I started receiving the error 1706 after wiping my machine and then reinstalling office 2000 SP3 on Windows 2000. It was quite annoying and I could not figure out how to get it to stop. Giving the installer the disk did not help and searching the internet turned up various methods of fixing that sounded too invasive. One person (forget where) did mention a method of fixing this which was quite easy. Add the user getting this error to the adminstrator group, have him login and put the office 2000 disk in the machine. Now run Office and let the installer will do the bits it needs to and then start the program properly. You can now remove this user from the adminstrator group and should be well. Good luck, MS programs can be very frustrating.
Office 2000 and error 1706
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Thankyou very much! I have Error 1706 and I find it really horrible and annoying-all my saved documents just go. I would really like to get rid of it but how do I join the administrators group? Please leave a reply.
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There a couple ways to do this. First of all you need to login as the adminstrator, you cannot change your own access to a higher level from your account. I am afraid that if you do not have the password for the administrator then there is little that can done to continue.
Now, open the control panel and then open Users and Passwords. Once this opens click on your username then click the Properties button. In the properties window that opens up click on the Group Membership tab. Almost done now. Now select the “Other” radio button and choose Administrators from the drop down. Click on the OK button to close the properties window then click the OK button on the Users and Passwords window to effect the change. Now login as yourself and try the solution from the original post.
I hope this works for you, I certainly understand how frustrating this can be.
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