office wants to configure on every startup

[Andreas Koch]

Hello everyone;

I'm runnig into a really nagging thing here everytime i start an office
application. The computer I'm using is situated in a school where I'm helping
out, running XP Home SP2. There were 2 users already on this machine before I
created a new user (me), because I need to have some files on the network and
I don't want to alter the settings of the 2 other users (they're stand-in
teachers, who only come in once or twice a year).
Well, Office 2000 is installed and starts up allright with the other 2
accounts (checked by phone), but when I call up a file, for example a '.doc'
the Office installer starts up and wants to configure. Problem is, I havent't
got the installation cd's, since all the machines here are set up by the
education boards central IT service (unfortunately a bunch of unreacheable
guys who think they're Simon Travaglia). If i hit 'abort/ cancel' it does
that and the application shuts off.
If I start the application just with the link, the same thing happens, but
the application stays active after I cancel the configuration and I can open
a file and work with it. So there can't be anything really important that
needs configuring, can there?
I can work, but it's annoying...

Has someone an idea how to tell Office that it's configured already?

Oh, it's Office 2000 sp3 and the whole thing is happening in germany (just
in case it makes a difference in settings...)

Any help would be greatly appreciated


TIA

Andreas Koch

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello everyone;

I'm runnig into a really nagging thing here everytime i start an
office application. The computer I'm using is situated in a school
where I'm helping out, running XP Home SP2. There were 2 users
already on this machine before I created a new user (me), because I
need to have some files on the network and I don't want to alter the
settings of the 2 other users (they're stand-in teachers, who only
come in once or twice a year).
Well, Office 2000 is installed and starts up allright with the other 2
accounts (checked by phone), but when I call up a file, for example a
'.doc' the Office installer starts up and wants to configure. Problem
is, I havent't got the installation cd's, since all the machines here
are set up by the education boards central IT service (unfortunately
a bunch of unreacheable guys who think they're Simon Travaglia). If i
hit 'abort/ cancel' it does that and the application shuts off.
If I start the application just with the link, the same thing
happens, but the application stays active after I cancel the
configuration and I can open a file and work with it. So there can't
be anything really important that needs configuring, can there?
I can work, but it's annoying...

Has someone an idea how to tell Office that it's configured already?

Oh, it's Office 2000 sp3 and the whole thing is happening in germany
(just in case it makes a difference in settings...)

Any help would be greatly appreciated


TIA

Andreas Koch

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello everyone;

I'm runnig into a really nagging thing here everytime i start an
office application. The computer I'm using is situated in a school
where I'm helping out, running XP Home SP2. There were 2 users
already on this machine before I created a new user (me), because I
need to have some files on the network and I don't want to alter the
settings of the 2 other users (they're stand-in teachers, who only
come in once or twice a year).
Well, Office 2000 is installed and starts up allright with the other 2
accounts (checked by phone), but when I call up a file, for example a
'.doc' the Office installer starts up and wants to configure. Problem
is, I havent't got the installation cd's, since all the machines here
are set up by the education boards central IT service (unfortunately
a bunch of unreacheable guys who think they're Simon Travaglia). If i
hit 'abort/ cancel' it does that and the application shuts off.
If I start the application just with the link, the same thing
happens, but the application stays active after I cancel the
configuration and I can open a file and work with it. So there can't
be anything really important that needs configuring, can there?
I can work, but it's annoying...

Has someone an idea how to tell Office that it's configured already?

Oh, it's Office 2000 sp3 and the whole thing is happening in germany
(just in case it makes a difference in settings...)

