OFF2000: Error Message: "This Installation Is Forbidden by System Policy ..." Running Setup (234041)

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 Q234041

SYMPTOMS

When you run Setup for Office, the following error message may appear:

This installation is forbidden by system policy. Contact your system administrator.

CAUSE

This error message may appear if all of the following are true:

You have the Disable browse dialog box for new source system policy turned on. -and-
The location from which you installed Office is not available. -and-
In Windows Explorer, you located another source of Office 2000 files on your network. -and-
You started Setup.exe from the alternate source location.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, do not use the Disable browse dialog box for new source system policy.

MORE INFORMATION

The Disable browse dialog box for new source system policy prevents you from using any Office source locations other than that from which you originally ran setup (or specified by the SOURCELIST property during Setup).

For additional information about the Disable browse dialog box for new source system policy, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

234036 OFF2000: How to Make the Browse Button Unavailable When the Installer Can't Find the Source Files

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	10/13/2006
Keywords:	kberrmsg kbprb KB234041