Reinstall Off2k Apps

[Anonymous]

At work, we have the Off2k Pro CD w/o SR-1a. About half of our Off2k installs were done w/o Outlook installed. We are in the process of changing our e-mail from Groupwise to Sendmail using Outlook on the client\'s machines. The problem we have is that most of our Off2k installs have been updated with SR-1A, which the original CD\'s DID NOT have to begin with. When we try to add Outlook to the installation we are getting the message stating we cannot use our install CD (the one w/o SR-1A). The only work-around we have been able to figure out is to uninstall the existing Off2k installation and reinstall to get Outlook. While this works, it is time-consuming and costs a ton of money.

Is there a way we can add Outlook without having to go through the uninstall/reinstall routine? If anyone has any suggestions we would sure appreciate it. Reply to the forum here, or direct to me at [email protected] or at [email protected].

Thanks for your help.

Howard

[Fjellu]

You can do it two ways. The first is to make an admin install on the server (setup /a) and then slipstream SR-1 admin version into that
admin installation point. If you choose this method i would do the slipstreaming on my own PC and the copy the lot to a server. The slipstreaming over the
network takes a loooong time.

If you anyway have to do the update why not integrate all later updates as well, SR-2, all later updates to outlook, word, excel etc. I saved my commands.
It is a hassle to write them without errors into Start-> run. I enclose the here:

msiexec /a g:off2kdata1.msi /p g:sp2admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb+ /L c:tempsp2admin.txt
msiexec /a g:off2kdata1.msi /p g:excelmst.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb+ /L c:tempexcelmst.txt
msiexec /a g:off2kdata1.msi /p g:pptmst.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb+ /L c:temppptmst.txt
msiexec /a g:off2kdata1.msi /p g:out2kmst.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb+ /L c:tempout2kmst.txt

msiexec /a g:off2kdata1.msi /p g:FRONTPG_Admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb+ /L c:tempFRONTPG_Admin.txt

msiexec /a g:off2kdata1.msi /p g:MDT2_Admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb+ /L c:tempMDT2_Admin.txt
msiexec /a g:off2kdata1.msi /p g:ACWZ_Admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb+ /L c:tempACWZ_Admin.txt

;msiexec /a g:off2kdata1.msi /p g:FRONTPG.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb+ /L c:tempFRONTPG.txt

msiexec /a g:off2kdata1.msi /p g:Winword_Admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb+ /L c:tempWinword_Admin.txt
msiexec /a g:off2kdata1.msi /p g:OUT2KSEC_Admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb+ /L c:tempOUT2KSEC_Admin.txt
msiexec /a g:off2kdata1.msi /p g:OUT2KMST_Admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb+ /L c:tempOUT2KMST_Admin.txt
msiexec /a g:off2kdata1.msi /p g:POWERPNT_Admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb+ /L c:tempPOWERPNT_Admin.txt
msiexec /a g:off2kdata1.msi /p g:PP7X32_Admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb+ /L c:tempPP7X32_Admin.txt
msiexec /a g:off2kdata1.msi /p g:EXCEL_Admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb+ /L c:tempEXCEL_Admin.txt

The whole command starting with msiexec should be run at once (no word wrap).

Then the second method. By Office2kSR-1 media. It is not expensive and no need to integrate SR-1 (already there). I had to do this because there seems
to be a flaw somewhere instegrating SR-1 into Office 2k. I have tried it at least ten times with different versions of Office, standard, pro, premium. I have
seen several other message with the same problem at the forum. Everytime the slipstream works well but when upgraded the programs starts fine but shut
down without errors in about two seconds.

My recommedation is to buy the SR-1 media. Slipstream all fixes to an admin install on your PC. I don\'t remember if I have them all in the list above. I might
have forgotten to update the list with the latest fixes. You can try if you have them all by installing on your own PC and running the Office update on the net.
Just download any file you don\'t have. Just remember to download the admin version of all files.