Error While loading Sibeleus – Installation Folder is not writable.

After installing sibelius 5 we were getting the following error when loading it as a normal user.

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Native Instruments
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Installation folder is not writable. Please select a folder now

After clicking on Ok we would see the window below then get the error if the user were to cancel out of the browse for folder. This would happen for every user thereafter also.

To fix this permanently without giving the users admin permission, login as an administrator and navigate to the C:\program files folder and select the folders “Native Instruments”, “Neuratron Photoscore” & “Sibelius Software” by Ctrl+Left Clicking them.

Right Click and select Properties.

Select Yes to the Dialogue if it shows below.

Select Users from the list of usernames and tick the Modify permission and click on Ok

GFA-basic Runtime Error -002

I encountered this error message on a System running a program called Markbook.

“GFA-basic Runtime Error -002″

Local and Domain Administrators were able to use the program fine but when a normal user tried to run it it would crash.

To fix this error give the Users group Full Control NTFS permissions to the c:windowstemp folder on the hard drive.

Change the Office 2007 CD Key

I had a situation where I had entered the office CD key for the wrong computer in the office onto another computer (I hate having 10 different license keys). When trying to activate I would get an error. My options were uninstall and reinstall, call Microsoft Support and have them laugh at me for being stupid or do the following steps below.

To change the office 2007 CD key follow these steps:

1. Make sure all Microsoft Office applications are closed.
2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
3. Navigate to the following registry subkey:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration

   Note You may also find another subkey that resembles the following subkey:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration\{91120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}

4. If you find additional subkeys that reference Microsoft 12.0 registration, open each subkey, and then identify the product by the ProductName entry.
   For example: ProductName=Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
5. When you find the subkey for the product from which you want to remove the existing product license key, delete the following entries:
   • DigitalProductID
   • ProductID
6. Exit Registry Editor.

Now open up any of your Office 2007 applications and you will be prompted for a new product license key. Pop in the correct key and Click Continue then Install Now. After a short period of time Office will be reconfigured and you can reactivate Office.