Introduction

Slipstreaming a service pack for Microsoft Office has the same advantages as slipstreaming a service pack for Microsoft Windows. The next time you need to install Office, it will already have the latest updates "out of the box" eliminating the need to update once the application is already installed.

Microsoft Office 2003 Professional has a total of 5 discs. I assume this guide only works on professional, but it shouldn't be too hard to get it working on other versions (really, just try the steps for disc 1 and that should work; can anyone confirm?). Each disc is similar to slipstream (so I copied and pasted, changing some things), but pay attention to details!

Prerequisites

This guide assumes you have the following tools:
- A working Microsoft Windows system
- A working internet connection
- WinRAR, or WinZip

Slipstreaming Service Pack 1 on disc 1

Disc 1 contains:
Word 2003, Outlook 2003, Excel 2003, Access 2003, PowerPoint 2003, Publisher 2003

(1) Downloading the update
Download this update (74MB) from Microsoft and save it anywhere.

(2) Extracting the update
Use WinZip, WinRAR, or any other compression utility that is able to extract files from an exe file. Use the tool to extract the files contained within Office2003SP1-kb842532-fullfile-enu.exe to C:\Office2003SP1\.

(3) Copying the CD
Unlike slipstreaming service packs for Windows, it is required that you do not simply copy the CD's contents. Place disc 1 in your CD drive. If a setup window appears, cancel it. Press the "Start" button and select "Run". Type D:\setup.exe /a into the box and press "OK". You may substitute D for your own CD drive letter. Once the setup comes up, use C:\Office2003\ as your "Install Location" and enter your CD key. Continue with the wizard. It will appear to be installing, but it is simply copying the files in a way that they will fit on a CD.

(4) Applying the service pack
Select "Run" from the "Start" menu again. This time, type msiexec /p C:\Office2003SP1\MAINSP1ff.msp /a C:\Office2003\PRO11.MSI shortfilenames=true /qb into the box and press "OK". When that finishes, select "Run" from the "Start" menu one last time. Now type msiexec /p C:\Office2003SP1\OWC11SP1ff.msp /a C:\Office2003\OWC11.MSI shortfilenames=true /qb and press "OK". Your updated disc 1 is now in C:\Office2003\. You may create an ISO from the files or burn them to a CD.

Slipstreaming Service Pack 1 on disc 2

Disc 2 contains:
FrontPage 2003

(1) Downloading the update
Download this update (74MB) from Microsoft and save it anywhere. This step is the same as in disc 1.

(2) Extracting the update
Use WinZip, WinRAR, or any other compression utility that is able to extract files from an exe file. Use the tool to extract the files contained within Office2003SP1-kb842532-fullfile-enu.exe to C:\Office2003SP1\. This step is the same as in disc 1.

(3) Copying the CD
Unlike slipstreaming service packs for Windows, it is required that you do not simply copy the CD's contents. Place disc 2 in your CD drive. If a setup window appears, cancel it. Press the "Start" button and select "Run". Type D:\setup.exe /a into the box and press "OK". You may substitute D for your own CD drive letter. Once the setup comes up, use C:\FrontPage2003\ as your "Install Location" and enter your CD key. Continue with the wizard. It will appear to be installing, but it is simply copying the files in a way that they will fit on a CD.

(4) Applying the service pack
Select "Run" from the "Start" menu again. This time, type msiexec /p C:\Office2003SP1\MAINSP1ff.msp /a C:\FrontPage2003\FP11.MSI shortfilenames=true /qb into the box and press "OK". When that finishes, select "Run" from the "Start" menu one last time. Now type msiexec /p C:\Office2003SP1\OWC11SP1ff.msp /a C:\FrontPage2003\OWC11.MSI shortfilenames=true /qb and press "OK". Your updated disc 2 is now in C:\FrontPage2003\. You may create an ISO from the files or burn them to a CD.

Slipstreaming Service Pack 1 on disc 3

Disc 3 contains:
Visio 2003 Professional

(1) Downloading the update
Download this update (22MB) from Microsoft and save it anywhere.

(2) Extracting the update
Use WinZip, WinRAR, or any other compression utility that is able to extract files from an exe file. Use the tool to extract the files contained within Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-ENU.EXE to C:\Visio2003SP1\.

(3) Copying the CD
Unlike slipstreaming service packs for Windows, it is required that you do not simply copy the CD's contents. Place disc 3 in your CD drive. If a setup window appears, cancel it. Press the "Start" button and select "Run". Type D:\setup.exe /a into the box and press "OK". You may substitute D for your own CD drive letter. Once the setup comes up, use C:\Visio2003\ as your "Install Location" and enter your CD key. Continue with the wizard. It will appear to be installing, but it is simply copying the files in a way that they will fit on a CD.

