List of update is attached to first post.

Cheers

I used the Admin one - mostly because I didn´t see the other one. And I don´t know the difference between them...

Please enlighten me

/SwedenXP

Well I recommend Direct Slipstream because it's better. Cache will work, installations files will be same size or even smaller then original installation files, you will be always asked to enter CD key when installing (very useful for people who need to install same installations files with different serial).

In short therms, you will got same disc structure as original Microsoft CD but with updates slipstreamed.

Cheers

On the list of updates I forgot to add Security Update for Microsoft Office 2003 (KB921598). New list is attached to first post.

Cheers

Anyone got a complete list of updates for Office2007???

/SwedenXP

Beta 5 is out. Hopefully this should be last beta, except if I found some serious problems.

Cheers

Hi mara-

Swedish translation for 1.7 b5 is attached.

Noticed one problem (O2003/Pro/Swe/admin install):
When adding 1st ChainInstall-patch I got error message "Path you selected have not write access". Had to interrupt the process at this point.

Cheers

Whoops

Here's the translation.

Updated german language to Beta 5: Download German.lng

Thanks for the updated translation. You are correct, chain installations can not be added. I fixed it for final version.



Thanks.

Cheers

Finally got a chance to try your work mara-, and I am very pleased. Thanks for your contribution .


Here's my report;

Tested Slipstreamer v1.7 Beta 5 on my home PC - XP Pro SP3 with my OEM version of Office XP - SBE and selected the setup.exe directly from the CD, choose a destination and made sure the M$ Office Interop Infopath Semitrust dll option was checked (I don't what it is for, but it doesn't sound harmful.).

I selected OfficeXpSp3-kb832671-fullfile-enu.exe (from M$) and used a hotpack called SOI_Office10_PostSP3_HotPack_enu_0817.7z. which can be found here. (from another forum that is currently down due to hosting problems - I'll post a link to the forum topic (if you think it is needed) when the site is back up.). See the attached (renamed) log for details.

Selected Start and let it go. After about 45 minutes it was complete - no errors, great .

Selected Create ISO and got an ISO the same size as my original source, wow .

Used VirtualBox 1.6.4 and an already activated Virtual Machine with XP Pro SP2 to do a custom install using the ISO just created. I don't use Publisher and I disable the speech settings under Excel and Shared Components. Checked OU - no updates . Checked MU -KB885884 needed, which is a XP Pro SP2 issue.

All this brings me to a suggestion and a couple of questions.

Suggestion: Why not make the Create ISO a simple check box option and eliminate the "which button do I push 1st" problem?

Questions: 1. What does the M$ Office Interop Infopath Semitrust dll option do? (to lazy right now to do the research)

2. (and more importantly) I had quite some trouble trying to test my ISO because the VM is old (April 08) and I needed all kinds of OS updates. I updated to SP3 and for some reason lost my OS activation. Luckily I had a backup and only updated SP2 stuff afterwards, activated Office and then was able to check OU and MU. Is there a way to check for OU and/or MU updates without having the product activated? I still need to test an unattended install of Office (if it can be done with a OEM version).

removed log file

Well, that are great news. Thanks for detail report. I'll take your suggestion, but I'll add it for 1.7.1 version, because I want to have stable version before I change anything. Till now there is only one bug, reported by schakan, and it seems that I can not find others, which is also a good news.

1. You can read about InfoPath fix in help file (section Troubleshoot), but this fix does not affect your version, only Office 2003 Professional.

2. Maybe there is some hack for this, but probably not legal. You'll have to find it out yourself, since non-legal stuffs are not allowed on this forum.

Cheers

I understand. Thanks again for your help.

Hi hoofdy-do,

M$ has build two images for the test of the new IE thats should help also to test your Office builds.

You can download the Images for Virtual PC (also a free product from M$) from the microsoft download center
or some other locations.

If you use the follow search expression "Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image" you can find there some images with Windows XP and also one with vista.

Maybe it will be help

Thanks dkl42. I actually forgot about the free images M$ has available. I stopped using VPC and opted for VirtualBox when testing unattended installs of XP because it runs so much faster. I'll give your suggestion a try, since I don't need to do as many tests with my Office builds as I do with my XP builds.

Version 1.7 Final is out.

