OFF2000: Error Installing Office Although You Have Administrative Permissions

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This article was previously published under Q249929

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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

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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.

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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
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-and-You are a member of a large number of groups.

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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 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/245025/EN-US/ ) OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)

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STATUS

Microsoft 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.

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