Auto update Acrobat Pro/Standard

Hi all,
We have numerous users throughout various depts, all are using different versions of AcroPro/standard 8 and 9.0.
Question is whether there's any ways to get the patch (latest_version.msp) files to update those versions via Active Directory
deployment process, of course, without user's involvement.
To start, we used Advanced Installer program to repackage an update process from AcroPro8.1.0 to 8.1.3; however the latest version
is 8.2.2, which eventually we'd like to get up to.
So, for instance, from AcroPro8.1.3 we've tried: msiexec /a AcroPro8.1.3.msi /p AcrobatUpd814_all_incr.msp
but error message pops up saying "...program to update may be missing..." meaning it's not working.
Much appreciated for any advice.
Bob

Hi again,
I found a simple but helpful batch process that essentially does all the updates in one shot - kind of what I initially was looking
for.
Here it is, of course do not include the broken lines:
=============================================================================
msiexec.exe /p "\\<shared location>\folder\AcrobatUpd811_all_incr.msp" REINSTALLMODE=omus REINSTALL=ALL /qn
msiexec.exe /p "\\<shared location>\folder\AcrobatUpd812_all_incr.msp" REINSTALLMODE=omus REINSTALL=ALL /qn
msiexec.exe /p "\\<shared location>\folder\AcrobatUpd813_all_incr.msp" REINSTALLMODE=omus REINSTALL=ALL /qn
msiexec.exe /p "\\<shared location>\folder\AcrobatUpd814_all_ce_incr.msp" REINSTALLMODE=omus REINSTALL=ALL /qn
msiexec.exe /p "\\<shared location>\folder\AcrobatUpd815_all_incr.msp" REINSTALLMODE=omus REINSTALL=ALL /qn
...keep repeating the msiexec command line till you hit the last version (AcrobatUpd82.2_all_incr.msp)...
=============================================================================
Lots of repetion, but works for me. I tried to arrange them in one line separeted by semicolons but somehow didn't work.
Note: list your update versions in incremental order, otherwise process will error out.
Switches: /qn = quiet mode
First download all the .msp patches from http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows
save to a location, preferably a network location. Now all that's needed is to convert this batch file into an .msi to be deployed.
bob

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