• MSI Restart Manager - How it relates to Office updates and application restarts

    Windows Installer 4.x and later includes the “MSI Restart Manager” which is designed to reduce required operating system reboots during Installer maintenance mode operations, by restarting applications rather than rebooting the operating system...
  • How to programmatically install the PowerPoint 2003 hotfix related to KB2543241 and KB2464588

    If you have installed the KB2464588 update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2003, which is related to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-022, you may be aware of/experiencing the following known issues: When you open presentations that contain layouts with background...
  • How to programmatically install the Outlook 2007 hotfix related to KB2512788 and KB2509470

    After installing the April 2011 Public Update for Outlook 2007 (KB2509470), some users have reported difficulty with print previewing messages. The KB2512788 hotfix was created to address these issues. The following steps can be used to install the...
  • How to automate the uninstallation of an Office patch programmatically

      We can automate the silent uninstallation of Office patches via a command line like so: %windir%\System32\msiexec.exe /package {Office GUID} /uninstall {Patch GUID} /QN First we will need to determine what the GUID is for Office, and next what...
  • How to extract the contents from an .ISO file without burning the .ISO to disc.

      When Office products are downloaded from the Volume License Service Center they come down as .ISO files. .ISO is not a file format that Windows can open natively. An ISO file is an image of a CD/DVD. Typically you would be able to use a burning...