How do I get rid of Microsoft Office's Eula?

Question

Recently I had occasion to reinstall Microsoft Office 2003 under Windows Vista. It works fine, except that every time I start Word or Excel or, I suppose, any other Office program I must Accept its Eula before I can proceed. If I ask to activate the program I'm assured that it has already been activated. How can I get the program to open without showing the Eula and requiring me to accept it?

DELL-Shawn B · Accepted Answer

Hi drwics,

Thanks for the post! Check out the following Microsoft forum thread on this same topic: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-performance/microsoft-eula-keeps-popping-up-for-accept-or/a99d04b7-a2b1-4bfe-9225-deefeb237a28

A.User provided a solution here that looks to have helped others in the same situation.

Office EULA repeating:

Try this 1st:

Go to control Panel > User Accounts > Turn User Account Control Off.

Restart your Computer > open any Office Program > accept the EULA Licence Agreement.

Open an Office Program again > if EULA does not show up > User Accounts >

Turn User Account Control back ON > open the Office Program.

For more troubleshooting advice and information on this topic a Microsoft knowledge base guide was created, check out the following link: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=884202

Thanks,

drwics · Accepted Answer

Thanks, Shawn B. The user-provided solution that you quoted didn't work for me, but the Knowledgebase article did the job: not its first solution but the workaround that involved modifying the registry. Thanks again.

drwics

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