Any help would be greatly appreciated


TIA

Andreas Koch

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello everyone;

I'm runnig into a really nagging thing here everytime i start an
office application. The computer I'm using is situated in a school
where I'm helping out, running XP Home SP2. There were 2 users
already on this machine before I created a new user (me), because I
need to have some files on the network and I don't want to alter the
settings of the 2 other users (they're stand-in teachers, who only
come in once or twice a year).
Well, Office 2000 is installed and starts up allright with the other 2
accounts (checked by phone), but when I call up a file, for example a
'.doc' the Office installer starts up and wants to configure. Problem
is, I havent't got the installation cd's, since all the machines here
are set up by the education boards central IT service (unfortunately
a bunch of unreacheable guys who think they're Simon Travaglia). If i
hit 'abort/ cancel' it does that and the application shuts off.
If I start the application just with the link, the same thing
happens, but the application stays active after I cancel the
configuration and I can open a file and work with it. So there can't
be anything really important that needs configuring, can there?
I can work, but it's annoying...

Has someone an idea how to tell Office that it's configured already?

Oh, it's Office 2000 sp3 and the whole thing is happening in germany
(just in case it makes a difference in settings...)

Any help would be greatly appreciated


TIA

Andreas Koch

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello everyone;

I'm runnig into a really nagging thing here everytime i start an
office application. The computer I'm using is situated in a school
where I'm helping out, running XP Home SP2. There were 2 users
already on this machine before I created a new user (me), because I
need to have some files on the network and I don't want to alter the
settings of the 2 other users (they're stand-in teachers, who only
come in once or twice a year).
Well, Office 2000 is installed and starts up allright with the other 2
accounts (checked by phone), but when I call up a file, for example a
'.doc' the Office installer starts up and wants to configure. Problem
is, I havent't got the installation cd's, since all the machines here
are set up by the education boards central IT service (unfortunately
a bunch of unreacheable guys who think they're Simon Travaglia). If i
hit 'abort/ cancel' it does that and the application shuts off.
If I start the application just with the link, the same thing
happens, but the application stays active after I cancel the
configuration and I can open a file and work with it. So there can't
be anything really important that needs configuring, can there?
I can work, but it's annoying...

Has someone an idea how to tell Office that it's configured already?

Oh, it's Office 2000 sp3 and the whole thing is happening in germany
(just in case it makes a difference in settings...)

Any help would be greatly appreciated


TIA

Andreas Koch

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello everyone;

I'm runnig into a really nagging thing here everytime i start an
office application. The computer I'm using is situated in a school
where I'm helping out, running XP Home SP2. There were 2 users
already on this machine before I created a new user (me), because I
need to have some files on the network and I don't want to alter the
settings of the 2 other users (they're stand-in teachers, who only
come in once or twice a year).
Well, Office 2000 is installed and starts up allright with the other 2
accounts (checked by phone), but when I call up a file, for example a
'.doc' the Office installer starts up and wants to configure. Problem
is, I havent't got the installation cd's, since all the machines here
are set up by the education boards central IT service (unfortunately
a bunch of unreacheable guys who think they're Simon Travaglia). If i
hit 'abort/ cancel' it does that and the application shuts off.
If I start the application just with the link, the same thing
happens, but the application stays active after I cancel the
configuration and I can open a file and work with it. So there can't
be anything really important that needs configuring, can there?
I can work, but it's annoying...

Has someone an idea how to tell Office that it's configured already?

Oh, it's Office 2000 sp3 and the whole thing is happening in germany
(just in case it makes a difference in settings...)

Any help would be greatly appreciated


TIA

Andreas Koch

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello everyone;

I'm runnig into a really nagging thing here everytime i start an
office application. The computer I'm using is situated in a school
where I'm helping out, running XP Home SP2. There were 2 users
already on this machine before I created a new user (me), because I
need to have some files on the network and I don't want to alter the
settings of the 2 other users (they're stand-in teachers, who only
come in once or twice a year).
Well, Office 2000 is installed and starts up allright with the other 2
accounts (checked by phone), but when I call up a file, for example a
'.doc' the Office installer starts up and wants to configure. Problem
is, I havent't got the installation cd's, since all the machines here
are set up by the education boards central IT service (unfortunately
a bunch of unreacheable guys who think they're Simon Travaglia). If i
hit 'abort/ cancel' it does that and the application shuts off.
If I start the application just with the link, the same thing
happens, but the application stays active after I cancel the
configuration and I can open a file and work with it. So there can't
be anything really important that needs configuring, can there?
I can work, but it's annoying...

