Slipstream Service Pack 3 into Office 2003

When you slipstream Service Pack 3 into your Office 2003 installation point, Office 2003 will be installed at Service Pack 3 level saving you the trouble of applying it afterwards. All you need is Office 2003 Service Pack 3 and the installation CD of Office 2003.

  1. Download the administrative version of Office 2003 SP3 and save it to C: (click here for a different language than English)
  2. Extract the Office2003SP3-KB923618-FullFile-ENU.exe file to C:o2k3sp3a
    Start-> Run and type;
    C:Office2003SP3-KB923618-FullFile-ENU.exe /t:c:o2k3sp3a /c
  3. Insert your Office 2003 CD and make an administrative installation point to C:o2k3
    To do this open the Run command again and type;
    D:setup.exe /a (where D: is your CD-ROM drive)
  4. When the installation point is created open the Run command again and type*:
    msiexec /a C:o2k3pro.msi /p C:o2k3sp3aMAINSP3.msp
  5. When the update is finished you can write the content of C:o2k3 to CD and you’ll have an Office 2003 SP3 slipstreamed CD!

Note 1: You can append /qb+ to the preceding command line to avoid receiving the Office 2003 Administrative Installation dialog box and the End User License Agreement dialog box.
Note 2: You can follow these instructions as well to include the hotfixes

*Replace with your msi name. Just a quick list to get the idea;
pro.msi          = Office 2003 Professional
proret.msi      = Office 2003 Professional Retail
std.msi          = Office 2003 Standard
stdret.msi      = Office 2003 Standard Retail
sberet.msi     = Office 2003 Small Business Retail

If it ends with tri it is a trial edition; protri.msi