You find lots of applications on the Internet that allow to slipstream service packs, patches and updates into a Microsoft Windows installation CD or DVD. This has a serious advantage the next time the operating system has to be installed because all patches and updates have already been applied to it. It also eliminates the danger of directly connecting to the Internet to download those patches for the system.
Office Integrator does the same for Office basically. It allows you to create a slipstreamed installation source for Microsoft Office that contains all the updates and patches that you add to it. All that is needed is the current version of the Office Integrator, the patches for Microsoft Office that you want to slipstream and Microsoft Office.
Several so called Office hotpacks have been created at the forum where the Office Integrator has been published that contain all official Microsoft Office patches in one download. Another possibility would be to use Autopatcher Office to download the Office updates.
Once the software program is on the computer start it. Now select the Microsoft Office setup.exe and a destination for the slipstreamed version of Office. After that pick a Service Pack if you have one and hotfixes and patches from the computer. A click on the Integrate button starts the slipstreaming process.
A beta version of Office Integrator 0.7 was published on the forum as well but a user account is needed to use it. The main homepage of the application seems to be down currently which could be problematic for the whole process.
Update: Latest version is Office Integrator 1.0. You can grab it from the forum as well.
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[...] Windows only: Free slipstreaming utility Microsoft Office Integrator does something similar for Office to what nLite does for Windows XP—namely, save you a lot of time if you have to reinstall the thing. After running the program, pointing it to your Office CD/DVD or installation directory, and choosing service packs, updates, and hotfixes to integrate, it creates a new ISO that installs Office XP, 2003, or 2007 with everything rolled in. You can save more time by checking out the “hotpacks,” or bundles of fixes and updates, at the forum where Office Integrator is released. My Vista installation had some trouble opening the package from the second download link at the app site, but the first opened, with a seemingly different interface. Office Integrator is a free download for Windows XP and Vista only. Microsoft Office Integrator [Siginet Software via gHacks] [...]
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[...] Windows only: Free slipstreaming utility Microsoft Office Integrator does something similar for Office to what nLite does for Windows XP—namely, save you a lot of time if you have to reinstall the thing. After running the program, pointing it to your Office CD/DVD or installation directory, and choosing service packs, updates, and hotfixes to integrate, it creates a new ISO that installs Office XP, 2003, or 2007 with everything rolled in. You can save more time by checking out the “hotpacks,” or bundles of fixes and updates, at the forum where Office Integrator is released. My Vista installation had some trouble opening the package from the second download link at the app site, but the first opened, with a seemingly different interface. Office Integrator is a free download for Windows XP and Vista only. Microsoft Office Integrator [Siginet Software via gHacks] [...]
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[...] Windows only: Free slipstreaming utility Microsoft Office Integrator does something similar for Office to what nLite does for Windows XP—namely, save you a lot of time if you have to reinstall the thing. After running the program, pointing it to your Office CD/DVD or installation directory, and choosing service packs, updates, and hotfixes to integrate, it creates a new ISO that installs Office XP, 2003, or 2007 with everything rolled in. You can save more time by checking out the “hotpacks,” or bundles of fixes and updates, at the forum where Office Integrator is released. My Vista installation had some trouble opening the package from the second download link at the app site, but the first opened, with a seemingly different interface. Office Integrator is a free download for Windows XP and Vista only. Microsoft Office Integrator [Siginet Software via gHacks] [...]
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interesting… do you know if this works for older versions of Office too? i still use Office XP and don’t plan on upgrading…
From what I could gather it should work with Office XP as well.
ok, thanks Martin. i’ll try to slipstream Office XP into my nlite-modded XP disk :)