We run Windows 2000 Pro SP4, use RIS to deploy the OS and Group Policy to
deploy Office XP, Project 2002 and Visio 2002 from admin installation
points.
Given the announcement by MS I thought it would be prudent to get patching.
So I RIS'd two fresh machines - installation was identical except, in
addition to Office XP SP2 (yes we are behind a service pack), the second
machine had Visio Pro 2002 SP 2 and Project Std 2002 installed automatically
via Group Policy. The two machines use exactly the same source software so
there could be no discrepancies there.
Before I dived into MBSA, WU, OfficeUpdate etc I thought I would just check
the Office versions, you know - Help, About Microsoft (Word) (Excel) etc.
Well I was quite surprised and confused.
PC1
Word
(10.5522.4219) SP2
Excel
(10.4524.4219) SP2
Outlook
(10.4712.4219) SP2
PowerPoint
(10.4205.4219) SP2
PC2
Word
(10.5522.6626) SP3
Excel
(10.4524.6626) SP3
Outlook
(10.4712.6626) SP3
PowerPoint
(10.4205.6626) SP3
So one PC had Office XP reporting itself as SP2 and the other as SP3. Since
the only difference between the 2 machines was Visio and Project, I reasoned
one of these must be the culprits. So I put PC1 into a W2K group which
resulted in Group Policy installing Visio 2002 SP2 (10.0.5110) at reboot and
sure enough PC1 also reports itself as Office XP SP3. And just to be sure I
wasn't going mad, I re-RIS'd both PCs again and achieved exactly the same
results.
I look forward to more confusing reports from MBSA and OfficeUpdate....
Regards
Brendon
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[snipped].
6. Office should be patched via OfficeUpdate. I'd appreciate hearing from
people who have been there (and not just WU). Did it work, didn't it, etc...
Cheers,
Russ - NTBugtraq Editor
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