Slipstream Office 2 K

Slipstreaming Microsoft Office 2000

History

• 5-7-2004: tested with Disc 1, "Premium" & "Professional;" disc 2 should also be updatable, and will test soon.
• 5-13-2004: added post-SP3 updates; update routines adjusted accordingly.
• 10-4-2007: wikified & updated links.

Procedure

1. Load the Office 2000 disc (1) CD (Professional or Premium)
2. Using "run" / "command" / "cmd", run "setup /a" on the CD's root folder (ex: " \setup.exe /a" in the Run command). You want to extract these files to a folder, ex: "C:\OFFICE2K\OFFICE".
3. Replace the copies of Windows Installer found in the "MSI" folder on the extracted CD with the latest versions. You may want to run the appropriate version for your system: version 2.0 is required for some of the patches; Windows XP already has 2.0, and XP SP2 has version 3.0.
4. Get the Office 2000 SR-1, SP3, and subsequent patches.
5. You can use JZip to extract the files from the EXEs, or run the EXEs with the "/C" command (ex: "c:\download\O2kSp3a.exe /c"); it'll ask for a path. Put them in separate folders (ex: "C:\OFFICE2K\SP3").
6. You can put the following commands in a batch file or script. Retain the order they are presented: SR1 has to be copied in, before SP3. The variables can be set by the batch file / script, or replaced with real paths.

    %SR1FOLDER% Path to the SR1 folder
    %SP3FOLDER% Path to the SP3 folder
    %UPDATEFOLDER% Path to the folder for post-SP3 updates
    %OFFICEFOLDER% Path to the Office 2000 folder

a. During the installation, you may get "file not found" errors (5-10 per update). You may "ignore" them: the two CDs I tested did not have these files, but still worked fine. I suspect they are for foreign language support, or accessory IE5 patches.

b. The following two commands conduct the main patching.

    msiexec /p \data1.msp /a \data1.msi
     SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb /L* \sr1.log
    msiexec /p \mainsp3ff.msp /a \data1.msi
     SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb /L* \sp3.log

c. The next command may not apply to most installs. Hasn't for mine.

    msiexec /p \artsp3ff.msp /a \data1.msi
     SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb /L* \artsp3ff.log

d. The next commands are the post-SP3 updates as of May 2004. Some will apply; some won't. Not also worried about logging; you can if you want.

    msiexec /p \OMIff.msp /a \data1.msi
     SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb
    msiexec /p \MSGRIT32ff.msp /a \data1.msi
     SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb
    msiexec /p \LPKCD1ff.msp /a \data1.msi
     SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb
    msiexec /p \MSCONVff.msp /a \data1.msi
     SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb
    msiexec /p \VBE6ff.msp /a \data1.msi
     SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb
    msiexec /p \SNAPVIEWff.msp /a \data1.msi
     SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb
    msiexec /p \ACCESSRTff.msp /a \data1.msi
     SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb
    msiexec /p \EXCELff.msp /a \data1.msi
     SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb
    msiexec /p \WINWORDff.msp /a \data1.msi
     SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

• You may burn the files to CD. It is suggested to name the CD "OFFICESR1", but this seems optional.
• If you try to use "Office Update" after installing the slipstreamed Office 2000, it may tell you SP3 was not installed, and that it cannot update "administrative installs." This is okay: you can use the update page to download any newer updates; this procedure will load updates released before May 2004.

References

• http://www.dvdrbase.com/archive/index.php/t-24756
• http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/updates/97_2000/O2ksp3a.htm
• http://www.petri.co.il/office_xp_sp_slipstreaming.htm

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