Microsoft KB Archive/234041

= OFF2000: Error Message: "This Installation Is Forbidden by System Policy ..." Running Setup =

Article ID: 234041

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 Q234041



SYMPTOMS
When you run Setup for Office, the following error message may appear:

This installation is forbidden by system policy. Contact your system administrator.



CAUSE
This error message may appear if all of the following are true:


 * You have the Disable browse dialog box for new source system policy turned on. -and-


 * The location from which you installed Office is not available. -and-


 * In Windows Explorer, you located another source of Office 2000 files on your network. -and-


 * You started Setup.exe from the alternate source location.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, do not use the Disable browse dialog box for new source system policy.



MORE INFORMATION
The Disable browse dialog box for new source system policy prevents you from using any Office source locations other than that from which you originally ran setup (or specified by the SOURCELIST property during Setup).

For additional information about the Disable browse dialog box for new source system policy, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

234036 OFF2000: How to Make the Browse Button Unavailable When the Installer Can't Find the Source Files

Additional query words: OFF2000

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB234041

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