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Error 1706 Limited User XP Home

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PPCO

Flightless Bird
I am getting error 1706 for a limited user in XP Home. I have tried this
solution: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/258847/en-us ( I had
to download a GPEdit add-on).
I have messed around with it quite a bit and the funny thing is this only
happens when I try to open an Office program from a desktop shortcut icon. If
I open the Office program first and load the file manually, it loads
correctly.

I have had this issue when I upgraded another computer to XP Pro and the
link above solved it, but no such luck with XP Home.
Thanks for any help!
 
P

Peter Foldes

Flightless Bird
Try this one as posted to you in the windowsxp.security newsgroup where you also
posted

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297834

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Peter

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"PPCO" <PPCO@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CD81CCEB-71FB-4E74-859C-D02F0273C4B0@microsoft.com...
>I am getting error 1706 for a limited user in XP Home. I have tried this
> solution: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/258847/en-us ( I had
> to download a GPEdit add-on).
> I have messed around with it quite a bit and the funny thing is this only
> happens when I try to open an Office program from a desktop shortcut icon. If
> I open the Office program first and load the file manually, it loads
> correctly.
>
> I have had this issue when I upgraded another computer to XP Pro and the
> link above solved it, but no such luck with XP Home.
> Thanks for any help!
 
P

PPCO

Flightless Bird
Actually, it only happens when I try to open an Access File Shortcut. It
works fine for Excel and Word shortcuts. It says specifically it's searching
for the Office 2000 Disk 2 which I have in the cd drive. Then after trying to
search for it, it gives the "error 1706: No valid source could be found for
Microsoft Office 2000 disc 2. The Windows installer cannot continue."

"PPCO" wrote:

> I am getting error 1706 for a limited user in XP Home. I have tried this
> solution: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/258847/en-us ( I had
> to download a GPEdit add-on).
> I have messed around with it quite a bit and the funny thing is this only
> happens when I try to open an Office program from a desktop shortcut icon. If
> I open the Office program first and load the file manually, it loads
> correctly.
>
> I have had this issue when I upgraded another computer to XP Pro and the
> link above solved it, but no such luck with XP Home.
> Thanks for any help!
 
P

PPCO

Flightless Bird
Well, I answered my own question. I remedied it by temporarily changing the
new user to an administrator account. I was then able to get it to access
Office 2000 disc 2. I then changed it back to a limited account and Access
Shortcuts now work.


"PPCO" wrote:

> I am getting error 1706 for a limited user in XP Home. I have tried this
> solution: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/258847/en-us ( I had
> to download a GPEdit add-on).
> I have messed around with it quite a bit and the funny thing is this only
> happens when I try to open an Office program from a desktop shortcut icon. If
> I open the Office program first and load the file manually, it loads
> correctly.
>
> I have had this issue when I upgraded another computer to XP Pro and the
> link above solved it, but no such luck with XP Home.
> Thanks for any help!
 
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