PUB97: Must Be In Administrator Group to Run Setup on Windows NT (170611)
The information in this article applies to:
This article was previously published under Q170611 SYMPTOMS
When you run Microsoft Publisher 97 setup on Microsoft Windows NT, and you
are not part of the Administrator group for your computer, you receive the
following error message:
Only users with Administrator privileges may install applications.
followed by this message:
Microsoft Publisher 97 Setup was not completed successfully.
CAUSE
You must be a member of the Administrator group to install Publisher 97.
RESOLUTIONMethod 1: Join the Administrator Group.
Ask your system administrator to add you to the Administrator group for
your computer, using these steps:
- Determine the name of the computer on which you want to install
Publisher 97, using these steps:
- On the Windows Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control
Panel.
- Double-click the Network Control Panel.
- Click the Identification tab.
- Write down the Computer Name.
- On the Windows Start menu, click Run.
- In the Open box, enter the following information:
where <Computer Name> is the name you wrote down in step 1.
- Click OK.
- Double-click Administrator group (at the bottom of User
Manager).
- In the Local Group Properties dialog box, click Add.
- Select the correct domain and add the user to the Administrator group.
You should now be able to install Publisher 97.
Method 2: Have the system administrator install Publisher 97 for you.STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/7/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kberrmsg kbnetwork kbprb kbsetup KB170611 |
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