"Installer" Error Message When You Try to Install Host Integration Server 2000 End-User Client Through IntelliMirror (318126)

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to install a Host Integration Server 2000 End-User Client installation that has been assigned or published through the Microsoft Windows IntelliMirror feature, and you do not have administrative rights, you receive the following error message:

Installer Information

You must be logged on to this computer as a local or domain administrator in order to run Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 End-User Client setup.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because the Host Integration Server 2000 End-User Client Windows Installer package explicitly checks to determine whether the user running the package has administrative rights. This causes the error message described in the "Symptoms" section of this article, even though Windows Installer packages published or assigned through IntelliMirror are installed by using elevated privileges.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Host Integration Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

328152 How to Obtain the Latest Host Integration Server 2000 Service Pack

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

File name	Date	Time
Hiclient.msi	02/07/02	10:05

NOTE: Because of file dependencies, the most recent fix that contains the preceding files may also contain additional files.

MORE INFORMATION

The Host Integration Server 2000 End-User Client Windows Installer Package requires administrative rights to do the following:

Add and update registry entries under the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
Install the OLE DB Provider for AS/400 and VSAM as a Windows service on Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Microsoft Windows XP-based systems.

Applications published or assigned through a Group Policy Object (GPO) as part of IntelliMirror are designed to run with elevated privileges so that nonadministrators can install applications that may normally require administrative rights.

You can allow nonadministrators to install applications that are not published or assigned through IntelliMirror. To do this (on a Windows 2000-based system), select the Always install with elevated privileges option in both a User Configuration GPO and a Computer Configuration GPO.

For additional information about how to set the "AlwaysInstallElevated" registry parameter to allow users to install applications when GPOs are not in use, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: