"Advanced INF install failure. Reason: Access is denied" error message when you install Office 2000 (248849)



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 Q248849

SYMPTOMS

When you install Microsoft Office, the following error message may appear:
Advanced INF install failure. Reason: Access is denied.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the all of following conditions are true:
  • You install Windows 2000 on a new (or newly formatted) NTFS disk.
  • You install Office 2000 as an administrator in a high-security lock-down environment.
  • You then log on as a user who is not a member of the administrator's group.
  • You are using Office 2000 and Internet Explorer 5.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).

To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

245025 How to obtain and install the Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a Update

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/13/2006
Keywords:kbtshoot kbsetup kberrmsg kbbug kbfix KB248849