Cheers

SP3 Direct Slipstream not working on my Office 2k3 Enterprise - RTM Version (PT-BR)


v1.7 Final

It's not working because applying MAINSP3.msp from SP3 failed. You probably did not type your CD key correctly. Next time, upload log file located in root folder of the Slipstreamer.

Cheers

Hi mara-

Have now tested 1.7 final and everything was perfect with my setup:
O2003 Pro Swe, admin install from HD, ChainInstall, Unattended and with no updates from MS Update.

Great work mara-.

Thanks
Hakan

Updated Portuguese (Brazilian) translation and one more place that can't be translated (i didn't notice this before ).

sory if this has been answered before. I searched the thread and did not find it.

I downloaded X12-30307.exe from MS, since I prefer having Office 2007 Ultimate on my HD then on DVD.

If I choose the .exe directly, slipstreamer gives me an error...

If I unpack the .exe and get all the files, I choose the setup.exe, but it then failsbecause it says that it cannot find setup.ini.

This file does not exist on the file I mentioned.

Any ideas?

I just could get the dvd and make an iso out of that, but I was just curious on my this doesn't work.

thanks

Thanks, great news. But it would be great that you test Direct Method which was the main thing for this release.



Thanks for the update. Yes I know about that untranslatable things. I'm not sure if I can make it translatable, but I'll try.



Can you tell me which error Slipstreamer give when you directly select exe file?

For the other thing you tried: You can not use programs like 7-zip to extract files, you need to use Microsoft commands. Example:



Cheers

EDIT:
@gabito
I just downloaded Office 2007 Ultimate (X12-30307.exe) and tested with Slipstreamer. I chose X12-30307.exe directly and it works like a charm, no any error. I don't know why you are having the problem. I would really like to know what error are you getting?

Version 1.7.1 is out.

Cheers

Using Office XP, I clicked on the office SETUP.EXE and got "File you [have] chosen is not Office Setup file."
Anyone else get that?

BTW for office XP users here is a link to Office XP hotfixes.

Hm, that is strange. I just tried to load my Office XP and I did not get that error. Did you before use Office Slipstreamer to slipstream to that Office XP. If yes, that can be the cause. In previous versions of the Slipstreamer, I used custom Setup.exe to launch original Setup.exe and to merge reg keys for hotfixes. If this is a case, just replace problematic setup.exe with setup.exe located in folder FILES\SETUP of your Office. If this is not a case, open Properties of problematic Setup.exe and tell me what is written under "File version" and under "Description." BTW, thanks for grammar correction.

Cheers

Swedish translation for 1.7.1 attached.

Cheers

It seems that you forgot to attach

Cheers

Yes I did, I'm sorry.
Here's the attachment.

Thanks.

Cheers

Todays update for Office2003:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/ms08-055.mspx (Security Bulletin).

Pick Your update from the "Affected Software" table in the middle of the page.

/SwedenXP

That was it. Worked!
thanks!

Great, I'm glad that problem is solved.

Cheers ;)

Version 1.7.2 is out.

Cheers

Portuguese (Brazilian) translation updated for v1.7.2.

Thanks.

Cheers

Hi mara-, Italian translation updated for v1.7.x.

Click to view attachment



Tested v1.7.2. (MSO 2003 PRO + SP3 + updates list + 09/09/2008 updates), in direct slipstream + my TRANSFORM.MST, and I'm having two little problems:

1) missing HOTFIXES.REG in local MSOCACHE, generating a REGEDIT error: Failed to import file X:\MSOCACHE\....\SETUP\hotfixes.reg (manually added)

2) WU missing Hotfixes: KB955434 (OLK FLT, 08/12/2008 UPDATE), KB950241 (WORD, 05/13/2008 UPDATE) and KB943985V2 (EXCEL 03/19/2008 UPDATE).

Click to view attachment

Ciao

Lions

Thanks.




Well, hotfixes.reg is not designed to be in local cache. When this failure happens. During install? Or when you try to launch something from cache?



You mean, that those hotfixes are not on the list, or? From the log I see that you did not integrate it, so you probably mean on the list of updates?

Cheers

Hello mara-

Unfortunately, I'm back. I just downloaded the latest fixes from MS, and version 1.7.2 of the slipstreamer.

