Having problems updating Adobe Reader MSI from 10.1.0 to 10.1.4

Hello,
I have read online that you can slipstream the adobe update into the original 10.1.0 installer. Here is what I have tried.
I have downloaded the original 10.1.0 MSI file and ran msiexec /a C:\Adobe\Downloads\AdbeRdr1010_en_US.msi, which during the admin install, I have installed it into C:\Adobe\AIP
I then run msiexec /a C:\Adobe\AIP\AcroRead.msi /p C:\Adobe\Downloads\AdbeRdrUpd1014.msp, and get the following error message:
This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package.
If I double click on the MSP file in Windows Explorer, it opens it up and wants to update adobe reader, however I can not get this to work.
Any assistance is appreciated, I don't know what I am doing wrong, tried on two different systems one 32bit and 64bit.
Craig.

When I say deploy I mean deploy to all my PC's in my domain (350+) via AD.
What I normally do is:
1. Extract the Adrobe reader .msi package from the .exe by running the following command:
E:\AdobeRdr\1014_original\AdbeRdr1014_en_US.exe -nos_o"E:\AdobeRdr\1014_original\Extraction\AdbeRdr1014_en_US" -nos_ne
2. Emulate a Network install of the .msi package by running the following command:
msiexec /a E:\AdobeRdr\1014_original\Extraction\AdbeRdr1014_en_US\AcroRead.msi
3. Emulate a Network install of the .msi packing and apply the update by running the following command:
msiexec /a E:\AdobeRdr\1014_original\1014wUpdate\AcroRead.msi /p E:\AdobeRdr\1014_original\Extraction\AdbeRdr1014_en_US\AdbeRdrUpd1014.msp
4. Use the Adobe customisation tool to create a custom .mst file
5. Copy the extracted folders, .msi, .mst and setup.ini to the \\SHARE
Is there a better way of doing this?
What it looks like to me is Adobe have not updated the product code on the install files, so when I install the .msi it sees the existing one matches the update and generates the error.
I look forward to you feed back reguring the above.

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