OFFICE STUCK AT "We're getting things ready" (Office for Windows)

Anonymous
2015-12-22T06:24:08+00:00

I activated my Office 365 Home Subscription and clicked the install button on the page. It downloaded an .exe file and so I clicked it, then an orange box popped up saying "We're getting things ready" and it has been like this for 30 minutes. What do I do? Could this be linked to the fact that I bought the subscription key thing in the U.S. and activated it in the Philippines through telephone activation because it was region locked? (They sent me an email with a link where it just required me to sign in and then it went to the install page)

Using a brand new Surface Pro 4 256gb i5 model

Update: Got past the first orange popup by forcing it to quit and restarting my surface then I got an error and then proceeded to click the help link on the error message then it made me download something and run that thing then now I downloaded the install .exe file again and ran it. Now I'm at the bigger white "Installing Office" with "We'll be done in just a moment" popup with the loading bar thing. I'm stuck at 15%. How long does this usually take and does it require internet? I have **** internet right now because of something called "Asia Pacific Downtime Blah Blah" my ISP keeps telling me.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-08-01T13:17:29+00:00

    I am on a server trying to install Office 2016 and the orange box pops briefly "We are getting things ready" then just disappears - have tried multiple times, pls advise.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-24T04:13:35+00:00

    Thanks for this advice! It's so simple I could not believe it works while I've tried all the complicated ones!

    Thanks again for this...

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-06T15:37:00+00:00

    thanks aaron. it really works!

    Try running the installer as administrator, right click > Run as administrator. It worked for me. Hope it works for you too.

    Cheers,

    Aaron

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-05-26T13:45:51+00:00

    that works for me. thankyou!

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-05-09T05:58:07+00:00

    What are the installation instruction?

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