Access Runtime 2003 when slipstreaming SP2

[Mickman]

We deploy Office 2003 SP1 administrative installations with SMS.

I'm testing the deployment of SP2.
First i slipstreamed SP2 into the administrative installation.
I did the same for the MUI's we use.
This works well.

I noticed that Access Runtime is not updated with this method. If i install
the updated administrative installation and i manually start the SP2 patch it
sees Acces Runtime needs updating and does so.

Why doesn't the update happen with slipstreaming? I also tried to update the
AccessRT.msi itself but patching it does not work.

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[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

I seem to remember under Office 2000 you had to patch and deploy the
Access Runtime separate. You may want to look at admin docs for Office
2000 SP1, SP2 and SP3. Are you sure there was noting in the Office 20003
SP2 readme about this??

Either way, it should not be very difficult; I mean we have to patch and
deploy Frontpage and Project separate to the main Office MSI but it's
not exactly a major problem...

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

I seem to remember under Office 2000 you had to patch and deploy the
Access Runtime separate. You may want to look at admin docs for Office
2000 SP1, SP2 and SP3. Are you sure there was noting in the Office 20003
SP2 readme about this??

Either way, it should not be very difficult; I mean we have to patch and
deploy Frontpage and Project separate to the main Office MSI but it's
not exactly a major problem...

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

I seem to remember under Office 2000 you had to patch and deploy the
Access Runtime separate. You may want to look at admin docs for Office
2000 SP1, SP2 and SP3. Are you sure there was noting in the Office 20003
SP2 readme about this??

Either way, it should not be very difficult; I mean we have to patch and
deploy Frontpage and Project separate to the main Office MSI but it's
not exactly a major problem...

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

I seem to remember under Office 2000 you had to patch and deploy the
Access Runtime separate. You may want to look at admin docs for Office
2000 SP1, SP2 and SP3. Are you sure there was noting in the Office 20003
SP2 readme about this??

Either way, it should not be very difficult; I mean we have to patch and
deploy Frontpage and Project separate to the main Office MSI but it's
not exactly a major problem...

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

I seem to remember under Office 2000 you had to patch and deploy the
Access Runtime separate. You may want to look at admin docs for Office
2000 SP1, SP2 and SP3. Are you sure there was noting in the Office 20003
SP2 readme about this??

Either way, it should not be very difficult; I mean we have to patch and
deploy Frontpage and Project separate to the main Office MSI but it's
not exactly a major problem...

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

I seem to remember under Office 2000 you had to patch and deploy the
Access Runtime separate. You may want to look at admin docs for Office
2000 SP1, SP2 and SP3. Are you sure there was noting in the Office 20003
SP2 readme about this??

Either way, it should not be very difficult; I mean we have to patch and
deploy Frontpage and Project separate to the main Office MSI but it's
not exactly a major problem...

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

I seem to remember under Office 2000 you had to patch and deploy the
Access Runtime separate. You may want to look at admin docs for Office
2000 SP1, SP2 and SP3. Are you sure there was noting in the Office 20003
SP2 readme about this??

Either way, it should not be very difficult; I mean we have to patch and
deploy Frontpage and Project separate to the main Office MSI but it's
not exactly a major problem...

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

I seem to remember under Office 2000 you had to patch and deploy the
Access Runtime separate. You may want to look at admin docs for Office
2000 SP1, SP2 and SP3. Are you sure there was noting in the Office 20003
SP2 readme about this??

Either way, it should not be very difficult; I mean we have to patch and
deploy Frontpage and Project separate to the main Office MSI but it's
not exactly a major problem...

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

I seem to remember under Office 2000 you had to patch and deploy the
Access Runtime separate. You may want to look at admin docs for Office
2000 SP1, SP2 and SP3. Are you sure there was noting in the Office 20003
SP2 readme about this??

Either way, it should not be very difficult; I mean we have to patch and
deploy Frontpage and Project separate to the main Office MSI but it's
not exactly a major problem...

 

[Mickman]

We added Access 2003 Runtime with the chained installation method.

There are no notes about Access Runtime in SP2, but i noticed when applying
the SP2 patch manually it upgraded the Access Runtime installation to the
latest version, 11.0.7969.0.

But because we are not going to apply the patch on all computers but on the
administrative installation, it would be nice to apply SP2 on the
AccessRT.msi.

But this doesn't work. I don't think MS thought about this one for
slipstreaming SP2.
I'll just leave Access Runtime with it current version.

 

[Mickman]

We added Access 2003 Runtime with the chained installation method.

