You receive an "Error 1303. The installer has insufficient privileges to access this directory" error message when you run Office 2000 Setup (228658)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office 2000 Premium
- Microsoft Office 2000 Professoinal
- Microsoft Office 2000 Standard
- Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business
- Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
- Microsoft Access 2000
- Microsoft Excel 2000
- Microsoft FrontPage 2000
- Microsoft Outlook 2000
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
- Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q228658 SYMPTOMS When you install Office, an error message similar to the
following may appear: Error 1303. The installer has
insufficient privileges to access this directory: <Directory>. The
installation cannot continue. Log on as administrator or contact your system
administrator. where <Directory> is the name of the directory
with the insufficent privileges. CAUSE You will receive the above error if either of the following
is true for the folder in which you are installing Office:
- The SYSTEM group does not have Full Control privileges.
- The Everyone group does not have Full Control
privileges.
RESOLUTION To prevent this error from occurring, make sure the folder
location into which you are installing Office has Full Control permissions for
either the Everyone group or the SYSTEM group. Check the permissions for the
parent folders because the permissions on these folders may also cause this
problem.
REFERENCES For more articles about how to troubleshoot specific errors
in Office Setup: For more articles with general information about how to
troubleshoot Office errors:
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/13/2006 |
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