The "Get Started With Office Live" add-in window appears every time that you start certain 2007 Microsoft Office system applications

When you start Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or Microsoft PowerPoint, the "Get Started With Office Live" window appears. To make sure that this window does not appear again, you check the Do not show me this message again check box and then click the Close button. However, the window still appears every time that you start Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.

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To resolve this issue, add a registry key to the registry.
  Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users follow these steps: 

1. Log on to Windows with a user account that has this issue.
2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit on the Open box, and then click OK.
3. On the left pane expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER, expand Software, select Microsoft.
4. On the Edit menu point to New, and then select Key.
5. Type OfficeLive for the key name, and then press ENTER.
6. Close the Registry Editor
7. Start Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. When you see the "Get Started with Office Live" window, make sure the "Do not show me this message again" optionis checked, and then click Continue.
8. When you close the 2007 Microsoft Office System application, the registry values will be created for that user.

 Windows Vista and Windows Vista Server 2008 users follow these steps:

1. Log on to Windows using a user account that has this issue.
2. Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box.
3. Right-click regedit.exe in the Programs list, and then select Run as administrator.
4. On the left pane, expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER, expand Software, and then select Microsoft.
5. On the Edit menu point to New, and then select Key.
6. Type OfficeLive for the key name, and then press ENTER.
7. Close the Registry Editor
8. Start Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. When you see the Get Started with Office Live window, make sure that the Do not show me this message again optionis checked, and then click Continue.
9. When you close the 2007 Microsoft Office system application, the registry values will be created for that user.

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