To work around this behavior, follow these steps:
Log on to the computer by using an Administrator user account.
If you are using Microsoft Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. If you are using Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, type regedt32.
Note In Windows Vista, you may receive a User Account Control (UAC) dialog box. You must click Continue to open Registry Editor.
Locate and then right-click the following registry subkey as appropriate.
On 32-bit versions of Windows:
For the 2007 Microsoft Office suites:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0
For Microsoft Office 2003:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0
For Microsoft Office 2002:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0
For Microsoft Office 2000:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0
On 64-bit versions of Windows:
For the 2007 Microsoft Office suites:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\12.0
For Microsoft Office 2003:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\11.0
For Microsoft Office 2002:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\10.0
For Microsoft Office 2000:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\9.0
Click Permissions.
Click Users (Computer_name\Users), and then click to select the Allow check box for the Full Control permission.
Click OK, and then quit Registry Editor.
Start an Office program, and then accept the End User License Agreement.
Repeat steps 2 through 4, and then remove the Full Control permission that you gave to Users (Computer_name\Users) in step 5. To do this, locate Users (Computer_name\Users), and then click to clear the Allow check box for the Full Control permission.
Click OK, and then exit Registry Editor.
