Deploying Office 2003 via GPO and it is not upgrading the existing Office XP install....

[SMR]

I created a gp to publish an msi package (office 2003) without problem. The
package appears in add programs, and installs just fine. The problem is
that it does not upgrade the existing office xp program on the workstation,
and wont give you an option to. It just installs side by side.

The strange this is that if I manually try to upgrade using the same msi
(double clicking on it from a network share), setup box shows up and gives
me the check box option to upgrade.

Does anyone have any ideas as to why this could be happening?

TIA

 

[Inukshuk]

You should put the /P extension in your commando.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/assistance/ha011524801033.aspx

Greetings,