Vista/Office 2003 EULA problem

[d4a2n0k]

Hi All,

I upgraded my laptop to Vista about a month ago. Vista seems fine except one problem. Whenever I start Outlook/Word/Excel, the EULA screen pops up every single time and I have to click the "Agree" button. Its not a big deal, just annoying. I had XP MCE on the laptop before with the same copy of Office 2003 Standard Edition and never had this problem before.

Im using legit software, no warez and both Vista and Office have been activated and are fully updated.

Anybody know how to get rid of this damn EULA screen?

Thanks for any help.

 

[fyleow]

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[bruceb]

This tells you how to fix it ... a simple reg edit is all that is needed:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884202

You must accept the Office End User License Agreement every time that you start an Office program
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Article ID : 884202
Last Review : March 12, 2007
Revision : 4.2
Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/) Description of the Microsoft Windows registry
SYMPTOMS
Every time that you start a Microsoft Office program, such as Microsoft Office Word, the End User License Agreement dialog box appears. If you click I Accept, the End User License Agreement dialog box disappears and then reappears. If you click I Accept again, the End User License Agreement dialog box disappears, and the Office program functions as expected.

This behavior occurs for every Office program that you start.

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CAUSE
This behavior occurs if your user account does not have permissions to modify the Microsoft Windows Registry.

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RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, follow these steps.

Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.
1. Log on to the computer by using an Administrator user account.
2. If you are using Microsoft Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. If you are using Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, type regedt32.

Note In Windows Vista, you may receive a User Account Control (UAC) dialog box. You must click Continue or Cancel to open Registry Editor.
3. Locate and then right-click the following registry subkey as appropriate.
? For the 2007 Microsoft Office suites:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0
? For Microsoft Office 2003:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0
? For Microsoft Office 2002:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0
? For Microsoft Office 2000:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0
4. Click Permissions.
5. Click Users (Computer_name\Users), and then click to select the Allow check box for the Full Control permission.
6. Click OK, and then quit Registry Editor.
7. Start an Office program, and then accept the End User License Agreement.

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APPLIES TO
? Microsoft Office Basic 2007
? Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
? Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
? Microsoft Office Professional 2007
? Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
? Microsoft Office Standard 2007
? Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007
? Microsoft Office Access 2007
? Microsoft Office Excel 2007
? Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
? Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
? Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
? Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
? Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
? Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007
? Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
? Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007
? Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007
? Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007
? Microsoft Office Word 2007
? Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
? Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
? Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
? Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
? Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
? Microsoft Office Excel 2003
? Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
? Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
? Microsoft Office Word 2003
? Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition
? Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition for Students and Teachers
? Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
? Microsoft Office XP Personal
? Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition
? Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
? Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
? Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
? Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition
? Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business Edition
? Microsoft Office 2000 Standard Edition
? Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Edition
? Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition
? Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
? Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
? Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
? Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

 

[d4a2n0k]

Thanks! I did the reg edit and it seems to have fixed it.

I appreciate the help guys.