When you installed Office on the server, you probably just did a Typical Install....you need to do a Custom Install and tell it to Run All from My Computer ... By default, when you do a typical install, not all components are installed Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of errol Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:58 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Office XP & ME Hi All I recently installed Office Xp on Windows ME connected to a Windows 2000 server. Now for every user that logs on to that computer, I have to partially re-install Office. The message one gets when trying to enter one of the Office programs is: "The action is only valid for products that are currently are installed". Any Ideas on how to make the Office programs available to any user without the need to re-install it every time. Errol ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************