Office 2000: Admin OK, User gets "Error Applying Transform"

[karlo]

Hello,

Solution found.

Uninstalled MS Office again, from Admin. MS Office no longer appears
in Add/Remove.

Logged on as User2 and found, with Add/Remove Software, that Office was
still there for User2. Tried to remove and got Error Applying
Transform.

Went back to Admin and gave User2 admin rights.

Logged back onto User2. Installed Windows Cleanup Utility, from
Microsoft. Using WCU, I removed MS Office. Then, restarted.

Logged back onto Admin. Re-installed Office.

Removed Admin rights to User2

Restarted

Logged in as Admin, and Office works as before.

Logged in as User2, and Office now works.

karlo

 

[karlo]

Hello,

Solution found.

Uninstalled MS Office again, from Admin. MS Office no longer appears
in Add/Remove.

Logged on as User2 and found, with Add/Remove Software, that Office was
still there for User2. Tried to remove and got Error Applying
Transform.

Went back to Admin and gave User2 admin rights.

Logged back onto User2. Installed Windows Cleanup Utility, from
Microsoft. Using WCU, I removed MS Office. Then, restarted.

Logged back onto Admin. Re-installed Office.

Removed Admin rights to User2

Restarted

Logged in as Admin, and Office works as before.

Logged in as User2, and Office now works.

karlo

 

[karlo]

Hello,

Solution found.

Uninstalled MS Office again, from Admin. MS Office no longer appears
in Add/Remove.

Logged on as User2 and found, with Add/Remove Software, that Office was
still there for User2. Tried to remove and got Error Applying
Transform.

Went back to Admin and gave User2 admin rights.

Logged back onto User2. Installed Windows Cleanup Utility, from
Microsoft. Using WCU, I removed MS Office. Then, restarted.

Logged back onto Admin. Re-installed Office.

Removed Admin rights to User2

Restarted

Logged in as Admin, and Office works as before.

Logged in as User2, and Office now works.

karlo

 

[karlo]

Hello,

Solution found.

Uninstalled MS Office again, from Admin. MS Office no longer appears
in Add/Remove.

Logged on as User2 and found, with Add/Remove Software, that Office was
still there for User2. Tried to remove and got Error Applying
Transform.

Went back to Admin and gave User2 admin rights.

Logged back onto User2. Installed Windows Cleanup Utility, from
Microsoft. Using WCU, I removed MS Office. Then, restarted.

Logged back onto Admin. Re-installed Office.

Removed Admin rights to User2

Restarted

Logged in as Admin, and Office works as before.

Logged in as User2, and Office now works.

karlo

 

[karlo]

Hello,

Solution found.

Uninstalled MS Office again, from Admin. MS Office no longer appears
in Add/Remove.

Logged on as User2 and found, with Add/Remove Software, that Office was
still there for User2. Tried to remove and got Error Applying
Transform.

Went back to Admin and gave User2 admin rights.

Logged back onto User2. Installed Windows Cleanup Utility, from
Microsoft. Using WCU, I removed MS Office. Then, restarted.

Logged back onto Admin. Re-installed Office.

Removed Admin rights to User2

Restarted

Logged in as Admin, and Office works as before.

Logged in as User2, and Office now works.

karlo

 

[karlo]

Hello,

Solution found.

Uninstalled MS Office again, from Admin. MS Office no longer appears
in Add/Remove.

Logged on as User2 and found, with Add/Remove Software, that Office was
still there for User2. Tried to remove and got Error Applying
Transform.

Went back to Admin and gave User2 admin rights.

Logged back onto User2. Installed Windows Cleanup Utility, from
Microsoft. Using WCU, I removed MS Office. Then, restarted.

Logged back onto Admin. Re-installed Office.

Removed Admin rights to User2

Restarted

Logged in as Admin, and Office works as before.

Logged in as User2, and Office now works.

karlo

 

[karlo]

Hello,

Solution found.

Uninstalled MS Office again, from Admin. MS Office no longer appears
in Add/Remove.

Logged on as User2 and found, with Add/Remove Software, that Office was
still there for User2. Tried to remove and got Error Applying
Transform.

Went back to Admin and gave User2 admin rights.

Logged back onto User2. Installed Windows Cleanup Utility, from
Microsoft. Using WCU, I removed MS Office. Then, restarted.

Logged back onto Admin. Re-installed Office.

Removed Admin rights to User2

Restarted

Logged in as Admin, and Office works as before.

Logged in as User2, and Office now works.

karlo

 

[karlo]

Hello,

Solution found.

Uninstalled MS Office again, from Admin. MS Office no longer appears
in Add/Remove.

Logged on as User2 and found, with Add/Remove Software, that Office was
still there for User2. Tried to remove and got Error Applying
Transform.

Went back to Admin and gave User2 admin rights.

Logged back onto User2. Installed Windows Cleanup Utility, from
Microsoft. Using WCU, I removed MS Office. Then, restarted.

Logged back onto Admin. Re-installed Office.

Removed Admin rights to User2

Restarted

Logged in as Admin, and Office works as before.

