Microsoft KB Archive/231611

= OFF2000: Unable to Run Setup with AlwaysInstallElevated Policy Enabled =

Article ID: 231611

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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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 Q231611



SYMPTOMS
Even though the Always install with elevated privileges System Policy from the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit is in effect when you run setup for Office, you may receive the following error:

Installing this product requires Administrative privileges on systems running this version of Windows.



CAUSE
You may receive the above error if all of the following are true:
 * You are using Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. -and-


 * You are not a member of the Administrators group. -and-


 * The Windows Installer files have not yet been installed on your computer.



RESOLUTION
To set up Office with the Always install with elevated privileges system policy, a member of the Administrators group must first install the Windows Installer files. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) Log in as a member of the Adminstrators group.
 * 2) Double-click Instmsiw.exe, in the Msi folder on the Office compact disc.



MORE INFORMATION
Once a member of the Administrators group installs the Windows Installer files, you (the non-admin user) must run Office Setup with either the /q or the /qb command-line switch. For example, you can run setup using the following command-line

 \setup.exe /qb

where is the is the path to the setup files.

If you do not use either /q or /qb you will will receive the following error:

Microsoft Office 2000 has been advertised on your computer by the system administrator. To install Microsoft Office 2000, run Setup with the /q or /qb command-line option. Contact your system administrator for more information.

