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Brian
I believe this is the article you are looking for:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/ha011402031033.aspx
It states the following:
Local installation source provides resiliency
A local installation source gives Office 2003 source resiliency. Users can
perform maintenance tasks, such as install on demand or detect and repair
without being prompted for their Office CD or a network source. They can also
apply binary (client) patches without being prompted for another source --
the source is already available locally.
Office 2003 client patches are also resilient. Even if a user runs Detect
and Repair to reinstall Office, Windows Installer automatically reapplies any
patches, just as it does for users who install Office from an uncompressed
administrative image. Patches (MSP files) are not included in the local
installation source (/msocache). Instead, Windows Installer renames them and
stores them alphanumerically in another location on the local computer.
Note that if a user completely uninstalls and then reinstalls Office, the
user must also reapply any patches. This scenario is analogous to a new
client installation.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/ha011402031033.aspx
It states the following:
Local installation source provides resiliency
A local installation source gives Office 2003 source resiliency. Users can
perform maintenance tasks, such as install on demand or detect and repair
without being prompted for their Office CD or a network source. They can also
apply binary (client) patches without being prompted for another source --
the source is already available locally.
Office 2003 client patches are also resilient. Even if a user runs Detect
and Repair to reinstall Office, Windows Installer automatically reapplies any
patches, just as it does for users who install Office from an uncompressed
administrative image. Patches (MSP files) are not included in the local
installation source (/msocache). Instead, Windows Installer renames them and
stores them alphanumerically in another location on the local computer.
Note that if a user completely uninstalls and then reinstalls Office, the
user must also reapply any patches. This scenario is analogous to a new
client installation.