There are no notes about Access Runtime in SP2, but i noticed when applying
the SP2 patch manually it upgraded the Access Runtime installation to the
latest version, 11.0.7969.0.

But because we are not going to apply the patch on all computers but on the
administrative installation, it would be nice to apply SP2 on the
AccessRT.msi.

But this doesn't work. I don't think MS thought about this one for
slipstreaming SP2.
I'll just leave Access Runtime with it current version.

 

[Mickman]

We added Access 2003 Runtime with the chained installation method.

There are no notes about Access Runtime in SP2, but i noticed when applying
the SP2 patch manually it upgraded the Access Runtime installation to the
latest version, 11.0.7969.0.

But because we are not going to apply the patch on all computers but on the
administrative installation, it would be nice to apply SP2 on the
AccessRT.msi.

But this doesn't work. I don't think MS thought about this one for
slipstreaming SP2.
I'll just leave Access Runtime with it current version.

 

[Mickman]

We added Access 2003 Runtime with the chained installation method.

There are no notes about Access Runtime in SP2, but i noticed when applying
the SP2 patch manually it upgraded the Access Runtime installation to the
latest version, 11.0.7969.0.

But because we are not going to apply the patch on all computers but on the
administrative installation, it would be nice to apply SP2 on the
AccessRT.msi.

But this doesn't work. I don't think MS thought about this one for
slipstreaming SP2.
I'll just leave Access Runtime with it current version.

 

[Mickman]

We added Access 2003 Runtime with the chained installation method.

There are no notes about Access Runtime in SP2, but i noticed when applying
the SP2 patch manually it upgraded the Access Runtime installation to the
latest version, 11.0.7969.0.

But because we are not going to apply the patch on all computers but on the
administrative installation, it would be nice to apply SP2 on the
AccessRT.msi.

But this doesn't work. I don't think MS thought about this one for
slipstreaming SP2.
I'll just leave Access Runtime with it current version.

 

[Mickman]

We added Access 2003 Runtime with the chained installation method.

There are no notes about Access Runtime in SP2, but i noticed when applying
the SP2 patch manually it upgraded the Access Runtime installation to the
latest version, 11.0.7969.0.

But because we are not going to apply the patch on all computers but on the
administrative installation, it would be nice to apply SP2 on the
AccessRT.msi.

But this doesn't work. I don't think MS thought about this one for
slipstreaming SP2.
I'll just leave Access Runtime with it current version.

 

[Mickman]

We added Access 2003 Runtime with the chained installation method.

There are no notes about Access Runtime in SP2, but i noticed when applying
the SP2 patch manually it upgraded the Access Runtime installation to the
latest version, 11.0.7969.0.

But because we are not going to apply the patch on all computers but on the
administrative installation, it would be nice to apply SP2 on the
AccessRT.msi.

But this doesn't work. I don't think MS thought about this one for
slipstreaming SP2.
I'll just leave Access Runtime with it current version.

 

[Mickman]

We added Access 2003 Runtime with the chained installation method.

There are no notes about Access Runtime in SP2, but i noticed when applying
the SP2 patch manually it upgraded the Access Runtime installation to the
latest version, 11.0.7969.0.

But because we are not going to apply the patch on all computers but on the
administrative installation, it would be nice to apply SP2 on the
AccessRT.msi.

But this doesn't work. I don't think MS thought about this one for
slipstreaming SP2.
I'll just leave Access Runtime with it current version.

 

[Mickman]

We added Access 2003 Runtime with the chained installation method.

There are no notes about Access Runtime in SP2, but i noticed when applying
the SP2 patch manually it upgraded the Access Runtime installation to the
latest version, 11.0.7969.0.

But because we are not going to apply the patch on all computers but on the
administrative installation, it would be nice to apply SP2 on the
AccessRT.msi.

But this doesn't work. I don't think MS thought about this one for
slipstreaming SP2.
I'll just leave Access Runtime with it current version.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi Mickman,

There are no notes about Access Runtime in SP2,

Well I did say to check out Office _2000_ for some clues.

but i noticed when applying
the SP2 patch manually it upgraded the Access Runtime installation to the
latest version, 11.0.7969.0.

But because we are not going to apply the patch on all computers but on the
administrative installation, it would be nice to apply SP2 on the
AccessRT.msi.

OK, well as you've noted it's a different MSI. Here's the "old" way it
used to work under Office 2000:

<http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011524761033.aspx>

Note the tiny section related to the Access runtime Artsp3ff.msp - it's
as if they treat it as a separate app.

Are you sure you can't extract the relevant MSP from the dist?

Either way it seems Microsoft have overlooked this on the Administrative
section of their website.