Article ID: 929767 - Last Review: September 13, 2011 - Revision: 3.0

How to prevent the "Welcome to the 2007 Microsoft Office system" dialog box from opening when a 2007 Office suite is started for the first time

System TipThis article applies to a different operating system than the one you are using. Article content that may not be relevant to you is disabled.
Expand all | Collapse all

SYMPTOMS

In the Office Customization Tool, you can enable or disable the Microsoft Customer Experience Improvement Program. However, after the you modify the settings in one of the following locations in the Office Customization Tool, the Welcome to the 2007 Microsoft Office system dialog box is still opened when a 2007 Office application is started for the first time:
  • Enable Customer Experience Improvement Program
  • Automatically receive small updates to improve reliability

RESOLUTION

This problem is corrected in an updated set of OPA files. To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
  1. Download the AdminTemplates.exe file. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=92d8519a-e143-4aee-8f7a-e4bbaeba13e7&DisplayLang=en (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=92d8519a-e143-4aee-8f7a-e4bbaeba13e7&DisplayLang=en)
    Note This download includes an \Admin folder that contains an updated Office Customization Tool.
  2. Double-click the AdminTemplates.exe file.
  3. When you are prompted, select an empty folder to extract the files.
  4. Copy the \Admin folder to the folder that stores the original 2007 Office system installation source. When you are prompted to overwrite the existing files and folders, click Yes to all.
  5. Start the Office Customization Tool.

    To do this, click Start, click Run, type Office installation CD \setup /admin , and then click OK.
  6. In the Select Product dialog box, click OK.
  7. In the navigation pane, click Modify user settings in the Features area.
  8. Expand Microsoft Office 2007 system, expand Privacy, and then click Trust Center.
  9. Double-click Disable Opt-in Wizard on the first run.
  10. Click to select the Enable option to prevent the dialog box from opening when a 2007 Office application is started for the first time.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the Customer Experience Improvement Program, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/products/ceip/EN-US/default.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/products/ceip/EN-US/default.mspx)
The Office Customization Tool is available only in the volume license versions of the 2007 Microsoft Office system. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179097.aspx (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179097.aspx)

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
  • Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
  • Microsoft Office Professional 2007
Keywords: 
kbinfo kbexpertiseinter kbhowto KB929767