How do I turn off the end of support banner in office 2010 permanently? (Office 2010, Windows)

many of those links told only about all of the disadvantages of ignoring the nag ribbon and of not installing the new Office. When respondents do that, they sound more like they are trying to sell products and not like they are here to help.

Hey Hal:

I do "that".  I do it to provide relevant information. The "average user" is not aware of the downside of running unsupported software.  I do it to provide them with information to make an informed decision, rather than just "I don't want to spend any more money". In other words, what could happen if they decide to keep running.

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After that, I provide links to potential fixes. In this specific issue the solution evolved over time. Apparently MS was reacting to the hacks being posted online. 

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This is not the only time MS has done exactly that.  MS makes a "lazy change", removing control of a feature from the user interface, but leaving the program code and registry entries in place.  People publish registry hacks to recover the old functionality. Then MS makes more aggressive changes to neutralize the registry hack. 

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Personally, in many situations, I believe that one-time payment licenses are more cost effective. But the user has to make the determination for themselves.  MS is heavily invested in moving people to 365 subscriptions, whether the user needs it or not. They make it hard for users to find one-time payment options.

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Bottom line is that, we, the volunteers posting here do NOT get any pay from MS.

Interesting to note that, while MS no longer supports the product, they somehow do devote resources to counter register hacks that turn off the nag banner...

It is of course only fair that they do not support a one-time purchase forever, but this nag tactics is just plain annoying. And quite frankly, I do not see many improvements to their product over the last 10 years. Certainly none that would motivate me to pay their high price again for a new version of Office!

I have been using Libre Office before, and it is actually not a bad alternative. Just saying there are viable alternatives out there...

I have changed the date in the registry to remove the check till 2025.

Windows 10 updated overnight and on the first use of Office 2010 after this the banner reappeared in Word and Excel.  Second use of both - no banner, registry still has the 2025 date.

Glad that it isn't every time so thanks to contributors to this thread.

Presumably retrieving the message contributes to a slow startup of Office products.

Presumably retrieving the message contributes to a slow startup of Office products.

No, that retrieval is trivial. The Office apps are already reading the registry to find license status and application settings, the message is just one more in the same general location, trivial.

Problem is, each time Microsoft updates your system, it removes the key you put in