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office 2003 not working for new users on citrix
I have a new citrix presentation server 4.0 and I installed office 2003. For new users i get an error message when trying to start any office program. The message will say Cannot start microsoft office outlook, mapi32.dll is corrupt or the wrong version. This could have been caused by installing other messaging software. Please reinstall outlook.
everything works when I login as an administrator. What can I do to make it work for everyone that logs in? Do roaming profiles have anything to do with it?
everything works when I login as an administrator. What can I do to make it work for everyone that logs in? Do roaming profiles have anything to do with it?
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what folder is it in?
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when I try to launch word or one of the other office programs, it says that the local policy is preventing this kind of install. I dont' want users to be able to install programs, but I need the ones that are installed to work.
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I tired the folder permissions and got the same message
Did you put the server in Install mode before you installed it? Or better yet, install it from Add/Remove programs in Control Panel? If the server was not in Install mode, only the account used to install the software has access to run the software.
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How do I put it in install mode? I tried reinstalling. can I do this from remote desktop, or do I have to be at the console?
Better from the console or rdp /console.
change user /install
install office 2003
install office 2003 service packs
install office 2003 updates
change user /execute
best if done with NO users, but you, on the server.
change user /install
install office 2003
install office 2003 service packs
install office 2003 updates
change user /execute
best if done with NO users, but you, on the server.
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is it better to go into install mode or use add programs?
add programs will auto switch to install mode and when you click finish, go back to execute mode. Either way is fine.
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I just uninstalled and reinstalled from the console using add programs and I'm still getting the same thing?
Whenever a user starts an Office product, it needs to configure Office for that user. To do so, it needs the msiinstaller service. If you have the policy set to not allow installer to run, then the user can't ever start Office successfully.
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When I go into asdd programs, it says I can't add programs from the network. would hurt anything to switch out of application server mode?
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Here's something interesting. I'm using roaming profiles and deploying office 2003 to office computers. When I add office to the client computers through add programs then I have to add it for each person that logs on to the workstation. For users that don't have a profile built yet, office works fine for them on the citrix server. However if it's a roaming profile that was built on the workstation first then I'm getting these error messages. what does that mean?
re install msoffice
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I figured it out.
temporarily give the permissions to the user and test