Slipstream SP3 into Office 2000 Professional (2 CDs)

[Kosta]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone can offer any info on how to slipstream sp3 into office 2000 pro. I've done it before for office xp, but all the instructions I've found on the net do not account for the difference in filenames after an administrative install point is created.

For Office XP:

. Click start.
. Click Run.
. Type "[MSOfficeXPPro Path]\setup.exe /a"
(This will install a VALID ADMINISTRATIVE POINT INSTALLATION).
. Make location and install to C:\OfficeXPPro.
. Click Yes to accept the License Agreement. Let it install.
. Extract the oxpsp2a.exe to (C:\adminupdate).
. Click Start.
. Click Run.
. Type "msiexec /p C:\adminupdate\MAINSP2ff.msp /a C:\OfficeXPPro\pub.msi".
. Click Yes to accept the License Agreement. Let it install.

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. Click Start.
. Click Run.
. Type "msiexec /p C:\adminupdate\Owc10SP2ff.msp /a C:\OfficeXPPro\owc10.msi".
. Click Yes to accept the License Agreement. Let it install.

After extracting SP3 for Office 2000, I have the following files in C:\adminupdate :

C:\adminupdate --> outlctlx.exe, ARTSP3ff.msp, MAINSP3ff.msp, SP3CD2ff.msp

After creating two administrative install points, one in C:\Office2000CD1 and in C:\Office2000CD2, I have the following files to work with:

C:\Office2000CD1 --> data1.msi, MSOWC.MSI

C:\Office2000CD1 --> data2.msi


I'm really not sure what to do next. I've also heard that SP3 cannot be installed unless "Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Service Release 1a (SR-1a)" has been installed first. Is the case, then I'm really confused.

Can someone provide the steps for this, and not the steps for Office XP (which is all I've been coming across)?

Thanks!

[Fuelm@n]

I was unable to come up with anything, have you tried searching the newsgroups? That's aways an ideal place to find that sort of info.

[DuaneB]

Here's The Elder Geek's page on slipstreaming. This is a slipstreamed XP/SP1 installation CD, but there might be an idea here you can use.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp1_cd.htm

[Gerdog]

Here's a section of a Microsoft article:
"Requirements for an Office 2000 SP3 deployment
Before you install Office 2000 SP3 on either an administrative installation point or a stand-alone computer, the current installation of Office 2000 must be updated to version SR1 or SR1a. The SR1 update is a prerequisite for the fixes contained in SP3, as it provides a broad set of enhancements to the original release of Office 2000.

If you attempt to install the SP3 update on a computer without SR1, a message will be displayed advising you to install SR1 before proceeding."


The article is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/...rn/O2ksp3a.htm

I believe SR1 included a feature that disables Office 2000 if it looks like a "pirated" copy, so that's probably why it is required to be installed.