Office 2k SBE on Windows 2k with limited user permissions...

[Jerry M. Gartner]

Greetings All:

Let's try this another way. I want to allow users in the restricted
"Users" group to be able to access Office 2000 SBE without having the
ability to install programs or otherwise potentially damage the OS. They
don't have to remain in the "Users" group, but they do need to have the
above mentioned restrictions on their accounts. BTW, these systems are in a
workgroup, not a domain. Currently, "when I try to run any Office program I
get a dialog box insisting that I install Office from it's original
location. I go ahead and run the install with elevated privileges (as root)
from the restricted user desktop and it completes without error but the
install dialog referenced
above appears again when an Office program is accessed." (quoted from a
previous unresolved post). My question is this: How difficult can it be to
allow restricted Microsoft Windows users to use Microsoft Office? Any ideas
or suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[ANONYMOUS]

An administratr has to install office (ideally complete install) on the
systems first. Then users will be able to access Office automatically.
First time it may take slightly longer as Office has to copy default
setup files but subsequesnt use should be straight forward.

I am, of course, assuming that each machine has Office installed on it
rather than using it over the network. If HD space is not a problem
then it is a good idea to install on each machine. Network can be
troblesome especially when that important document had to be done
yesterday!!! (Murphy's law applies where nothing works at the critical
time)

hth

 

[Jerry M. Gartner]

I tried the admin install. That didn't seem to work. I'll see if I can
troubleshoot it from that perspective... these systems were upgraded from
98se with Office already installed. I did reinstall and repair but that was
to no avail. I'll try to uninstall and then reinstall Office.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Be advised that upgrades from win9x almost always fail for any number of
reasons. Save yourself some time and trouble, given that you'll more than
likely end up with an unstable OS with all the remnants/ corruption left
behind from the upgrade. Best to blow it all away and go for the clean
install.

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 CD-Rom or setup disks.
The set of four install disks can be created from your Win2k CD-rom; change
to the \bootdisk directory on the cd-rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos)
or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

During Windows 2000 setup, at some point, will want to confirm the previous
operating system for the upgrade; at that point you'll simply insert the
qualified product install CD for it to verify. Then the install will
proceed.

Check the pc, mb or hardware manufacturer's web site for the latest bios and
or Windows 2000 drivers for your devices.

Be sure to apply these to your new install before connecting to any network.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891861


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
|I tried the admin install. That didn't seem to work. I'll see if I can
| troubleshoot it from that perspective... these systems were upgraded from
| 98se with Office already installed. I did reinstall and repair but that
was
| to no avail. I'll try to uninstall and then reinstall Office.
|
| --
| Regards,
|
| Jerry M. Gartner