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_Go2doug_
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May 1, 2006
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Trying to deploy patched Acrobat 7.0 via Group Policy Object

  • May 1, 2006
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I successfully created a GPO to push Acrobat 7.0. Now I would like to patch the MSI file so that the computers in the OU will get Acrobat 7.0.7, not just 7.0. This is proving to be very difficult, however.

I have the following folders set up on the Windows 2000 SP4 server:

\\server_name\Acrobat7Standard\Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard\AcroStan.msi

\\server_name\Acrobat7Standard\7.0.5 Patch\Ac705StVP_efgj.msp

\\server_name\Acrobat7Standard\7.0.7 Patch\Acro707.msp

I tried running some commands that I found on other webpages but all they do is make a "Windows Installer" box appear containing some various switches and options that you can use. I tested the installation process at bootup and it's still not pushing v7.0.7.

This is a volume license installation using a volume license key; do I need volume license patches to go with it? If so, where could I get them?

Any ideas? Thanks for your help.
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_PaulO_
Participating Frequently
May 19, 2006
Adam,

You can always use Winzip or similar program to extract .exe files.

Go2doug,

I was updateing a volume license version of Acrobat 7 Pro on a W2k Pro SP4 machine and get Error 1315 "unable to write to specified folder". So I copied my admin install point files and folders onto an XP Pro machine the update completed. This is intersting. I do see you are using standard, but the docs from adobe do not differentiate on this.
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_Adam_Kuhn_
Participant
May 17, 2006
Never mind. I opened up the exe in Winzip and saw that the msp file was inside of the exe. I just wish it was blatently obvious that this was what you had to do. I'm sure it's written down somewhere, but I didn't see it.
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_Adam_Kuhn_
Participant
May 17, 2006
Please tell me how you extract the msp files from the downloaded exe patch. It seems as if you start the discussion already having the msp file extracted from the patch file. I'd like to know how.

I've succeeded in creating my gpo and successfully pushed out 7.0.0 to a test machine. Now I'd like to go to 05 and 07 just as you have.

Thanks.
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_Go2doug_Author
Participant
May 9, 2006
I was able to finally achieve what I intended to do. I had to run these CLI commands on the server.

To update 7.0 MSI to 7.0.5:

E:\Acrobat7Standard\705Patch\Ac705StVP_efgj.msp /a E:\Acrobat7Standard\AdobeAcrobat70Standard\AcroStan.msi /qb!

7.0.5 to 7.0.7:

E:\Acrobat7Standard\707Patch\Acro707.msp /a E:\Acrobat7Standard\AdobeAcrobat70Standard\AcroStan.msi /qb!

No spaces and periods in UNC path! That fixed my problem.

After you update the MSI to 7.0.7, you must create a new transform file.
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_Go2doug_Author
Participant
May 1, 2006
I found some instructions in <a href="http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/webseminars/Tuner7-QA.pdf">this PDF file</a> which says:<br /><br /><blockquote>An Administrative Install can be patched directly so that users need only to run a Repair operation to update their application, and the network administrator need not push out a patch update across the entire network. To patch an installed administrative image, apply the patch with the /a switch.<br /><br /><b>msiexec /p <patch package> AcroPro.msp /a <package> AcroPro.msi</b></blockquote><br /><br />I am unsure about the syntax of the command above...can anyone lend a hand?
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