Vista - Office 2003 Prompts for Agreement Every Time I start an Office App

I installed Office 2003 after installing Vista, and then I installed Office
2003. I downloaded and installed all fixes. Everytime I start an office
application, it prompts me to accept the license agreement. It doesn't
matter which applicaiton I launch, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc., every time
I close the application and reopen it, it prompts me to accept. I have
uninstalled and reinstall Office 2003 to see if that fixes the problem. It
doesn't. Has anyone else had this problem? Has anyone found a workaround?
It is irritating, and doesn't appear to be working as designed. Any help or
advice would be appreciated.

Try running one of the Office 2003 applications as an Administrator (right
click on one of the shortcuts for Office in the Start menu, for instance
"Microsoft Office Word 2003", and from the context menu that appears when
right clicking on it choose "Run as administrator").

Accept the license agreement, close the application, and then try launching
it normally.

Have a great day,

--
Kristan Kenney
Windows Live Butterfly

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"David Kreisberg" <David Kreisberg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:86D8A344-74CE-4B34-B7D5-8FC4175EA1C0@microsoft.com...
>I installed Office 2003 after installing Vista, and then I installed Office
> 2003. I downloaded and installed all fixes. Everytime I start an office
> application, it prompts me to accept the license agreement. It doesn't
> matter which applicaiton I launch, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc., every
> time
> I close the application and reopen it, it prompts me to accept. I have
> uninstalled and reinstall Office 2003 to see if that fixes the problem.
> It
> doesn't. Has anyone else had this problem? Has anyone found a
> workaround?
> It is irritating, and doesn't appear to be working as designed. Any help
> or
> advice would be appreciated.

It won't let me check the Administrator option. It is greyed out, and I
can't check it. Do you have any other ideas?

"Kristan Kenney [Nighthawk]" wrote:

> Try running one of the Office 2003 applications as an Administrator (right
> click on one of the shortcuts for Office in the Start menu, for instance
> "Microsoft Office Word 2003", and from the context menu that appears when
> right clicking on it choose "Run as administrator").
>
> Accept the license agreement, close the application, and then try launching
> it normally.
>
> Have a great day,
>
> --
> Kristan Kenney
> Windows Live Butterfly
>
> This post is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "David Kreisberg" <David Kreisberg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:86D8A344-74CE-4B34-B7D5-8FC4175EA1C0@microsoft.com...
> >I installed Office 2003 after installing Vista, and then I installed Office
> > 2003. I downloaded and installed all fixes. Everytime I start an office
> > application, it prompts me to accept the license agreement. It doesn't
> > matter which applicaiton I launch, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc., every
> > time
> > I close the application and reopen it, it prompts me to accept. I have
> > uninstalled and reinstall Office 2003 to see if that fixes the problem.
> > It
> > doesn't. Has anyone else had this problem? Has anyone found a
> > workaround?
> > It is irritating, and doesn't appear to be working as designed. Any help
> > or
> > advice would be appreciated.
>
>

In fact, there is no option to Run as Administrator for any/all Office
applications. I can select if for other applications, but not office.

"Kristan Kenney [Nighthawk]" wrote:

> Try running one of the Office 2003 applications as an Administrator (right
> click on one of the shortcuts for Office in the Start menu, for instance
> "Microsoft Office Word 2003", and from the context menu that appears when
> right clicking on it choose "Run as administrator").
>
> Accept the license agreement, close the application, and then try launching
> it normally.
>
> Have a great day,
>
> --
> Kristan Kenney
> Windows Live Butterfly
>
> This post is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "David Kreisberg" <David Kreisberg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:86D8A344-74CE-4B34-B7D5-8FC4175EA1C0@microsoft.com...
> >I installed Office 2003 after installing Vista, and then I installed Office
> > 2003. I downloaded and installed all fixes. Everytime I start an office
> > application, it prompts me to accept the license agreement. It doesn't
> > matter which applicaiton I launch, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc., every
> > time
> > I close the application and reopen it, it prompts me to accept. I have
> > uninstalled and reinstall Office 2003 to see if that fixes the problem.
> > It
> > doesn't. Has anyone else had this problem? Has anyone found a
> > workaround?
> > It is irritating, and doesn't appear to be working as designed. Any help
> > or
> > advice would be appreciated.
>
>

I had the exact same problem. I created a shortcut to Excel on the desktop and shift-right-clicked it and selected "Run as...", agreed to the license agreement, and voila, problem solved for all office apps.

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I had the same problem with Office 2003 -- the short cut method worked great
for me. Thanks.

I assume there will be a patch or something for this eventually or MS will
get a ton of calls.

"Dale Harper" wrote in message news:20061219142717harper.dale@gmail.com...
>I had the exact same problem. I created a shortcut to Excel on the desktop
>and shift-right-clicked it and selected "Run as...", agreed to the license
>agreement, and voila, problem solved for all office apps.
>
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