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Winston Smith
I have recently upgraded from Microsoft Office 97 to Microsoft Office XP
standard edition SP3, which I installed using my administrator account on my
laptop (OS is Windows XP home edition SP 2). I do my day to day computing
using a limited access account on the laptop. When I log on as the limited
user and attempt to access either Excel or Word the windows installer
continuously tries to install the office program for about a minute even
though it has already been installed. After the minute has passed the
installer gives up and everything is fine. This happens every time I attempt
to access either program. For some reason I don't have this problem with
PowerPoint.
When I switch the limited user to administrator privileges the problem is
fixed i.e., the installer no longer runs repeatedly when I attempt to access
Word and Excel and instead each program displays immediately. I have already
tried uninstalling and reinstalling with the limited user account being
changed to an administrator account, but once I switch any account from
administrator back to limited privileges and then either log off or shut
down, the problem begins again (in any and all limited user accounts) upon
logging back into a limited user environment.
standard edition SP3, which I installed using my administrator account on my
laptop (OS is Windows XP home edition SP 2). I do my day to day computing
using a limited access account on the laptop. When I log on as the limited
user and attempt to access either Excel or Word the windows installer
continuously tries to install the office program for about a minute even
though it has already been installed. After the minute has passed the
installer gives up and everything is fine. This happens every time I attempt
to access either program. For some reason I don't have this problem with
PowerPoint.
When I switch the limited user to administrator privileges the problem is
fixed i.e., the installer no longer runs repeatedly when I attempt to access
Word and Excel and instead each program displays immediately. I have already
tried uninstalling and reinstalling with the limited user account being
changed to an administrator account, but once I switch any account from
administrator back to limited privileges and then either log off or shut
down, the problem begins again (in any and all limited user accounts) upon
logging back into a limited user environment.