Has someone an idea how to tell Office that it's configured already?

Oh, it's Office 2000 sp3 and the whole thing is happening in germany
(just in case it makes a difference in settings...)

Any help would be greatly appreciated


TIA

Andreas Koch

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello everyone;

I'm runnig into a really nagging thing here everytime i start an
office application. The computer I'm using is situated in a school
where I'm helping out, running XP Home SP2. There were 2 users
already on this machine before I created a new user (me), because I
need to have some files on the network and I don't want to alter the
settings of the 2 other users (they're stand-in teachers, who only
come in once or twice a year).
Well, Office 2000 is installed and starts up allright with the other 2
accounts (checked by phone), but when I call up a file, for example a
'.doc' the Office installer starts up and wants to configure. Problem
is, I havent't got the installation cd's, since all the machines here
are set up by the education boards central IT service (unfortunately
a bunch of unreacheable guys who think they're Simon Travaglia). If i
hit 'abort/ cancel' it does that and the application shuts off.
If I start the application just with the link, the same thing
happens, but the application stays active after I cancel the
configuration and I can open a file and work with it. So there can't
be anything really important that needs configuring, can there?
I can work, but it's annoying...

Has someone an idea how to tell Office that it's configured already?

Oh, it's Office 2000 sp3 and the whole thing is happening in germany
(just in case it makes a difference in settings...)

Any help would be greatly appreciated


TIA

Andreas Koch

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello everyone;

I'm runnig into a really nagging thing here everytime i start an
office application. The computer I'm using is situated in a school
where I'm helping out, running XP Home SP2. There were 2 users
already on this machine before I created a new user (me), because I
need to have some files on the network and I don't want to alter the
settings of the 2 other users (they're stand-in teachers, who only
come in once or twice a year).
Well, Office 2000 is installed and starts up allright with the other 2
accounts (checked by phone), but when I call up a file, for example a
'.doc' the Office installer starts up and wants to configure. Problem
is, I havent't got the installation cd's, since all the machines here
are set up by the education boards central IT service (unfortunately
a bunch of unreacheable guys who think they're Simon Travaglia). If i
hit 'abort/ cancel' it does that and the application shuts off.
If I start the application just with the link, the same thing
happens, but the application stays active after I cancel the
configuration and I can open a file and work with it. So there can't
be anything really important that needs configuring, can there?
I can work, but it's annoying...

Has someone an idea how to tell Office that it's configured already?

Oh, it's Office 2000 sp3 and the whole thing is happening in germany
(just in case it makes a difference in settings...)

Any help would be greatly appreciated


TIA

Andreas Koch

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello everyone;

I'm runnig into a really nagging thing here everytime i start an
office application. The computer I'm using is situated in a school
where I'm helping out, running XP Home SP2. There were 2 users
already on this machine before I created a new user (me), because I
need to have some files on the network and I don't want to alter the
settings of the 2 other users (they're stand-in teachers, who only
come in once or twice a year).
Well, Office 2000 is installed and starts up allright with the other 2
accounts (checked by phone), but when I call up a file, for example a
'.doc' the Office installer starts up and wants to configure. Problem
is, I havent't got the installation cd's, since all the machines here
are set up by the education boards central IT service (unfortunately
a bunch of unreacheable guys who think they're Simon Travaglia). If i
hit 'abort/ cancel' it does that and the application shuts off.
If I start the application just with the link, the same thing
happens, but the application stays active after I cancel the
configuration and I can open a file and work with it. So there can't
be anything really important that needs configuring, can there?
I can work, but it's annoying...

Has someone an idea how to tell Office that it's configured already?

Oh, it's Office 2000 sp3 and the whole thing is happening in germany
(just in case it makes a difference in settings...)

