Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Create Your Own SharePoint SP2 SlipStream

  1. Copy the original media to a folder on the local drive of the server. For example, c:\sharepoint_install.
  2. Download WSS Service Pack 2 (wssv3sp2-kb953338-x86-fullfile-en-us.exe) KB Article 953338
  3. Download Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (officeserver2007sp2-kb953334-x86-fullfile-en-us.exe) KB Article 953334
  4. Create the updates folder c:\sharepoint_install\updates
  5. Extract both the WSS and the MOSS Service Pack files to the \updates folder of the original installation media. For example – c:\sharepoint_install\updates
For WSS 3.0 SP1
  • Run the following command as an administrator:
c:\wssv3sp1-kb936988-x86-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:c:\sharepoint_install\updates
  • You will see a dialog box asking you to accept the license terms. Check the box and click continue. To suppress the dialog box add the /quiet switch when extracting the Service Pack files.
  • The files will extract to the \updates folder.
For MOSS SP1
  • Run the following command as an administrator
c:\officeserver2007sp1-kb936984-x86-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:c:\sharepoint_install\updates
  • You will see a dialog box asking you to accept the license terms. Check the box and click continue. To suppress the dialog box add the /quiet switch when extracting the Service Pack files.
  • The files will extract to the \updates folder.
You now have an up-to-date installation package for installing SharePoint.