Availability of Office 2003 client updates

[Vadikan]

Hi All!

It is my understanding that at some point Microsoft stopped providing client
updates and only admin updates are available for download now. For example,
both Office2003SP2-KB887616-Fullfile-ENU.exe and
Office2003SP2-KB887616-Client-ENU.exe were available at SP2 release, while
only Office2003SP3-KB923618-FullFile-ENU.exe is available now. But I have a
feeling it was going on well before SP3 release. Is my observation correct?
If yes, when did they start doing this (e.g. is there a page that officially
states so)? If not, could you please point me to the client file?

The reason I'm asking is that the client updates were smaller and it was
easier to download them (lots of people still have dial-up, duh and chain
to the Office installation with setup.ini.

Thanks for your time and attention to my question!

 

[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

Found this:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...97-2DB6-4654-9DB6-EC7D5B4DD867&displaylang=en
whilst searching :
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/downloads/CD010225291033.aspx

Search through the downloads by version, for example Office 2003.
Choose the ones you want.

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| Hi All!
|
| It is my understanding that at some point Microsoft stopped providing client
| updates and only admin updates are available for download now. For example,
| both Office2003SP2-KB887616-Fullfile-ENU.exe and
| Office2003SP2-KB887616-Client-ENU.exe were available at SP2 release, while
| only Office2003SP3-KB923618-FullFile-ENU.exe is available now. But I have a
| feeling it was going on well before SP3 release. Is my observation correct?
| If yes, when did they start doing this (e.g. is there a page that officially
| states so)? If not, could you please point me to the client file?
|
| The reason I'm asking is that the client updates were smaller and it was
| easier to download them (lots of people still have dial-up, duh and chain
| to the Office installation with setup.ini.
|
| Thanks for your time and attention to my question!
|
|
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| Vadim Sterkin
| MVP Windows Shell/User
| http://unattended.oszone.net

 

[Vadikan]

Thanks for your reply, TaurArian! Unfortunately, it doesn't answer my
questions. I'm looking for a particular type of updates - the client ones. In
my original message I mentioned that I knew both admin (Fullfile) and client
(Client) SP2 files existed and provided their names to show the difference.
Your second link indeed provides the download locations for both types, but
for SP2. I'm interested in post-SP2 era, and the SP3 update in particular.

Like I said, it appears MSFT stopped providing client updates for Office at
some point, and it seems it happened after SP2 release. At least, I can find
client files for SP2 and pre-SP2 updates, but not for post-SP2 updates.
Basically, I'm looking for someone to confirm that my observations are
correct.

Thanks!