FIX: Microsoft Office - End User License Agreement Constant Prompt
June 21st, 2007 | by LocalTech |Ever get the problem where whenever you start up ANY Microsoft Office application (Mostly in Microsoft Office 2003) Where you are being prompted to Agree with the End User License Agreement everytime you start up the application. Even after you have agreed to it? Well if you are facing this issue, please try the following steps… I’ve also included illustrations 
Click on the Start button and the click on Run
In the Open field type in Regedit
Press OK and this will bring up the Registry Editor
Now I would like you to go into the following Locations by expanding the folders (Click on the + sign)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software -> Microsoft -> Office
- You will come up to a screen that looks like this…
Right Click on the Office Folder and click on Permissions
Click on Add…
Where it says “Enter the object names to select (examples)”, Below that I would like you to type in “Everyone” without the quotes and press OK
Now make sure you have Everyone highlighted under the Group or user names then tick the box below under ‘Allow’ which gives you “Full Control”
Then click on Apply and OK
After you have done these steps, can you please Restart you computer.
Once you computer has completed restarting, test out on of your Microsoft Office applications and you will be prompted to Agree with the End User License Agreement one last time – Agree with it.
Then close down your Microsoft Office application and reopen it. Now it shouldn’t prompt you to agree with the End User License Agreement.
So yea, try that … If it works let me know - If it doesn’t let me know as well 
9 Responses to “FIX: Microsoft Office - End User License Agreement Constant Prompt”
By Martin on Oct 4, 2007 | Reply
Great ! your advice on EULA in microsoft office. Mine was a little different as it was in french and vista but the principle worked fine. Rgds Martin
By John on Oct 24, 2007 | Reply
Thanks also - just used on Office 2003 - under Vista - just type regedit into the “Start Search” box in the Start menu to run regedit. Worked perfecty.
By Alan on Dec 12, 2007 | Reply
Thank you so much. I was starting to pull my hair out. Very easy to understand your instructions too, even for a dummy like me.
By Bob Colclough on Jan 1, 2008 | Reply
Thanks a lot - worked for me!
By Sirg on Feb 7, 2008 | Reply
Following the upgrade from Office 2K to Office XP - now whenever any Office XP application is opened, I’m prompted to re-enter the license key for Office XP. Does anyone know a fix for this?
By Mike on Feb 24, 2008 | Reply
Your advice worked great. I had the problem on a new laptop with vista, that I loaded office 2003 on.
Thanks mike
By rick on Mar 29, 2008 | Reply
Just tried it on a new laptop with Vista & it worked perfectly.
By der on Apr 2, 2008 | Reply
Cool!
it worked first time, fair play to you
By Ben on May 20, 2008 | Reply
Under Vista it seems that when you start office in your own user space, it is now allowed to write to that bit of the registry.
I managed to stop this by just running office as the administrator once and accepting the licence.