Microsoft KB Archive/254837

= OFF2000: "You Have Limited Privileges..." Error with Managed Deployment on Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 254837

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q254837



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to install an advertised Microsoft Office 2000 program under Microsoft Windows 2000, the installation stops and you receive the following error message:

Microsoft Office 2000 Setup has determined that you have limited privileges on this computer. If you are running setup, you must use the /q or /qb command-line option. Otherwise, contact your system administrator for more information.

When you click OK, you receive the following error message:

Installation ended prematurely because of an error.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
 * You are using Microsoft Windows 2000.

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 * An administrator used the Application Deployment Editor of Windows 2000 to assign or publish a managed installation of Office 2000 to your user account, and clicked Maximum under Installation user interface options.

And you do either of the following:
 * You install the program by using the Add/Remove Programs icon in Control Panel.

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 * You double-click the shortcut of an assigned program, which triggers the installation.



WORKAROUND
An administrator can work around the problem by using either of the following methods.

NOTE: You must be logged on as an administrator to use either of these methods.

Deploy the Program with the Basic Installation User Interface Option
If the administrator uses this option, users are unable to customize the installation, and must use the program as the administrator configured it.

To use this option, open the Application Deployment Editor, and on the Deployment tab, under Installation user interface options, click Basic.

Enable User Control Over Installs
If the administrator uses this option, it reduces security, but enables users to have full control over their programs.

To use this option, open the Microsoft Management Console's Group Policy snap-in, expand the following path

Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Windows Installer

and enable the Enable user control over installs policy.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about group policies and the Windows Installer, click Start, and then click Help. On the Index tab, type group policy. Click Windows Installer and in the list of topics, and then click Display.

For more information about the Microsoft Management Console, type MMC on the Index tab in Windows Help.

Additional query words: OFF2000

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB254837

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