Microsoft KB Archive/259666

= PUB2000: Error Starting Publisher 2000 on a Windows 2000 Terminal Services Client =

Article ID: 259666

Article Last Modified on 4/17/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q259666



SYMPTOMS
When you start Microsoft Publisher 2000 on a client computer that is connected to a computer that is running Terminal Services in Microsoft Windows 2000, you may receive the following error message:

An error occured and this feature is no longer functioning properly. Please contact the system administrator.

If you click Cancel, Publisher 2000 starts in the usual fashion.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you install Publisher 2000 while Terminal Services in Windows 2000 is configured to run in Remote Administration mode, and the computer is configured to run Terminal Services in Application Server mode at a later time.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use one of the following methods:
 * Configure Windows 2000 Terminal Services to run in Remote Administration mode.


 * Uninstall Publisher 2000 (or Microsoft Office 2000 Disc 2), and then reinstall Publisher 2000 by using the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit guidelines for installing Office 2000 Disc 2 on a Windows Terminal Server.

These guidelines are available on the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2000/two/30t3_3.htm



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

Additional query words: pub2k

Keywords: kbbug kbenv kbpending kbsetup KB259666

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