Re: Office XP SP3 withough CD

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 21:54:34 -0700

Masako wrote on 07-Oct-2004 7:51 PM:
> I'm trying to apply MS04-28. We use Office XP and outlook2003. I know we have
> to apply SP3 for Office XP before MS04-28 patch. When I did it, Office XP CD
> was required. I have to make our company's end users apply this patch within
> next week, I really want to know how to apply SP3 withtout CD. I found an
> article but we installed Office XP with "full install" then set up
> outlook2003. So this article say I cannot do this method. Is there any method
> do this?

You can search for Office XP downloads, then find update files on the
Office web site. Find the file with the "full" label in the name and it
won't ask for the CD.

However, if your Office install is actually two different installs of
two different versions, this won't work for the 2003 app. You'll have to
download SP files for this application separately, but it works the same
way. Find the "full" file and it won't ask for the CD.

What this has to do with security is beyond me. You can find office
newsgroups where there are more experts on office matters. 

-- 
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security