(4) Applying the service pack
Select "Run" from the "Start" menu again. This time, type msiexec /p C:\Visio2003SP1\Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-ENU.MSP /a C:\Visio2003\VISPRO.MSI shortfilenames=true /qb into the box and press "OK". Your updated disc 3 is now in C:\Visio2003\. You may create an ISO from the files or burn them to a CD.

Slipstreaming Service Pack 1 on disc 4

Disc 4 contains:
Project 2003 Professional

(1) Downloading the update
Download this update (25MB) from Microsoft and save it anywhere.

(2) Extracting the update
Use WinZip, WinRAR, or any other compression utility that is able to extract files from an exe file. Use the tool to extract the files contained within Project2003-KB837240-FullFile-ENU.exe to C:\Project2003SP1\.

(3) Copying the CD
Unlike slipstreaming service packs for Windows, it is required that you do not simply copy the CD's contents. Place disc 4 in your CD drive. If a setup window appears, cancel it. Press the "Start" button and select "Run". Type D:\setup.exe /a into the box and press "OK". You may substitute D for your own CD drive letter. Once the setup comes up, use C:\Project2003\ as your "Install Location" and enter your CD key. Continue with the wizard. It will appear to be installing, but it is simply copying the files in a way that they will fit on a CD.

(4) Applying the service pack
Select "Run" from the "Start" menu again. This time, type msiexec /p C:\Project2003SP1\Project2003-KB837240-FullFile-ENU.msp /a C:\Project2003\PRJPROE.MSI shortfilenames=true /qb into the box and press "OK". Your updated disc 4 is now in C:\Project2003\. You may create an ISO from the files or burn them to a CD.

Slipstreaming Service Pack 1 on disc 5

Disc 5 contains:
OneNote 2003

(1) Downloading the update
Download this update (19MB) from Microsoft and save it anywhere.

(2) Extracting the update
Use WinZip, WinRAR, or any other compression utility that is able to extract files from an exe file. Use the tool to extract the files contained within OneNote2003SP1-kb842774-fullfile-enu.exe to C:\OneNote2003SP1\.

(3) Copying the CD
Unlike slipstreaming service packs for Windows, it is required that you do not simply copy the CD's contents. Place disc 5 in your CD drive. If a setup window appears, cancel it. Press the "Start" button and select "Run". Type D:\setup.exe /a into the box and press "OK". You may substitute D for your own CD drive letter. Once the setup comes up, use C:\OneNote2003\ as your "Install Location" and enter your CD key. Continue with the wizard. It will appear to be installing, but it is simply copying the files in a way that they will fit on a CD.

(4) Applying the service pack
Select "Run" from the "Start" menu again. This time, type msiexec /p C:\OneNote2003SP1\ONENOTESP1ff.msp /a C:\OneNote2003\ONOTE11.MSI shortfilenames=true /qb into the box and press "OK". Your updated disc 5 is now in C:\OneNote2003\. You may create an ISO from the files or burn them to a CD.



Notes:

- In step 3 of each disc, it is important that you don't simply copy and paste the files. Run the command I gave you. Otherwise, you will end up with about 900 megabytes and you will not be able to burn it to a CD. Others have recommended a DVD in this thread if you end up with more than can fit on a CD.. but I personally haven't tested it and it all fits on a CD for me. (Note added on October 13, 2004)

- Copying this post (in part or in whole) without giving credit is called plagiarism.. I don't care if you copy this, but at least link back to this thread or write your own instructions. This took a lot of my time to polish. (Note added on October 13, 2004)

- All in one (AIO) CD's cannot be upgraded to Service Pack 1. You must use the original installation source. The all in one maker from xbetas is indeed warez in its current form, as it contains serial numbers. (Note added on January 15, 2005)

- Keywords for people searching: sp1 office 2003 office 2k3 o2k3 slipstream slipstreaming service pack 1 (Note added on July 11, 2005)



I'd like to thank everyone for 15,000 views of this thread. I can only hope I've helped 15,000 people. I'd also like to thank Larney for all of his hard work and helpfulness in this thread.

I just want to add (with a new post, so it's more noticable) that I apologize for the size of my post, but slipstreaming a service pack on 5 cd's isn't going to be short

The content is mostly the same, but it's the links, commands, and files that change each CD

SP1 for Office 2003 isn't too popular. People was all over the pirated version of Office XP, and crazy slipstreaming of it and SP2.

It just came out July 27th I think..

Nice work, I did this yesterday off of the Windows XP Unattended site, but I was only guessing the last four discs. Seems like I got it right.

Good post. Not new news, nor is it any different from slipstreaming any other Office XP service pack, for example, it's nice to have.

I know, I installed it before I went to work.

Is it possible to slipstream into a CD rather than make an admin. installation point slipstream?

i guess not

dont think so, thats only possible in a windows slipstream.

anyways, great post. kudos

any word on slipstreaming to the AIO cd?

even though some of us have a AIO cd. . AIO cd's are warez, and are not talked about or tolerated here at neowin.

btw, welcome to neowin.

