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[Alicia]

When I installed Office2000 on one of the laptops running
on WinXP, I used the Admin username and password to
install. When a non-admin user logs on and opens an office
application, eg. Word, Excel or Outlook, the system
prompts to install Windows installer, and then it would
ask for Office2000 CD. For Outlook, if you click Cancel
several times, a message saying Error 1706 would appear,
but Outlook would eventually open. But for Excel, nothing
opens, there is just a blank page.

This does not happen for Admin users. It is very annoying
and frustrating for non-admin users. Is there a
workaround for this?

Thanks for your help.

Alicia

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

When this happens, simply logon as local admin and accept the EULA.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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Alicia <[email protected]> asked:
| When I installed Office2000 on one of the laptops running
| on WinXP, I used the Admin username and password to
| install. When a non-admin user logs on and opens an office
| application, eg. Word, Excel or Outlook, the system
| prompts to install Windows installer, and then it would
| ask for Office2000 CD. For Outlook, if you click Cancel
| several times, a message saying Error 1706 would appear,
| but Outlook would eventually open. But for Excel, nothing
| opens, there is just a blank page.
|
| This does not happen for Admin users. It is very annoying
| and frustrating for non-admin users. Is there a
| workaround for this?
|
| Thanks for your help.
|
| Alicia

 

[Alicia]

There is a policy in the company that only IT
administrators are administrators of the machines. So I
cannot give normal users the local admin username and
password. Users take the laptops for offsite presentation
and they need to open the applications without all these
messages appearing. I don't remember the details but
someone once told me I can do something in the registry?

Thanks
Alicia