Any help would be greatly appreciated


TIA

Andreas Koch

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

 

[Andreas Koch]

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

8<----------------------------------------------------
Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user.

well, the other users on the same computer run ok, so I think that's not it.
I know that even if you set everything to run locally during setup, the
first time office starts the installer comes up again and configures
something (If I would just know what! but never mind...). I normally set up
office from either a network drive or from an installation directory to avoid
this; but alas, I didn't set up this one.
8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
....that you needed local admin rights the first...

got them, seems to be alright there.

8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office

2003?

<rofl>
This is a school here, so it's a government thing, and this is germany (i.e.
everthing happens a little later...). I'm lucky that a few machines were
funded through donations, otherwise we'd still be running CP/M on a 0.8 KHz
Z80a processor with 8kB of RAM...
</rofl>
8<----------------------------------------------------


thank you for answering so quick and greetings from Duisburg (NRW, Germany)!

 

[Andreas Koch]

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

8<----------------------------------------------------
Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user.

well, the other users on the same computer run ok, so I think that's not it.
I know that even if you set everything to run locally during setup, the
first time office starts the installer comes up again and configures
something (If I would just know what! but never mind...). I normally set up
office from either a network drive or from an installation directory to avoid
this; but alas, I didn't set up this one.
8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
....that you needed local admin rights the first...

got them, seems to be alright there.

8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office

2003?

<rofl>
This is a school here, so it's a government thing, and this is germany (i.e.
everthing happens a little later...). I'm lucky that a few machines were
funded through donations, otherwise we'd still be running CP/M on a 0.8 KHz
Z80a processor with 8kB of RAM...
</rofl>
8<----------------------------------------------------


thank you for answering so quick and greetings from Duisburg (NRW, Germany)!

 

[Andreas Koch]

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

8<----------------------------------------------------
Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user.

well, the other users on the same computer run ok, so I think that's not it.
I know that even if you set everything to run locally during setup, the
first time office starts the installer comes up again and configures
something (If I would just know what! but never mind...). I normally set up
office from either a network drive or from an installation directory to avoid
this; but alas, I didn't set up this one.
8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
....that you needed local admin rights the first...

got them, seems to be alright there.

8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office

2003?

<rofl>
This is a school here, so it's a government thing, and this is germany (i.e.
everthing happens a little later...). I'm lucky that a few machines were
funded through donations, otherwise we'd still be running CP/M on a 0.8 KHz
Z80a processor with 8kB of RAM...
</rofl>
8<----------------------------------------------------


thank you for answering so quick and greetings from Duisburg (NRW, Germany)!

 

[Andreas Koch]

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

8<----------------------------------------------------
Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user.

well, the other users on the same computer run ok, so I think that's not it.
I know that even if you set everything to run locally during setup, the
first time office starts the installer comes up again and configures
something (If I would just know what! but never mind...). I normally set up
office from either a network drive or from an installation directory to avoid
this; but alas, I didn't set up this one.
8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
....that you needed local admin rights the first...

got them, seems to be alright there.

8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office

2003?

<rofl>
This is a school here, so it's a government thing, and this is germany (i.e.
everthing happens a little later...). I'm lucky that a few machines were
funded through donations, otherwise we'd still be running CP/M on a 0.8 KHz
Z80a processor with 8kB of RAM...
</rofl>
8<----------------------------------------------------


thank you for answering so quick and greetings from Duisburg (NRW, Germany)!

 

[Andreas Koch]

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

8<----------------------------------------------------
Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user.

well, the other users on the same computer run ok, so I think that's not it.
I know that even if you set everything to run locally during setup, the
first time office starts the installer comes up again and configures
something (If I would just know what! but never mind...). I normally set up
office from either a network drive or from an installation directory to avoid
this; but alas, I didn't set up this one.
8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
....that you needed local admin rights the first...

got them, seems to be alright there.

8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office

2003?

