Reboot after Office updates

[Olivier]

Dear All,

I’ve created a script to install a number of MS Office updates manually (in
stead of WSUS). Is there a switch to reboot the system after installation of
the updates (like /forcereboot after a WinXP update)?

Thanks in advance,

Olivier

 

[Doug Jessen]

Hi Olivier,

What exact method are you using to deploy - Ohotfix or Msiexec or other?

Thanks

Doug Jessen
Microsoft

 

[Olivier]

Hi Doug,

I'm just using a DOS script.

Thanks,

Olivier

 

[Doug Jessen]

Hi Olivier,

Thanks for the response.

Running the patch .exe's in succession would of course call the embedded
OHotfix.exe's in each patch and there would not be a way to force a reboot
at the very end. For Office 2000, XP, and 2003 multiple updates, we
recommend using OHotfix; the information can be found at

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2003/HA011364081033.aspx

You can extract the .MSP's, place them all in one folder, and simply have
the script run <path>\ohotfix.exe and the RebootInQuietMode=1 can be set in
Ohotfix.INI to force a reboot if it is required. The full details are
provided in the .INI file.

Regards,

Doug Jessen
Micrsoft