Office 2003 on Windows Vista – license agreement keeps popping up
There are many times in the computer repair business when we come across silly, annoying errors. Most recently, I was repairing a computer that just needed to be reformatted and have the software reinstalled. We reinstalled Vista, and installed Office 2003 (as opposed to Office 2007). The license agreement was popping up every time we opened any office application. Unfortunately I didn’t save the link so I could give the individual credit, but User Access Control, also known as UAC in Windows Vista, was apparently the problem.
UAC is the notification that dims your screen and pops up with a message asking permission to do things. Basically, the background features of UAC were preventing Outlook from making the changes it needed to the registry to show that we had accepted the license agreement. Basically all that was necessary was to go to Start->All Programs->Microsoft Office and right click on one of the office applications. Choose “Run as Administrator” and then accept the license agreement. Close the program, and open it back up. VOILA! You’re all done!