Service Pack MSP file Extractions?

2005 Based products over network, with a couple Service
Pack's on specific modules.

Stupid question, yet why am I not seeing the MSP file from the
executable, either from WinZip, or as I use Power Archiver ??

Something so easy, yet need to point the .msp with regard to the .msi administrative image, and what am I lacking to extract
that .MSP off the Service Pack's ?? A post from 2004 product
base makes it clear (just as it is), to just "extract", yet ???

Thanks, in advance.

 

Hello,

You need to extract the MSP from the EXE file. We put the instructions in
the README.

http://adeskftp.autodesk.com/prodsupp/downloads/Readme_2005_SP1.htm

BTW it was exactly the same in AutoCAD 2004

Hope this helps.

Bud Schroeder
AutoCAD Test Development
Autodesk Inc.

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Apply This Service Pack to a Network Administrative Image
The following two methods of distributing Service Pack 1 apply only to
administrative images created with the Network Installation wizard. After
you complete these procedures, any new deployments of the product will have
the service pack applied to them automatically.

The patch (service pack) file that you download contains an MSP (Microsoft
Patch) file, which you extract from the executable file using the /e
(extract) switch; see step 2 for the syntax.


To add the service pack to a new administrative image

1.. From the Autodesk Product Support website, download the service pack
EXE file to your local computer.
2.. On the Start menu (Windows), click Run. Enter the following
information, and then click OK:

<local drive:>\<patch name>\ /e <local drive:>\<patch name>.msp


3.. On the computer where you installed the Network Installation wizard,
on the Start menu (Windows), click Autodesk > Network Installation Wizard.
4.. In the Network Installation wizard, on the Welcome page, select Create
an Administrative Image, and then click Next.
5.. On the Create Administrative Image page, in the Select Autodesk
Installer (MSI) File box, enter the path to acad.msi (or aclt.msi), the MSI
file that you use as the basis for your administrative image. This file is
found on your product CD-ROM, in cdrom:\Bin\acadFeui (or
cdrom:\Bin\acltFeui).
6.. In the Administrative Image Location box, enter an existing shared
network location where you want to create an administrative image, or click
Browse to navigate to a location. Users install AutoCAD (or AutoCAD LT) from
this location.
7.. Select the Apply a Patch (Service Pack) to This Image option.
8.. In the Select Patch box, enter the path to the patch location (the
location you entered in step 2, including the file extension .msp). You can
also browse to locate the MSP file.
9.. Click Next, and follow the instructions in the Network Installation
wizard to complete the deployment of this service pack.
To apply the service pack to an existing administrative image

1.. From the Autodesk Product Support website, download the service pack
EXE file to your local computer.
2.. On the Start menu (Windows), click Run. Enter the following
information, and then click OK.

<local drive:>\<patch name>\ /e <local drive:>\<patch name>.msp


3.. On the computer where you installed the Network Installation wizard,
on the Start menu (Windows), click Autodesk > Network Installation Wizard.
4.. In the Network Installation wizard, on the Welcome page, select Modify
an Administrative Image, and then click Next.
5.. On the Modify Administrative Image page, in the Select an MSI File
list, select an existing Autodesk installer file (MSI) from an existing
shared network location that contains the administrative image you want to
modify. Users install AutoCAD (or AutoCAD LT) from this location.
6.. Select the Apply a Patch (Service Pack) to This Image option.
7.. In the Select Patch box, enter the path to the patch location (the
location you entered in step 2, including the file extension .msp). You can
also browse to locate the MSP file.
8.. Click Next, and follow the instructions in the Network Installation
wizard to complete the deployment of this service pack.
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administrative image, and what am I lacking to extract

 

The following is pasted from the AutoCAD 2005 SP1 Readme
1.. From the Autodesk Product Support website, download the service pack
EXE file to your local computer.
2.. On the Start menu (Windows), click Run. Enter the following
information, and then click OK:
<local drive:>\<patch name>\ /e <local drive:>\<patch name>.msp
I hope the above addresses your issue.

--
Jerry Milana,
Autodesk Consulting

administrative image, and what am I lacking to extract

 

Jerry,

As I had over the server, even our MIS dept. couldn't make it happen. I simply moved local, and it worked fine.
Think maybe BOTH of us just were copy/type happy, and had one too many "\" that kept calling for a directory that didn't exist, or ? knows in our switches for:
<local drive:>\<patch name>\ /e <local drive:>\<patch name>.msp

Hast makes waste, in this case stupidity.
Had all the info, no problem there. Operator error!

Regards !