Office 2003 Reinstall-Eula keeps popping up

by MaybeAGeek Sep 26, 2007 4:22AM PDT

I'm running a new HP Pavilion 9500 Series laptop - 2 GB Ram - 240 GB hard drive - Vista Home Premium.

I have a licenced copy of Office 2003 originally installed in my old laptop. I've junked it - the orignal installation no longer exists. I've installed it on my new laptop, installed fine, key worked (as I expected it would).

Now the problem. Every time I open any of the Office programs the EULA pops up and I have to click "Accept" every time.

Any thoughts, tip or advice would be much appreciated.

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Be exact about that copy.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 26, 2007 4:36AM PDT

OEM that came with the old laptop, retail version, etc.

Also log in as Administrator and no firewall so 2003 can activate and more.

Bob

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Part of it worked....

by MaybeAGeek Sep 26, 2007 6:08AM PDT

I turned everything off - virus scan, firewall, etc. Since I am still setting up this pc I am always logged on as an admin.

Outlook, Powerpoint, Publisher, Office and Excel - EULA pops up, I click Activate - but under "Help" - "Activate Product" - message say product already activated.

Suggestions?

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Be exact about that copy. - (please read)

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 26, 2007 6:22AM PDT

"OEM that came with the old laptop, retail version, etc."

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Retail

by MaybeAGeek Sep 26, 2007 6:40AM PDT

Retail version

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Thanks. Try this common cure.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 26, 2007 6:56AM PDT

UAC appears to step in and stop Office from recording your acceptance of the EULA. In other words, turn OFF "User Access Control " and try again.

Bob

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Fixed

by MaybeAGeek Sep 26, 2007 8:29AM PDT

Turning off UAC seems to have solved the problem.

Thanks for all the help.

Office 2003 Reinstall-Eula keeps popping up

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