I've been meaning to ask this actually but never got the chance till now.
How could I slisptream SP1 onto a image that has an admin installation point created already from when I slipstreamed a few hotfixes?

warez?

actually i just merged the 5 cds into one file using a utility from xbetas. i was hoping on slipstreaming the service pack from there.. slipstreaming the Sp's into each of the 5 cds and then running the merging util didnt sound like the best idea and was way too much work for me to attempt =p

Any 1??

Brgs

You should note:

If you get an error on slipstreaming into RTM admin install point:

ERROR CANNOT FIND PRODUCT KEY SETUP CANNOT CREATE ADMIN INSTALL POINT.

Just run SETUP.EXE /A again make sure to specify a product key save to a new location and run slipstream again it will work.


got this error when i copied my CD to HD for slipstreaming. ( it was an admin install CD i made myself with Product Key in it)

maybe it got the read-only attrib, in any case i was surprised it let's you recreate the Admin point using the decompressed files.

1 more note:

you might want to add instructions for updating the web componants of Disc 4 Project.

AIO?

This works fantastic! Thanks!

Awesome guide!

Yea, I did the AIO myself with a little utility from the internet, not warez. A guide for slipstreaming that would be cool.

ditto

For those that want to do a slipstream AIO, you're going to have to slipstream the individual discs as per the instructions, then run the AIO utility again. Pretty simple, works a treat - I did it myself. The ISO is a touch bigger, but still small enough to fit on one CD.

I can't find this utility to create your own AIO cd...

I only install office ever so often... so unless I start doing it a lot more often I guess I can wait.

Instead of running setup /a you could copy the cd contents to your hard drive, slipstream the SP and write everything to a new CD-R.

If u did the AIO urself...
Then u must have the original CD's aswell
So u can just update them and create a new AIO CD !!

Then I either end up with an error about setup. But I think its coz some files on the CD are hidden.
Going to try again and see what I end up with

I used the office 2003 resource kit to create a quiet installer that set up all of my options for Office 2003 Professional ( @ work ) This worked great! one of the reasons I love office 2003 is that it will keep the installation source local to the computer, so when the next user logs in, he/she won't have to pull the source cabs across the network... VERY nice....


Service pack one rolls along, so I did the setup.exe /a and did the administrative install point. Now when a user logs on, it begins to search for the install source.... which isn't what I had in mind, since regular users on this network dont have access to the source.....

If anyone could offer a hand of advice!

I couldn't find the web update for disc 4.. it wasn't included with the sp1 for it so I was a little confused.

Anybody looking for the AIO Maker please PM me as it some people are obviously tagging it as warez so lets just do it over PM

How to Slipstream Office 2003 Proofing Tools. I followed the guide and end up with 1.2 GB of disk space.

Then use something like Alchohol or Deamon Tools to mount it or burn it to a DVD

My ISO comes out being this:

Name: office.2003.aio.iso
Size: 906 MB (950,132,736 bytes)
MD5 Hash: 68d323f50d7d93749d3e73fa9f920948

This was using the AIO Maker (All In One). PM me for information on getting the AIO Maker.

OK, this is annoying of me to ask but does anybody have the Office AIO Maker? I deleted it and people need it. Please PM me to keep this guide clean

OK, **NEWS UPDATE**

Sorry for 4 posts in a row...I have the AIO for those that have been asking for it. Please PM me again EVERYBODY that asked for it...Thank you

906MB how on earth you get it that big my AIO disk is only 568MB

Were talking about SP1 here

sp1 is only 72.1MB in total

No its not, there are 5 different updates...just accept it

The way m$ made it look was that there was just SP1 they never made it clear you needed seperate updates for each product

Oh well

It's the SP1 version of Office 2003, FrontPage 2003, Visio 2003, Project 2003, and OneNote 2003 all combined into an All in One package. This is why it's so large. It is strange that this one will not fit on a CD, whereas without the service pack it does, but you can still burn it to a DVD.

Yeah, all 4 Service Pack's I would accept adding on about 300MB but 400MB + seems quite worrying...in Slipstreaming it you would expect most files to be slipstreamed unless these are all new files needed for updates. Oh well we are all getting the same size so it doesn't matter...just buy a DVD burner and a few blanks

Is there a "free" office 2003 trial available for download, somewhere?

http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/trial.mspx

Thanks for the link... but no free trial to download for "Free" eh......

http://www.microsoft.com/office/trial/default.mspx

Better information ?

Kool, thanks!

Anytime

i have a problem. after slipstreaming all SP1s i ended up with an over-900mb big AIO ISO which i can never burn on a CD. what do i do?

Use a program like Alcohol and Deamon Tools. You can have a virtual CD drive where you can run the iso from