I just tried to slipstream Office XP SP2 to no avail. I used the administrative file and used the method that worked with SP1. Unfortunately it didn't work.

Any advice is appreciated.

axelhi

Check Faq and Tutorial section

alexhi see here

http://www.betaone.net/forums/index.php?s=...st=0#entry95527

Worked flawlessly for me.

Thank you so much. This method worked flawlessly for me too.

axelhi

Thank you very much pcservicetech for that informative post.

I didn't want to mar that thread with an additional question, but could someone post the command for slipstreaming Publisher?
Thank you very much,
Dave

Did you try to change xxx.msi to pub.msi or whatever it is on the publisher CD?

I will try it tonite.

Updates publisher too
msiexec /a "C:\Publisher\PUB.MSI" /p "C:\sp2\MAINSP2ff.msp" SHORTFILENAMES=1 /L*v "C:\logOXP.txt"

Thank you very much HotRod.
That worked just fine. :)
Dave

Hi

Since OXP SP2 was released, I've beeen reading that the "oxpsp2" would not install and that you had to use the 'admin' pack. Well before trying the 'admin' pack, I thought I'd give the normal oxpsp2 pack a go.

I installed OXP, then SP1.

I then clicked on the "oxpsp2" file and installation commenced. Part way through, setup asked for the OXP CD, so I put it in the drive and installation carried on. I have Publisher installed and also got a message saying that setup could not find the PUB.MSI needed to install Publisher, so I inserted CD2, browsed the CD for the PUB.MSI and clicked OK.

Installation carried on and completed then got the message "Update successfully applied" (or words to that effect). After checking the versions in HELP/About, they are what they should be and it shows SP2.

Have I overlooked something?

Any comments on this?

Regards



Last edited by Brave01Heart at Aug 22 2002, 04:52 PM

That's the way I did it the first time. Then I finally figured out how I needed to do the slipstream and make a new cd. But yes, you are good to go.



Last edited by MinnesotaKid at Aug 23 2002, 05:04 AM

Brave01Heart, you performed the normal update to an existing installation of Office and it sounds like it worked fine.

"Slipstreaming" is installing the service pack directly into the setup files rather than the installed program.
When someone installs Office from these files they end up directly at the SP2 level without having to do both a normal install and the service pack install.
It's a way of "updating" your CD rather than just one installed system.
Dave

Hi to all who have replied to my post.

With reference to the post from DaveH: Yes I realise what slipstreaming is and what it does, but the reason I made my initial post regarding installing OXPSP2 was because when SP2 was released a few days ago, I saw many posts from various users who were getting errors when installing it and, consequently, the update using the normal SP2 download, did not work, and they were recommended to try the 'admin' pack.

That's why, before I went for the Admin version, I decided to try installing the normal SP2 download and was surprised to find out that, I did not get any errors (apart from setup asking for the Cd's), and it installed ok.

Best regards

Brave01Heart

Hi Brave01Heart

That makes sense: the "normal" SP2 upgrade will fail if it finds that the current Office XP installation was made from an administrative install point / CD , or from a SP1 administrative install/slipstreamed CD.

There's a well known w@rezed Office XP CD which is no more than an administrative install point back-up... those who use it can't apply the "normal" SP1/SP2 and must go for the "admin".