Microsoft Word 2007 Keeps Registering

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My trials with Microsoft Vista continue. I had issues in the past with iTunes continuously configuring itself, and now Microsoft Word 2007 doing something similar. I never had these problems with Windows XP, only on Vista.

This time Microsoft Word continued to auto-register itself whenever it was launched. I wouldn’t mind it so much, but it caused a 2 minute delay from the time I clicked the icon until it finally opened. Back to Google’s search I went and found a solution that worked.

Two Minute Registration

As I explained above after installing Microsoft Office 2007 on my laptop, I was greeted with a windows when starting Word. The window indicated that Word was registering itself on the system. Thinking it was a one-time thing, I let it go. To my curiosity, it happened the second time I launched Word, and continued each time I wanted to use the program.

The delay was significant: about 2 minutes each time. I couldn’t use Word until it had completed with its registration. Annoyed, I went online to find a solution.

After some quick searching, I found a solution that works. Microsoft indicates this: “we do not recommend this because Word may not function correctly if it cannot auto-register itself”, but I have yet found any problems after implementing the solution.

Fixing Word 2007 Auto-Registration

To disable the Word registration, you can use the following steps:

1. Close down any open Word programs.
2. Open the registry:
   • For Vista users, click “Start” and enter “regedit” in the “Start Search” box.
   • For Windows XP users, click “Start->Run” and enter “regedit” into the “Run” dialog. Click “OK” to continue.
3. Navigate to the following key:

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   
    Software
   
     Microsoft
   
      Office
   
       12.0
   
        Word
   
         Options

4. On the right side of the screen, right-click a blank area and then select “New->DWORD value”.
5. Replace “New Value #1″ with “NoReReg” and press “Enter”.
6. Right-click the new value and select “Modify”.
7. In the “Value data” box, enter “1″ and then click the “OK” button.
8. Click “File->Exit” to close the registry.

The next time you start Microsoft Word, you shouldn’t see the registration window. It worked for me, so hopefully it will do the same for you.

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