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Office 97 on Windows 2000

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by sbeam

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We are upgrading to Windows 2000 but for the time being are staying with Office 97. The problem we are having is when Office 97 is installed the only users who have the Spell Check & Grammer abilities are the administrators of the computer. We have tried every type of install with Office 97 and can not get this option available on any non administrator users.

Any response would be greatly appreciated.

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by drdon

Make sure the application is available to the All Users group. A Power User should have access then. A Restricted User will not. To get round this, give the User ID admin prevlidges, go into the application and call the feature and then save and close. Change back to restricted user and log in again, the app will work fine.

HTH-

by sfaust

Unfortunately DRDON's solution did not work. This appears to be an issued with Word 97 and Windows 2000. This does not happen with Word 2000 and Windows 2000.

by jcoltrin

This isn't an answer but a confirmation that I am experiencing the same issue. I was unable to obtain a solution through microsoft's website also. Will subscribe to this post to find out if a solution becomes available.

by dfloyd

I had the same problem and fixed it by putting the NT Authenticated Users in the Power Users group. By default, normal users are limited.

by hallvard schjolberg

I experienced some problems with Outlook 97 and Windows 2000. Your problem may be solved with this tip. The user so will use Office 97 on the local win2k-machine must be added in the "userlist" on that machine.
First I logged on as an administrator(or any domain admins) for my domain.
In "ControlPanel" and "Users and Passwords" I choosed "Add user...", then "Browse". A list of all users in my domain comes up, then I selected the user that experience problems. Give the user appropriate rightsand close.
When I logged on as this user everything seems ok.

by hoosier

Logon to the clients machine as Administrator. Click on start and then run, key in "regedt32", Click on HKey_Local_Machine, double click on software, double click on microsoft, double click on shared tools, double click on proofing tools, highlight grammar, then right click on security, click on permissions, click on advanced, highlight the Machine ID or username(depending on how it is set up), click on view/edit, then check two boxes that are Set Value and Create Subkey, click on OK, then apply and then ok and ok again. Do the same for the spelling. Any questions please email me with a number to reach you at.

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