<rofl>
This is a school here, so it's a government thing, and this is germany (i.e.
everthing happens a little later...). I'm lucky that a few machines were
funded through donations, otherwise we'd still be running CP/M on a 0.8 KHz
Z80a processor with 8kB of RAM...
</rofl>
8<----------------------------------------------------


thank you for answering so quick and greetings from Duisburg (NRW, Germany)!

 

[Andreas Koch]

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

8<----------------------------------------------------
Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user.

well, the other users on the same computer run ok, so I think that's not it.
I know that even if you set everything to run locally during setup, the
first time office starts the installer comes up again and configures
something (If I would just know what! but never mind...). I normally set up
office from either a network drive or from an installation directory to avoid
this; but alas, I didn't set up this one.
8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
....that you needed local admin rights the first...

got them, seems to be alright there.

8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office

2003?

<rofl>
This is a school here, so it's a government thing, and this is germany (i.e.
everthing happens a little later...). I'm lucky that a few machines were
funded through donations, otherwise we'd still be running CP/M on a 0.8 KHz
Z80a processor with 8kB of RAM...
</rofl>
8<----------------------------------------------------


thank you for answering so quick and greetings from Duisburg (NRW, Germany)!

 

[Andreas Koch]

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

8<----------------------------------------------------
Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user.

well, the other users on the same computer run ok, so I think that's not it.
I know that even if you set everything to run locally during setup, the
first time office starts the installer comes up again and configures
something (If I would just know what! but never mind...). I normally set up
office from either a network drive or from an installation directory to avoid
this; but alas, I didn't set up this one.
8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
....that you needed local admin rights the first...

got them, seems to be alright there.

8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office

2003?

<rofl>
This is a school here, so it's a government thing, and this is germany (i.e.
everthing happens a little later...). I'm lucky that a few machines were
funded through donations, otherwise we'd still be running CP/M on a 0.8 KHz
Z80a processor with 8kB of RAM...
</rofl>
8<----------------------------------------------------


thank you for answering so quick and greetings from Duisburg (NRW, Germany)!

 

[Andreas Koch]

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

8<----------------------------------------------------
Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user.

well, the other users on the same computer run ok, so I think that's not it.
I know that even if you set everything to run locally during setup, the
first time office starts the installer comes up again and configures
something (If I would just know what! but never mind...). I normally set up
office from either a network drive or from an installation directory to avoid
this; but alas, I didn't set up this one.
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....that you needed local admin rights the first...

got them, seems to be alright there.

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OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office

2003?

<rofl>
This is a school here, so it's a government thing, and this is germany (i.e.
everthing happens a little later...). I'm lucky that a few machines were
funded through donations, otherwise we'd still be running CP/M on a 0.8 KHz
Z80a processor with 8kB of RAM...
</rofl>
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thank you for answering so quick and greetings from Duisburg (NRW, Germany)!

 

[Andreas Koch]

Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user. You will need the installation media to make this go away. I haven't
used OL2000 for ages, but I do seem to recall that you needed local admin
rights the first time you ran it under any account (should be able to take
them away later).

OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office
2003?

8<----------------------------------------------------
Sounds like Office wasn't set up to run all components locally regardless of
user.

well, the other users on the same computer run ok, so I think that's not it.
I know that even if you set everything to run locally during setup, the
first time office starts the installer comes up again and configures
something (If I would just know what! but never mind...). I normally set up
office from either a network drive or from an installation directory to avoid
this; but alas, I didn't set up this one.
8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
....that you needed local admin rights the first...

got them, seems to be alright there.

8<----------------------------------------------------

8<----------------------------------------------------
OL2000 is ancient, icky, stuff, tho - no chance to get this PC on OL/Office

2003?

<rofl>
This is a school here, so it's a government thing, and this is germany (i.e.
everthing happens a little later...). I'm lucky that a few machines were
funded through donations, otherwise we'd still be running CP/M on a 0.8 KHz
Z80a processor with 8kB of RAM...
</rofl>
8<----------------------------------------------------


thank you for answering so quick and greetings from Duisburg (NRW, Germany)!