Installation problems

From: Anthony Wood (txman57@yahoo.com)
Date: 12/10/02 

From: "Anthony Wood" <txman57@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 19:12:55 -0800

The following is from a Microsoft Technet Article. I have
seen this problem quite a bit when trying to load from CD
ROM. Basically, CD-ROM access to load a program is
restricted leaving you to only be able to install across a
network. Check the registry entry listed below and make
sure it is set to 0 (zero).

You have the Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged on
user only security option turned on.
This is because the Windows Installer runs as Local System
when it is read off the CD-ROM drive. The problem is that
Local System is denied access to the CD-ROM drive when
this security policy is set.

NOTE: This error message also may appear if you do not
have the Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged on user
only security option turned on but the AllocateCDRoms
value under the following registry key is set to 1:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

>-----Original Message-----
>I am trying to install some programs and I keep receiving
>this message "The System Administrator has set policies
>to prevent this installation."
>
>I am the system administrator and I did not set any
>polices as such. Not sure why it is not allowing us to
>install these programs. I have not found any
>documentation for this message. Please help soon.
>.
>

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