You must accept the Office End User License Agreement every time that you start an Office program

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, follow these steps:
1. Log on to the computer by using a user account that has administrative credentials.
2. Start an Office program, such as Word. The End User License Agreement dialog box appears.Note For Windows Vista, click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Office, right-click an Office program, click Run as administrator, and then click Continue.
3. Click I Accept.
4. Exit the Office program that you just started.
5. Repeat step 2 to step 4 for the other Office programs that still prompt you with the EULA.

 To work around this behavior, follow these steps:

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 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.
8. Repeat steps 2 through 4, and then remove the Full Control permission that you gave to Users (Computer_name\Users) in step 5. To do this, locate Users (Computer_name\Users), and then click to clear the Allow check box for the Full Control permission.
9. Click OK, and then exit Registry Editor.

 

 

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