Re: Why can't I install Office 2000 Premium on Windows XP?

From: David Hankins (DavidHankins_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/03/05 

Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 06:09:05 -0800

Sorry about not giving the complete error messages, well when I try to
install Office 2000, it gives me an error msg containing MSIEXEC.EXE 7355
error. Now I am running windows XP Home and viewing the event viewer I get
this:
A provider, OffProv, has been registered in the WMI namespace, Root\MSAPPS,
but did not specify the HostingModel property. This provider will be run
using the LocalSystem account. This account is privileged and the provider
may cause a security violation if it does not correctly impersonate user
requests. Ensure that provider has been reviewed for security behavior and
update the HostingModel property of the provider registration to an account
with the least privileges possible for the required functionality.
I have narrowed it down to the fact that it's trying to install under a non
administrative account, with windows xp home, the steps to follow to bring up
the security tab are not there. Is there such a way to bring up the security
tab to change the priviledges on the c:\windows\installer directory? Thank
you very much for your time in helping with this matter.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

> There are a number of possible error messages related to MSIEXEC.EXE.
> Since I can't see your screen from here, and since you can't be bothered
> to quote all of the error message, maybe you can find something that
> applies to your situation at
> http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?catalog=LCID%3D1033&query=office+2000+msiexec.exe+error&x=0&y=0
> ..
>
> David Hankins wrote:
>
> > I am running windows xp SP2. My old computer had windows 98 second edition in
> > which Office 2000 runs perfectly on and I have installed it again on my older
> > computer, so I know the disc is fine. It gets all the way to the end of the
> > installation on my XP computer than gives me an error saying MSIEXEC.EXE
> > error. Is this a known issue or is it something wrong my system?
>
>

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