After Microsoft released Office 2007 Service Pack 2, I wanted to avoid having to install Office 2007 and then perform another installation for SP2. Luckily, Microsoft has made this very easy to do with Office 2007 as compared to earlier versions. No special tools required!
A little information about how this works: Your Office 2007 media has a folder called Updates in it. Any *.msp update files copied into that folder will be installed during the Office 2007 install, but after the suite is installed. The SP2 “fullfile” installer is just a self-extracting archive containing all the source *.msp files needed for the update. So, by copying these files into the Updates folder, you’re getting an Office 2007 install with SP2 integrated.
To integrate SP2, first you need to copy your install media to a local folder. To do this, create a folder in your C drive called Office 2007. Now, copy everything from the root of your Office 2007 install media to C:\Office 2007. Your Office 2007 folder should look similar to the image below.
Now, you need to obtain a copy of the SP2 installer. You can download the service pack from the Microsoft Download Center. Save the installer to the root of your C drive. Once you’ve downloaded the file, integrating the service pack is as simple as running one command from the command line.
Open up the command line, navigate to your C drive, and enter the following command. If you saved your Office 2007 install media and/or SP2 file to a different path, make sure you make the appropriate substitutions. Also, if there are spaces in your path, be sure to enclose the path in quotes, as shown below.
office2007sp2-kb953195-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:”C:\Office 2007\Updates”
Hit enter, then you’ll be prompted to accept the license agreement. If you agree to the terms, check off Click here to accept the Microsoft Software License Terms, then click Continue.
When the files have been extracted, click OK on the window notifying you that the installation is complete. Navigate to C:\Office 2007\Updates. Your folder should look similar to the image below.
You’re almost done! All that’s left now is create your install media. If you’re going to be installing from a network point, just copy your Office 2007 folder to the network share you plan to install from. If you plan to install from DVD—the resulting folder will likely be just over 800MB—you’ll need to create a new DVD project in your favorite DVD burning software, then drag the contents of the Office 2007 folder into your DVD project. Burn your disc, and you’re ready to install Office 2007 with SP2 integrated.
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