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Date Posted: February 11, 2002

Step 3

Start the "Run" command from your "Start" menu again. You'll have to enter the following:

msiexec /p x:\admin\mainsp1_admin.msp /a x:\office\proplus.msi shortfilenames=true /qb

Where "x" is the drive letter where the files are located. This will update the core components.

Once that is done, you'll need to update the web components. The instructions are identical as before:

msiexec /p x:\admin\owc10sp1_admin.msp /a x:\office\owc10.msi shortfilenames=true /qb

You'll be presented with a series of progress windows for each installation as follows...

When it's done, there won't be any "Installation Complete" dialogue box, so make sure you wait until the last window simply disappears.

I'm guessing a few of you are wondering what all those commands are. Basically, "msiexec" is the executable name for Windows Installer.

"/p" enables Windows Installer to apply an update to an existing installation, which in this case is the copied files on your hard drive.

The "/a" is probably not necessary for the majority of you, as it's the switch that allows the Windows Installer to perform an administrative installation of a product on a network share. I included it because anyone who wants to update over the network will need to know this.

"shortfilenames=true" tells Windows Installer to make all the file names and folders with MS-DOS-compatible file names. I don't really know why this is necessary, but likely needed since it's a requirement for running files from a command line.

"/qb" limits the installation options to a very basic level. No need for a dozen pop ups and button presses when all you need to do is to click OK each time.

You can read a lot more about this on the .

Once this is complete, you can either burn the contents of the folder to CD or leave them on your hard drive. It's about 630MB in all.

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