WD2000: Error Message: "Word Cannot Start the Grammar Checker" on Windows 2000 (257241)
The information in this article applies to:
This article was previously published under Q257241 SYMPTOMS
If you try to run a grammar check using a language other than English, the following error message may appear:
Word cannot start the grammar checker.
CAUSE
This problem can occur if you are running Word 2000 on Windows 2000 with Terminal Services in a locked down environment.
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 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)
To temporarily work around this problem, do the following. As the administrator, find or create the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Novell\Grammatik\6.1\Microsoft
Make sure the Microsoft key and all of the sub nodes are NOT locked down. Users should have Allow permissions for at least the following:
Query Value
Set Value
Create Subkey
Enumerate Subkeys
Notify
Delete
Read Control STATUSMicrosoft 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: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/25/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug KB257241 |
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