It doesn't work for me.

I've attached the log file. Everything looks just fine there to me, but the final folder (and iso) doesn't have new cab files, rather the old ones. The result of that is the iso does an install of office just fine - then MS Update tells me I need all the hotfixes since SP3.

My suspicion is that you are creating the new cab's and then not copying them from temp back to the destination folder. But you know more about this than I do. What else can I provide you to help troubleshoot this problem.

You should still have the S&T source.

Thanks

-marsha

I did an Office 2003 installation with SP3 only (no hot fixes) to see want hot fixes I needed. MS update came back with 15 critical hot fixes. I did an admin Slipstream of Office 2003 using version 1.7.1 with SP3 and the 15 hot fixes. I used the new CD to update the prior office installation. MS Update says I still need the 15 updates.

I uninstalled Office and then installed it with the same new CD. MS Update is happy – no updates available. So it appears that the new hot fixes do not get installed, or at least the registry does not get updated, when the slipstreamed CD is used to update a prior Office installation.

I did the same thing with Office 2007 Pro Plus SP1 and have the same exact problem. The only difference is that 2007 has 12 hot fixes.

OK, guys, I'll check this tomorrow. It late here now.

Cheers

Hi mara-,



Not a real failure, but only an error message box that appears at the end of the installation process, which is completed successfully and without problems: Office is installed and configured correctly, with all my personal settings activated and functioning properly.
The error message is generated by REGEDIT, right at the end of the setup, when HOTFIXES.REG should be added to the registry.
Only THIS operation fails, and the registry does not get updated.

After adding manually HOTFIXES.REG (doubleclicking on it) and after a healthy reboot, MS Update says I still need these 3 "obsolete" updates:

KB955434 (OLK FLT, August versione replaced by Sept. ver.),
KB950241 (WORD, 05/13/2008 ver., replaced)
KB943985V2 (EXCEL 03/19/2008 ver., replaced)




Those hotfixes are not on your (and mine) list of updates, because they were replaced by newer hotfixes.

I did a Direct Slipstream using version 1.7.2 with SP3 and the 15 hot fixes of your list of updates, adding the 3 new updates of September, and removing older version of the Outlook Filters.

I made three tests, all with the same result.

After installing the 3 updates reported, MS Update was happy and said "no updates available".

Ciao


Lions

@Marsha



After looking your log, and re-reading your post, I thing everything is fine, except that reg keys were not merged. I'm doing right now the test of slipstream so I can see if cabs are new or old, but I think the problem is what I already mentioned.

Cheers

well the 84 cab files in the destination folder (and the iso) are bit-for-bit) the same and have the dame modification date (8/15/2008 when I made the source folder from CD) so, that certainly leads me to believe they aren't updated.

Can I provide you some additional information?

-marsha

That is very strange. I just done slipstream using your source and new cabs were created. But, you said that when you installed that Office, Microsoft Update required all post SP3 updates, but not SP3, which means that cabs were updated. You can also verify, if you open for example Word, and the select Help -> About.

Cheers

Updated german language to 1.7.2: Download German.lng

Thanks.

@Lions

.reg file will be cached now for next version. You will have to do another slipstream from scratch.

@PDL707

.reg file will be now merged on upgrade too for Office 2003/2002/XP. You will have to do another slipstream from scratch. Strange thing is for Office 2007. I can't do nothing there, I just extract service pack and hotfixes to Update folder, so that might be Microsoft problem.

Now, only thing left is problem that Marsha is having. After you verify thing I suggested with Help->About and if there is no SP3 showed, please try to do slipstream once more. If some problem appears again, I'll do some changes and I'll send you a test version, if you agree.

Cheers

No, the cabs were not updated. There is no SP3 showing in the "about" after the install. I agree it's strange that MS Update just gave me the post-sp3 updates as necessary. Maybe because of the xml and setup and other files that were updated.

I happy to do some step-by-step test if it will help you. You need to tell me exactly what you want. You have the exact same source I do, though.

-marsha

I can only sent you a test version which will keep temp files so I can see if something went wrong. I'll PM you soon, I'll just make necessary modifications and I'll upload it.

Cheers ;)

some data for mara- on my latest failed build.

-marsha

files for mara-