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
    2018-09-16T08:57:28+00:00

    How do you unsubscribe from this thread?

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-08-25T11:02:41+00:00

    I just quit the installer and restart the windows and voila, the user account has been fixed

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-08-01T21:02:19+00:00

    I ran into this as well when I restarted during the download. Had to delete this folder"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office". I would only do this if nothing is in there though. After that I restarted and clicked on the installer again and the window popped back up and showed it was downloading again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-05-24T18:47:18+00:00

    Aaron LeeCS has the solution, at least it worked for me.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-02-18T11:38:12+00:00

    I have had this problem adding an account to Outlook. And I discovered a 'hidden' ahurm, Window asking for that accounts credentials, which when entered, fixed it.

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