OFF2000: Error Installing Office Although You Have Administrative Permissions (249929)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office 2000 Premium
- Microsoft Office 2000 Professoinal
- Microsoft Office 2000 Standard
- Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business
- Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
- Microsoft Access 2000
- Microsoft Excel 2000
- Microsoft FrontPage 2000
- Microsoft Outlook 2000
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
- Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q249929 SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to install Microsoft Office 2000, you receive one of the following error messages, although you are a member of a group that has administrator permissions:
Installing this product requires Administrative privileges on systems running this version of Windows
Microsoft Office 2000 Setup needs to replace some Windows components. This requires Administrative rights. Please log in as an administrator to complete Microsoft Office 2000 Setup.
CAUSE
This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:
- You are running Setup on one of the following platforms:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000
-and-
- -and-You are a member of a large number of groups.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).
To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the
article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
245025 OFF2000: How
to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/13/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbdta kbpending KB249929 |
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