Logged in as User2, and Office now works.

karlo

 

[karlo]

Hello,

Solution found.

Uninstalled MS Office again, from Admin. MS Office no longer appears
in Add/Remove.

Logged on as User2 and found, with Add/Remove Software, that Office was
still there for User2. Tried to remove and got Error Applying
Transform.

Went back to Admin and gave User2 admin rights.

Logged back onto User2. Installed Windows Cleanup Utility, from
Microsoft. Using WCU, I removed MS Office. Then, restarted.

Logged back onto Admin. Re-installed Office.

Removed Admin rights to User2

Restarted

Logged in as Admin, and Office works as before.

Logged in as User2, and Office now works.

karlo

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi Evadne,

So you're now talking about oranges - not apples.

No, what I said was very clear - it's a bad idea to do an upgrade of
Windows instead of a fresh install.

installations (rollouts to 40+ systems) are always better performed as a
clean installation,
Yes.

I would agree there. However, you made a sweeping
generalisation. If one is upgrading a single workstation, then I will
reiterate: - I can count on the fingers of less than one hand where a clean
installation would be necessary - and I know for a given fact that over 90%
of the Windows MVPs would agree

Don't drag MVPs into it, you are now trying to speak on behalf of other
people. Upgrading a "single workstation" is a bad idea for the same
reasons I explained earlier, and I'd forgotten about the mangled device
driver pool too (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet et al). Your use of the term
"workstation" implies a serious client PC connected to a corporate
network? Maybe you mean a "stand-alone home user computer?"

If so, Errrr, yes it's still best to do a clean install, in fact if it's
a home computer, there's even MORE reason to do a clean install! Have
you seen the mess people's home computers get into these days?

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi Evadne,

So you're now talking about oranges - not apples.

No, what I said was very clear - it's a bad idea to do an upgrade of
Windows instead of a fresh install.

installations (rollouts to 40+ systems) are always better performed as a
clean installation,
Yes.

I would agree there. However, you made a sweeping
generalisation. If one is upgrading a single workstation, then I will
reiterate: - I can count on the fingers of less than one hand where a clean
installation would be necessary - and I know for a given fact that over 90%
of the Windows MVPs would agree

Don't drag MVPs into it, you are now trying to speak on behalf of other
people. Upgrading a "single workstation" is a bad idea for the same
reasons I explained earlier, and I'd forgotten about the mangled device
driver pool too (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet et al). Your use of the term
"workstation" implies a serious client PC connected to a corporate
network? Maybe you mean a "stand-alone home user computer?"

If so, Errrr, yes it's still best to do a clean install, in fact if it's
a home computer, there's even MORE reason to do a clean install! Have
you seen the mess people's home computers get into these days?

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi Evadne,

So you're now talking about oranges - not apples.

No, what I said was very clear - it's a bad idea to do an upgrade of
Windows instead of a fresh install.

installations (rollouts to 40+ systems) are always better performed as a
clean installation,
Yes.

I would agree there. However, you made a sweeping
generalisation. If one is upgrading a single workstation, then I will
reiterate: - I can count on the fingers of less than one hand where a clean
installation would be necessary - and I know for a given fact that over 90%
of the Windows MVPs would agree

Don't drag MVPs into it, you are now trying to speak on behalf of other
people. Upgrading a "single workstation" is a bad idea for the same
reasons I explained earlier, and I'd forgotten about the mangled device
driver pool too (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet et al). Your use of the term
"workstation" implies a serious client PC connected to a corporate
network? Maybe you mean a "stand-alone home user computer?"

If so, Errrr, yes it's still best to do a clean install, in fact if it's
a home computer, there's even MORE reason to do a clean install! Have
you seen the mess people's home computers get into these days?

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi Evadne,

So you're now talking about oranges - not apples.

No, what I said was very clear - it's a bad idea to do an upgrade of
Windows instead of a fresh install.

installations (rollouts to 40+ systems) are always better performed as a
clean installation,
Yes.

I would agree there. However, you made a sweeping
generalisation. If one is upgrading a single workstation, then I will
reiterate: - I can count on the fingers of less than one hand where a clean
installation would be necessary - and I know for a given fact that over 90%
of the Windows MVPs would agree

Don't drag MVPs into it, you are now trying to speak on behalf of other
people. Upgrading a "single workstation" is a bad idea for the same
reasons I explained earlier, and I'd forgotten about the mangled device
driver pool too (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet et al). Your use of the term
"workstation" implies a serious client PC connected to a corporate
network? Maybe you mean a "stand-alone home user computer?"

If so, Errrr, yes it's still best to do a clean install, in fact if it's
a home computer, there's even MORE reason to do a clean install! Have
you seen the mess people's home computers get into these days?

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi Evadne,

So you're now talking about oranges - not apples.

No, what I said was very clear - it's a bad idea to do an upgrade of
Windows instead of a fresh install.

installations (rollouts to 40+ systems) are always better performed as a
clean installation,
Yes.

