Windows 98 - Windows 2000 Office XP Problems

[Chris Smith]

Hello,

I have just upgraded a Win 98 machine to Win 2K. The Win 98 had a working
installation of Office XP. As the user had tons of personal stuff on the
HDD, I performed an upgrade as opposed to fresh installation.

The upgrade went fine after I had installed all Win 2K drivers etc. The
Office installation ihas problems however.

When logged into machine as administration or a user with admin rights,
Office works fine. When a standard or power user logs onto the system
office refuses to run and displays "Cannot run office, you need to be an
administrator or have your office approved by an adminsitrator"

After this, Explorer and Internet Explorer then invoke with windows
installer feature which then yields the same message 2 or 3 times before
allowing either Explorer and Internet Explorer to run.

I have unistalled and re-installed Office XP and the windows installer
programs. I have looked on KB articles relating to Windows Installer
problems such as DCOM+ settings, NTFS account permissions etc but no matter
what I do, Office XP will not run as a standard user.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Chris Smith

 

[Kaushik Banerjee]

Hello,

Ensure that the user is part of the local admin group.

Try repairing office after logging in as the user with the new permission.

If you are not able to repair office then uninstall the office XP and
install it back with that user account.


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[Kaushik Banerjee]

Hello,

Ensure that the user is part of the local admin group.

Try repairing office after logging in as the user with the new permission.

If you are not able to repair office then uninstall the office XP and
install it back with that user account.


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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Kaushik Banerjee]

Hello,

Ensure that the user is part of the local admin group.

Try repairing office after logging in as the user with the new permission.

If you are not able to repair office then uninstall the office XP and
install it back with that user account.


(e-mail address removed)

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Kaushik Banerjee]

Hello,

Ensure that the user is part of the local admin group.

Try repairing office after logging in as the user with the new permission.

If you are not able to repair office then uninstall the office XP and
install it back with that user account.


(e-mail address removed)

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Kaushik Banerjee]

Hello,

Ensure that the user is part of the local admin group.

Try repairing office after logging in as the user with the new permission.

If you are not able to repair office then uninstall the office XP and
install it back with that user account.


(e-mail address removed)

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Kaushik Banerjee]

Hello,

Ensure that the user is part of the local admin group.

Try repairing office after logging in as the user with the new permission.

If you are not able to repair office then uninstall the office XP and
install it back with that user account.


(e-mail address removed)

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Kaushik Banerjee]

Hello,

Ensure that the user is part of the local admin group.

Try repairing office after logging in as the user with the new permission.

If you are not able to repair office then uninstall the office XP and
install it back with that user account.


(e-mail address removed)

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Kaushik Banerjee]

Hello,

Ensure that the user is part of the local admin group.

Try repairing office after logging in as the user with the new permission.

If you are not able to repair office then uninstall the office XP and
install it back with that user account.


(e-mail address removed)

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Kaushik Banerjee]

Hello,

Ensure that the user is part of the local admin group.

Try repairing office after logging in as the user with the new permission.

If you are not able to repair office then uninstall the office XP and
install it back with that user account.


(e-mail address removed)

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.