Microsoft KB Archive/157764

= OFF97: Timex Wizard Setup Fails Under Windows NT =

Article ID: 157764

Article Last Modified on 11/13/2003

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition, when used with:  Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5

 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 

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This article was previously published under Q157764





SYMPTOMS
When you install the Timex Data Link Watch Wizard, you may receive the following error messages:

You do not have administrator privileges on this machine. Some

installations cannot be completed correctly unless they are run by an

administrator.

Do you want to continue?

If you continue the installation, you eventually receive the error message:

INF Install failure. Reason: Unknown

and the Timex Data Link Watch Wizard is not successfully installed.



CAUSE
This will occur if the following conditions are all true:


 * You attempt to install one of the Timex Data Link Watch Wizard files included in the Microsoft Office 97 Value Pack.

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 * You are using a computer running Windows NT, version 3.51 or 4.0.

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 * You are not logged on as an administrator.

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RESOLUTION
To prevent this problem from occurring, log on to the computer as an administrator before installing the Timex Data Link Watch Wizard. Once installation is complete, you can log back on as a normal user.

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STATUS
This behavior is by design of the Timex Data Link Watch Wizard included with Microsoft Office 97.

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MORE INFORMATION
The Timex Data Link Watch, produced by Timex Corporation, receives information exported from Microsoft Outlook.

You can install the Timex Data Link Watch Wizard so that Microsoft Outlook can export any of the following to the watch: appointments, tasks, phone numbers, anniversaries, birthdays, reminders, and current time and time zone information.

The Timex Data Link Watch Wizard is installed by running one of two separate files: <pre class="fixed_text">  File           Operating System

Timexnt.exe   Windows NT 3.51 Timexwiz.exe  Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 These files are located in the \ValuPack\Timex folder on your Microsoft Office 97 CD-ROM.

NOTE: You must have Microsoft Outlook installed on your computer in order to install the Timex Data Link Watch Wizard.

Additional query words: OFF97 8.00

Keywords: kbsetup kbprb KB157764

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