OFF2000: Error Installing Office on Windows NT with Internet Explorer 2.0

• Microsoft Office 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you run setup for Office, you may receive the following error:

Microsoft Office 2000 setup needs to replace some Windows system components. This requires administrator rights. Please log in as an administrator to complete Microsoft Office 2000 setup.

CAUSE

You will receive the above error if all of the following are true:

• You are using Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.


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• You are logged in as a non-administrative user.


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• You do not have Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later installed. Windows NT 4.0 ships with Internet Explorer 2.0.

RESOLUTION

To prevent the above error from ocurring when non-administrative users run Office setup, follow these steps:

1. Log on as a member of the Administrators group.



2. Install Internet Explorer 3.0 or later.

MORE INFORMATION

For a non-administrative user to run Office setup, an administrator must either advertise Office using the /j switch, or apply the AlwaysInstallElevated policy. Once this is done, the non-administrative user can run Office setup, but they must use either /q or /qb switch in the command-line.

For more information on installing Office as a non-administrative user, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q227813 OFF2000: Setup Switch /q or /qb Required on NT

Additional query words: OFF2000

Keywords : kberrmsg
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb