OFF2000: "You Have Limited Privileges..." Error with Managed Deployment on Windows 2000

When you attempt to install an advertised Microsoft Office 2000 program under Microsoft Windows 2000, the installation stops and you receive the following error message: When you click OK, you receive the following error message:

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

• You are using Microsoft Windows 2000.
  
  -and-
• An administrator used the Application Deployment Editor of Windows 2000 to assign or publish a managed installation of Office 2000 to your user account, and clicked Maximum under Installation user interface options.

And you do either of the following:

• You install the program by using the Add/Remove Programs icon in Control Panel.
  
  -or-
• You double-click the shortcut of an assigned program, which triggers the installation.

An administrator can work around the problem by using either of the following methods.

NOTE: You must be logged on as an administrator to use either of these methods.

Deploy the Program with the Basic Installation User Interface Option

If the administrator uses this option, users are unable to customize the installation, and must use the program as the administrator configured it.

To use this option, open the Application Deployment Editor, and on the Deployment tab, under Installation user interface options, click Basic.

Enable User Control Over Installs

If the administrator uses this option, it reduces security, but enables users to have full control over their programs.

To use this option, open the Microsoft Management Console's Group Policy snap-in, expand the following path and enable the Enable user control over installs policy.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

For more information about group policies and the Windows Installer, click Start, and then click Help. On the Index tab, type group policy. Click Windows Installer and in the list of topics, and then click Display.

For more information about the Microsoft Management Console, type MMC on the Index tab in Windows Help.