Wow. OK, that looks more like it. If, of course, MS can get this actually working. IT would go a long way towards making me happier about running a Windows network.
Matt -----Original Message----- From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 3:59 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Office ServicePack dist. trough GPO My understanding from talking to MS is that there are limitations on what the current MSI/Windows Installer format can handle and those limitations make it undesirable for use in updating core system files. There are some improvements coming: http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1062635772 http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=39451 Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: Matt Hoffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 2:44 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Office ServicePack dist. trough GPO Well, there is apparently... But it does have to do with installing Office from GPO's. I've never done this... We image all our machines and include Office in the image. I suppose one could go back and create the whole new administrative imge for Office (not the same as imaging as I was mentioning before) but why is it that security updates and patches are not released in MSI format to just allow easy GPO push to the clients? I've had to set up our PC's for the moment to download their regular security updates via Microsoft Update. I'm going to move to SUS sometime soon, but we're just getting our feet wet with AD and there's still lots to be done there. Still, SUS does not address Office updates as far as I know. This is not exactly smart, but perhaps it has to do with the possibility of needing the install disks/network share during patch installation? Seems to me that MS really needs to address this problem better since the security holes in Office can be just as bad as the holes in the OS... Matt -----Original Message----- From: Glenn Danielsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 3:37 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: SV: Office ServicePack dist. trough GPO This has to be possible, who says it isn't? If you have installed Office 2000/XP trough Active Directory GPO's it must be a solution on how to install the fixes. I can't go around on several hundred computers and do this job..... Please someone; find a solution to this problem G -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: Matt Hoffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 10. september 2003 19:47 Til: NT 2000 Discussions Emne: RE: Office ServicePack dist. trough GPO So, here's a further question then... If this is not possible, why is it (unless I'm really missing something) that Microsoft does not release hotfixes and patches in both EXE and MSI format? I would think that making it easy on admins to patch their machines would be an imperative for them... Matt -----Original Message----- From: Rob Ellis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:28 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Office ServicePack dist. trough GPO No. SUS is basically an internal version of the Windows Update site, but does not extend to the office update site. Regards, Rob Ellis IT Manager Samsara Group plc Tel 023 9224 7979 Mob 07974 111867 MCP BEng(hons) -----Original Message----- From: Attardo, Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 September 2003 15:04 To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Office ServicePack dist. trough GPO Can this be accomplished using SUS? -----Original Message----- From: Glenn Danielsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 4:31 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Office ServicePack dist. trough GPO Hey! I am wondering on how to distrubute OfficeXP ServicePacks trough AD GPO. And, is there any know problems doing this. 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