OFF2000: Unable to Run Setup with AlwaysInstallElevated Policy Enabled (231611)


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 Q231611

SYMPTOMS

Even though the Always install with elevated privileges System Policy from the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit is in effect when you run setup for Office, you may receive the following error:

Installing this product requires Administrative privileges on systems running this version of Windows.

CAUSE

You may receive the above error if all of the following are true:
  • You are using Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. -and-

  • You are not a member of the Administrators group. -and-

  • The Windows Installer files have not yet been installed on your computer.

RESOLUTION

To set up Office with the Always install with elevated privileges system policy, a member of the Administrators group must first install the Windows Installer files. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Log in as a member of the Adminstrators group.
  2. Double-click Instmsiw.exe, in the Msi folder on the Office compact disc.

MORE INFORMATION

Once a member of the Administrators group installs the Windows Installer files, you (the non-admin user) must run Office Setup with either the /q or the /qb command-line switch. For example, you can run setup using the following command-line 

<path>\setup.exe /qb

where <path> is the is the path to the setup files.

If you do not use either /q or /qb you will will receive the following error:

Microsoft Office 2000 has been advertised on your computer by the system administrator. To install Microsoft Office 2000, run Setup with the /q or /qb command-line option. Contact your system administrator for more information.

REFERENCES

For more information about the Office 2000 System Policy templates in the Microsoft Office Resource Kit, please see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/13/2006
Keywords:kbprb KB231611
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