Re: WSUS update Office SP3 asks Office cd for publisher

"GeertL" <> wrote in message
news:af863552-b934-4fcd-b3b6-...


> We have about 300 cliënts with XP en office XP, all installed with
> deployment. On some workstations we installed Publisher manualy from
> the CD.
>
> Now i am using WSUS 3 for updates and on the cliënts with publisher i
> get an error on the update Office SP3, saying it wants the publisher
> cd. Is there a way for pointing the publisher install (cd) location to
> a shared network drive instead of the CD so that update can get its
> resources from there?

Yes, but it involves editing the registry on every client to point the
Office XP installation source to the UNC pathname of the network share in
order to faciliate unattended/installation by the WUAgent.

Unfortunately, I no longer have a reference to what key requires
modification, and I don't have an installed copy of Office XP to check. A
google search of this newsgroup with my name as author may turn up the
thread where I discussed (and referenced) the Office XP key required.



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Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas
Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)

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Try searching the registry for D:\. There will be a lot but one will belong to
publisher. Change it and see if it does the job.



On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:38:40 -0800 (PST), GeertL <> wrote:

>On 21 nov, 15:36, "Lawrence Garvin [MVP]" <lawre...@news.postalias>
>wrote:
>> "GeertL" <lauwe...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:af863552-b934-4fcd-b3b6-...
>>
>> > We have about 300 cliënts with XP en office XP, all installed with
>> > deployment. On some workstations we installed Publisher manualy from
>> > the CD.
>>
>> > Now i am using WSUS 3 for updates and on the cliënts with publisher i
>> > get an error on the update Office SP3, saying it wants the publisher
>> > cd. Is there a way for pointing the publisher install (cd) location to
>> > a shared network drive instead of the CD so that update can get its
>> > resources from there?
>>
>> Yes, but it involves editing the registry on every client to point the
>> Office XP installation source to the UNC pathname of the network share in
>> order to faciliate unattended/installation by the WUAgent.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I no longer have a reference to what key requires
>> modification, and I don't have an installed copy of Office XP to check. A
>> google search of this newsgroup with my name as author may turn up the
>> thread where I discussed (and referenced) the Office XP key required.
>>
>> --
>> Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP:EA, MCDBA
>> Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas
>> Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)
>>
>> My Blog:http://onsitechsolutions.spaces.live.com
>> Microsoft WSUS Website:http://www.microsoft.com/wsus
>> My MVP Profile:http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pro...awrence.Garvin
>
>Hi,
>
>Tnx but i can't seem the find a topic with the instructions to add/
>delete/alter that registrysetting.
>Google searched pointed to keys in local machine as in the classes
>root...
>Anyone know the right key(s)?
>
>Geert
--
Dave Mills
There are 10 types of people, those that understand binary and those that don't.