
> > > there is also a "ReadMe.txt" file in it about all updates.
> > >
> > > Once you have done the extraction, you could copy the entire C:\Enterprise folder
> > > on to a CD and keep it as a back up or for installation purposes. You could also
> > > enter the serial number in this file before copying them on to a CD:
> > >
> > > C:\Enterprise\Enterpriser.WW\Config.xml
> > >
> > > by changing::
> > >
> > > <!-- <PIDKEY Value="BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789B" /> -->
> > >
> > > to:
> > >
> > > <PIDKEY Value="BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789B" />
> > >
> > > Just enter the correct serial number in place of "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789B"
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > >
> > > JeffB wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is there a way to add Office 2007 SP2 files to an existing Enterprise install
> > > > structure? So when new users get, they already have SP2 installed.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > >
> > >