I keep going round and round on this topic.
I have Thinapp versions of Office Pro and Standard which have been working well. Now we are trying to update the package. Since the updater (Windows Update) is outside of the package SBMERGE is not going to work. I tried using a cmd endpoint for the package and apply the MSP files through the cmd endpoint but I keep getting an error about not being able to access MSIexec. I have placed all my updates in the updates folder in the office setup directory and can repackage Office but If I try to do that I get Office activation issues. I think this is becasue of the Sandbox, becasue if I blow away the sandbox the re-packaged Office works well. The issue with blowing away the sandbox is the users will loose all their Outlook settings.
Does anyone have any real world experiance around updating a Thinapp Office installation?