Rejoining a domain, Office wants to reinstall

[tsmithind]

On a Windows 2000 Pro client on a Windows 2000 server network, I removed the client from the domain and then reintroduced it (put it in a workgroup then back into the same domain as before.)

However, after reintroducing it to the domain all the Office products want to be reinstalled. (When I start a program, it asks for the installation disk.) However, giving it the installation disk doesn't work and it won't let me uninstall Office.

Is there a way I can get 2000Pro to accept the current installations of these programs? Why is it thinking that the programs aren't properly installed when they worked before I removed the computer from the domain?

 

[Scotsdude]

Try uninstalling from the admin account, rejoining the domain then reinstalling from the admin account. I've had a similar problem, and that cleared it.

Scotsdude

 

[jeremybarker]

If its the same user name, check out my post in thread616-314604 this will also retain all the settings the user had previously, email, documents, favorites, desktop, etc.

 

[tsmithind]

I resolved my problem:

My local account (which was the same name before and after) lost it's local administrator identity. Once I made it an administrator in Users, I was able to open the Office Products.