Microsoft KB Archive/307791

= How to apply an update to an Office XP administrative installation point by using IntelliMirror =

Article ID: 307791

Article Last Modified on 12/4/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition for Students and Teachers
 * Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q307791



IN THIS TASK
SUMMARY
 * Deploy an Administrative Update
 * Install an Administrative Update with IntelliMirror
 * Deploy a QFE Fix or Update

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SUMMARY
When Microsoft Office issues a service release, two separate versions of the update are made available. One is for updating administrative installation points, and the other is for updating stand-alone computers. The following procedures describe how to apply an update to an administrative installation point by using IntelliMirror in Microsoft Windows 2000.

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Deploy an Administrative Update
When you deploy an administrative update, Microsoft Windows Installer performs a re-cache and reinstallation of the original version of Office. This process replaces the previously cached MSI file and overwrites any old files with the newer versions. By installing complete files, rather than patched files, the administrative update can correctly replace any files on the server that have been modified with Microsoft quick fix engineering (QFE) updates.

All updates are designed to make sure that your features retain their existing installation states, and that support files, such as transforms, continue to work as they did before. You can continue to use existing transforms (MST files) on an updated administrative image to reproduce the same customizations for new client installations.

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Install an Administrative Update with IntelliMirror
If your administrative installation point and all of your client computers are running Microsoft Windows 2000, you can use IntelliMirror technology to manage the installation of an administrative update.

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Deploy a QFE Fix or Update

 * 1) Apply the updates (MSP files) to the original Office administrative installation point. You must run the command line separately for each MSP file that you apply to the administrative installation point; you cannot reference multiple MSP files on the same command line.
 * 2) Open the Software Installation snap-in within the Group Policy Object (GPO) that you are using to manage the existing Office installation.
 * 3) In the details pane, right-click the Office package, point to All Tasks, and then click Redeploy application. The next time that the Group Policy Object is applied to the designated users or computers, the updated files are copied to the users' computers.

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