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

Article ID:884202
Last Review:February 14, 2008
Revision:7.4

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:
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.

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WORKAROUND

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows


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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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 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

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kbregistry kbtshoot kbprb KB884202

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