paigeharrisuk
Technical User
- Jan 19, 2009
- 2
Ok hear goes:
Task: upgrade all pc’s and laptops to Office2003 with sp3.
I am new to the SMS world and I am trying to push out a sms package of Office 2003 with SP3 slipstreamed over the network to over 400 pcs/laptops, I have successfully managed to create the msi with sp3 included and am now at the stage where I need to push out to a test pc, this is my first time using SMS 2003,please note that these pc’s cannot be rebooted at random as I have come across the following problems, most are in use 24/7 so I am forced to used the silent install with the relevant switches.
Hear is my dilemma: some of the pc’s have had an AD install of office 2003 with sp2 and the some have still have office 97.
On my test pc I have the image with the AD install of office 2003 with sp2 , the pc gets the advert and displays the message that the install will run in 3min but alas no installation!! . Is there a way to force the app to overwrite/update the app with the new software? Or force an uninstall of the old office (no inst files were saved to customer pc’s during the AD Deployment)
Also, if a customer is working within one the office apps the same time the install need to occur, will the install still go ahead or will it wait until the app has been closed, as I do not want the customer to lose any work he/she may be working on
Task: upgrade all pc’s and laptops to Office2003 with sp3.
I am new to the SMS world and I am trying to push out a sms package of Office 2003 with SP3 slipstreamed over the network to over 400 pcs/laptops, I have successfully managed to create the msi with sp3 included and am now at the stage where I need to push out to a test pc, this is my first time using SMS 2003,please note that these pc’s cannot be rebooted at random as I have come across the following problems, most are in use 24/7 so I am forced to used the silent install with the relevant switches.
Hear is my dilemma: some of the pc’s have had an AD install of office 2003 with sp2 and the some have still have office 97.
On my test pc I have the image with the AD install of office 2003 with sp2 , the pc gets the advert and displays the message that the install will run in 3min but alas no installation!! . Is there a way to force the app to overwrite/update the app with the new software? Or force an uninstall of the old office (no inst files were saved to customer pc’s during the AD Deployment)
Also, if a customer is working within one the office apps the same time the install need to occur, will the install still go ahead or will it wait until the app has been closed, as I do not want the customer to lose any work he/she may be working on