error 1706

[alan]

folks,

i have installed office 2000 on an xp professional
machine. when i log in as a user, it runs the installer
and i get the 1706 error. i have read article 299803
regarding this issue and i need help.

the article tells me to edit the registry but i get an
error that says "error writing the value's new contents."
i need to point to the data1.msi file on the cd rom and
it won't work.

what do i do?

thanks in advance

alan