Is there a way to recache Office XP via GP so that it runs just once?

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Steve Stormont

When I patched our administrative install with SP2, I made a batch file
that ran the recahce of Office XP and had each user answer no if they were
asked to reboot. They then were supposed to let me know when they had
installed the update, so that I could remove their name from the policy so
that it wouldn't run again the next time they booted.

Now with the release of SP3, I have updated the admin installation and
need to recache te clients. Is there a way to make a script that checks if
a certain version of a file is already installed and if so will not run the
recache again? Since this is a "run from server" setup, the easy files to
check versions (excel.exe, word.exe, etc are all on the network).

How can I configure the recahce to run once and not again if it has
already been applied?

Steve
 
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Steve Stormont

Sort of answering my own question, but I need help. I found that I
can go to the Group Policy for our domain where I have Office XP
published and choose to "Redeploy application". My new question is,
will this only redeploy Office XP to PCs that installed it via the
published entry in "Add/ Remove Programs" or will it publish it to PCs
that just ran the setup.exe from the actual folder where Office is
installed?

Steve
 
S

Steve Stormont

Sort of answering my own question, but I need help. I found that I
can go to the Group Policy for our domain where I have Office XP
published and choose to "Redeploy application". My new question is,
will this only redeploy Office XP to PCs that installed it via the
published entry in "Add/ Remove Programs" or will it publish it to PCs
that just ran the setup.exe from the actual folder where Office is
installed?

Steve
 
S

Steve Stormont

Sort of answering my own question, but I need help. I found that I
can go to the Group Policy for our domain where I have Office XP
published and choose to "Redeploy application". My new question is,
will this only redeploy Office XP to PCs that installed it via the
published entry in "Add/ Remove Programs" or will it publish it to PCs
that just ran the setup.exe from the actual folder where Office is
installed?

Steve
 
S

Steve Stormont

Sort of answering my own question, but I need help. I found that I
can go to the Group Policy for our domain where I have Office XP
published and choose to "Redeploy application". My new question is,
will this only redeploy Office XP to PCs that installed it via the
published entry in "Add/ Remove Programs" or will it publish it to PCs
that just ran the setup.exe from the actual folder where Office is
installed?

Steve
 
S

Steve Stormont

Sort of answering my own question, but I need help. I found that I
can go to the Group Policy for our domain where I have Office XP
published and choose to "Redeploy application". My new question is,
will this only redeploy Office XP to PCs that installed it via the
published entry in "Add/ Remove Programs" or will it publish it to PCs
that just ran the setup.exe from the actual folder where Office is
installed?

Steve
 
S

Steve Stormont

Sort of answering my own question, but I need help. I found that I
can go to the Group Policy for our domain where I have Office XP
published and choose to "Redeploy application". My new question is,
will this only redeploy Office XP to PCs that installed it via the
published entry in "Add/ Remove Programs" or will it publish it to PCs
that just ran the setup.exe from the actual folder where Office is
installed?

Steve
 
S

Steve Stormont

Sort of answering my own question, but I need help. I found that I
can go to the Group Policy for our domain where I have Office XP
published and choose to "Redeploy application". My new question is,
will this only redeploy Office XP to PCs that installed it via the
published entry in "Add/ Remove Programs" or will it publish it to PCs
that just ran the setup.exe from the actual folder where Office is
installed?

Steve
 
S

Steve Stormont

Sort of answering my own question, but I need help. I found that I
can go to the Group Policy for our domain where I have Office XP
published and choose to "Redeploy application". My new question is,
will this only redeploy Office XP to PCs that installed it via the
published entry in "Add/ Remove Programs" or will it publish it to PCs
that just ran the setup.exe from the actual folder where Office is
installed?

Steve
 

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