MPRJ4: Workstation Installation Licensed to Wrong User (128981)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Project for the Macintosh 4.0
This article was previously published under Q128981
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SYMPTOMS

After you perform a workstation installation of Microsoft Project, the application may be licensed to the wrong user. That is, the name that appears may be incorrect in the following screens:

  • The screen that appears when you start Microsoft Project
  • The About Microsoft Project dialog box
  • The Summary Information dialog box
  • The General tab of the Options dialog box

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you perform a mode 2 administrative installation (so users can run Microsoft Project from the network server), and you then perform a workstation installation to install Microsoft Project to your computer. When you run Setup, a dialog box appears with your name (if you have installed other Microsoft applications) or it asks you to enter your name. However, your name (or the name that you enter) does not become the name to which the workstation installation of Microsoft Project is licensed.

When you start Microsoft Project, the name that appears under This Product Is Licensed To is the name that was entered during the administrative installation, instead of the name that you entered when you performed the workstation installation.

The administrator's name also appears when you choose About Microsoft Project from the Apple menu. Additionally, this name appears in the User Name box on the General tab of the Options dialog box, and becomes the Author name for all new projects that you create.

WORKAROUND

To change the name that appears in the User Name box in the Options dialog box, and the Author name in each project (on the Document tab in the Summary Info dialog box), do the following:

  1. From the Tools menu, choose Options.
  2. Select the General tab.
  3. In the User Name box, enter your name. Click OK.
NOTE: You cannot change the name that appears in the About Microsoft Project dialog box, or on the Microsoft Project startup screen.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Project listed above.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/30/2002
Keywords:kbbug KB128981
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