I would agree there. However, you made a sweeping
generalisation. If one is upgrading a single workstation, then I will
reiterate: - I can count on the fingers of less than one hand where a clean
installation would be necessary - and I know for a given fact that over 90%
of the Windows MVPs would agree

Don't drag MVPs into it, you are now trying to speak on behalf of other
people. Upgrading a "single workstation" is a bad idea for the same
reasons I explained earlier, and I'd forgotten about the mangled device
driver pool too (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet et al). Your use of the term
"workstation" implies a serious client PC connected to a corporate
network? Maybe you mean a "stand-alone home user computer?"

If so, Errrr, yes it's still best to do a clean install, in fact if it's
a home computer, there's even MORE reason to do a clean install! Have
you seen the mess people's home computers get into these days?

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi Evadne,

So you're now talking about oranges - not apples.

No, what I said was very clear - it's a bad idea to do an upgrade of
Windows instead of a fresh install.

installations (rollouts to 40+ systems) are always better performed as a
clean installation,
Yes.

I would agree there. However, you made a sweeping
generalisation. If one is upgrading a single workstation, then I will
reiterate: - I can count on the fingers of less than one hand where a clean
installation would be necessary - and I know for a given fact that over 90%
of the Windows MVPs would agree

Don't drag MVPs into it, you are now trying to speak on behalf of other
people. Upgrading a "single workstation" is a bad idea for the same
reasons I explained earlier, and I'd forgotten about the mangled device
driver pool too (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet et al). Your use of the term
"workstation" implies a serious client PC connected to a corporate
network? Maybe you mean a "stand-alone home user computer?"

If so, Errrr, yes it's still best to do a clean install, in fact if it's
a home computer, there's even MORE reason to do a clean install! Have
you seen the mess people's home computers get into these days?

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi Evadne,

So you're now talking about oranges - not apples.

No, what I said was very clear - it's a bad idea to do an upgrade of
Windows instead of a fresh install.

installations (rollouts to 40+ systems) are always better performed as a
clean installation,
Yes.

I would agree there. However, you made a sweeping
generalisation. If one is upgrading a single workstation, then I will
reiterate: - I can count on the fingers of less than one hand where a clean
installation would be necessary - and I know for a given fact that over 90%
of the Windows MVPs would agree

Don't drag MVPs into it, you are now trying to speak on behalf of other
people. Upgrading a "single workstation" is a bad idea for the same
reasons I explained earlier, and I'd forgotten about the mangled device
driver pool too (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet et al). Your use of the term
"workstation" implies a serious client PC connected to a corporate
network? Maybe you mean a "stand-alone home user computer?"

If so, Errrr, yes it's still best to do a clean install, in fact if it's
a home computer, there's even MORE reason to do a clean install! Have
you seen the mess people's home computers get into these days?

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi Evadne,

So you're now talking about oranges - not apples.

No, what I said was very clear - it's a bad idea to do an upgrade of
Windows instead of a fresh install.

installations (rollouts to 40+ systems) are always better performed as a
clean installation,
Yes.

I would agree there. However, you made a sweeping
generalisation. If one is upgrading a single workstation, then I will
reiterate: - I can count on the fingers of less than one hand where a clean
installation would be necessary - and I know for a given fact that over 90%
of the Windows MVPs would agree

Don't drag MVPs into it, you are now trying to speak on behalf of other
people. Upgrading a "single workstation" is a bad idea for the same
reasons I explained earlier, and I'd forgotten about the mangled device
driver pool too (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet et al). Your use of the term
"workstation" implies a serious client PC connected to a corporate
network? Maybe you mean a "stand-alone home user computer?"

If so, Errrr, yes it's still best to do a clean install, in fact if it's
a home computer, there's even MORE reason to do a clean install! Have
you seen the mess people's home computers get into these days?

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi Evadne,

So you're now talking about oranges - not apples.

No, what I said was very clear - it's a bad idea to do an upgrade of
Windows instead of a fresh install.

installations (rollouts to 40+ systems) are always better performed as a
clean installation,
Yes.

I would agree there. However, you made a sweeping
generalisation. If one is upgrading a single workstation, then I will
reiterate: - I can count on the fingers of less than one hand where a clean
installation would be necessary - and I know for a given fact that over 90%
of the Windows MVPs would agree

Don't drag MVPs into it, you are now trying to speak on behalf of other
people. Upgrading a "single workstation" is a bad idea for the same
reasons I explained earlier, and I'd forgotten about the mangled device
driver pool too (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet et al). Your use of the term
"workstation" implies a serious client PC connected to a corporate
network? Maybe you mean a "stand-alone home user computer?"

If so, Errrr, yes it's still best to do a clean install, in fact if it's
a home computer, there's even MORE reason to do a clean install! Have
you seen the mess people's home computers get into these days?

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Logged in as User2, and Office now works.

Great!

It sounds like the problem discussed in earlier threads where a specific
user is seen as the Admin user who installed it. I'm surprised there was
no log file in the temp folder, it's usually there and gives good
pointers as to what's wrong.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Logged in as User2, and Office now works.

Great!

It sounds like the problem discussed in earlier threads where a specific
user is seen as the Admin user who installed it. I'm surprised there was
no log file in the temp folder, it's usually there and gives good
pointers as to what's wrong.