Deploy Office 2010 pro without XP SP3

Question

So I'm in an environment where a large portion of the fleet is still running XP SP2. Pushing Office 2010 out before particular things like WSUS are fixed so we would like to avoid upgrading to SP3 at all costs, as the business is riding us hard for a quick
deployment.
What I want to know is - Is there any way to deploy Office 2010 to PCs that don't have XP SP3?

Answer 1

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So I'm in an environment where a large portion of the fleet is still running XP SP2. Pushing Office 2010 out before particular things like WSUS are fixed so we would like to avoid upgrading to SP3 at all costs, as the business is riding us hard for a quick
deployment.
What I want to know is - Is there any way to deploy Office 2010 to PCs that don't have XP SP3?
No.  Office 2010 requires XP SP3 to be installed to be able to install the Office suite.
http:// technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624351.aspx shows
system requirements for Office 2010.  You may have to log in to get there but here is a copy of the pertinent parts.
"Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010
The following table lists the system requirements for Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010. (Other volume and retail licenses are similar OS requirements)
Component
Requirement
Computer and processor
500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher; 1 gigahertz (GHz) required for Outlook with Business Contact Manager
Memory
256 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher; 512 MB recommended for graphics features, Outlook Instant Search, Outlook with Business Contact Manager, Communicator, and certain advanced functionality
Hard disk
3.5 gigabyte (GB) available disk space
Display
1024 �? 768 or higher-resolution monitor
Operating system
Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit), Windows Vista with SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit or 64-bit) with MSXML 6.0 installed, Windows Server 2008 or later (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit). Terminal Server
and Windows on Windows (WOW) (which allows installing 32-bit versions of Office 2010 on 64-bit operating systems) are supported
Additional
Requirements and product functionality can vary based on the system configuration and operating system.
Other
Certain inking features require running Windows XP Table PC edition or later. Speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device. Information Rights Management features require access to a Windows
Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services.
Connectivity to Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server or later is required for certain advanced functionality in Office Outlook 2007. Instant Search requires Windows Desktop Search 3.0. Dynamic Calendars require server connectivity.
Connectivity to Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows SharePoint Services is required for certain advanced collaboration functionality. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is required for certain advanced functionality.
PowerPoint Slide Library requires Office SharePoint Server 2007. To share data among multiple computers, the host computer must be running Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows XP Professional with SP2 or later.
Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX 9.0c graphics card with 64-MB or higher video memory.
Internet Explorer 6 or later, 32-bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees might apply)
512 MB of RAM or higher recommended for Outlook Instant Search. Grammar and contextual spelling in Word 2010 is not turned on unless the computer has 1 GB memory.
Silverlight plug-in. See
Get started with Microsoft Silverlight (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=169372)."
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