System Files Update (OSP) during setup of AutoRoute 2003 or Project 2002

[Ivan the rather Horrible]

Dear All,

I am having an annoying problem while installing the OSP portion of
the above on a NT4.0 SP6a network.

It comes up with an error message that I am currently not an
administrator (or don't have admin rights.) (well, the error message
is: "System Files Update setup needs to update some Windows system
components. This requires administrator rights. Please log in as an
administrator to completeSystem Files Update Setup")

This is correct per se, because my users are not local admins, but I
have enabled the Global Policy "AlwaysInstallElevated" for both the
computer AND the user (as per
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;259459)

My .BAT file contains the following line:
C:\WINNT\System32\msiexec.exe /I
"\\serv1\Proj_Adm\Files\OSP\1033\osp.msi" /QR /LV "C:\TEMP\osp.log"
ALLUSERS=1

My WinInstaller was installed under the context of the SU, to make
sure that it is installed as a member of Administrators (as per
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;231611)

I tried both Win Installer 1.1... and 2.00.2600.8, same thing happens
on both.

So does that mean that my MSIEXEC is running with elevated priviledges
or not?

If yes, why then do I keep getting this error message, please?

If not, what else on earth more do I have to do, please?

I hope you will be able to help, as I am quite stuck here...

Best Regards
Ivan the rather Horrible.
(BTW, my email address works as listed, it is not a "spoof" and you
can reply to it too...)

 

[Phil Wilson]

One of the common errors people make in MSI setups is to check for the property
AdminUser (which is false if the user is not an administrator) instead of
Privileged (which means the user currently has elevated privileges because of
those policy settings).