MSI admin update for OfficXP_pro SP3 results 860mb directory

[Sean Mercer,MCSE]

Slipstreaming officeXP pro SP3 per
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011525351033.aspx Results in
an 860mb
directory and therefore cannot fit on CD. The original office CD is less
than 400mb.
Office SP3 is only about 60mb. The patch adds hundreds of mb to the
\FILES\PFILES\COMMON\MSSHARED directory and also the
\FILES\PFILES\MSOFFICE\OFFICE10
directory where there were only kb on the original. I've examined closely
the options in
MSIE /? and the relative MS support sites and don't see any obvious
solution. The MS websites all refer to updting a network install point but
don't mention an administrative
update and reburning the CD. I have slipstreamed the service packs into
Office 2000 and Windows2000 and did not have this problem. Using the syntax
"msiexec /a e:\office10\pro.msi
/update e:\officexpsp3\MAINSP3ff.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE" and also the
syntax "msiexec /a
e:\office10\pro.msi /p e:\officexpsp3\MAINSP3ff.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE"
have the same
result, after successful completion of MSI installation, then the directory
is now 860mb.

Does anybody know how to slipstream this patch so it can be reburned to CD?

 

[Goose [MS]]

Try the suggestions for chaining the installation of Office patches instead
of burning them slipstreamed to a CD:

Distributing Office 2003 Product Updates
Check the "Caching installation files locally and distributing client
updates" section
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/ha011402381033.aspx

Gustavo
Software Test Engineer
Microsoft

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