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

Anonymous
2020-07-17T12:35:10+00:00

Hi, 

I have a home and student edition of office 2010 that I am perfectly comfortable with. Every time I open the office suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), MS helpfully points out that support is ending and that I should upgrade to a newer version. Screenshot attached. 

I would like an exit from this persistent nagging and quasi privacy nightmare. Some regedit skills are in place and I can follow instructions when clearly given, even if they are complex in nature. 

Thanks 

Karthic 

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-09-22T22:26:42+00:00

    Because it happens only when I download a file despite changing the TimeToNextcall.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-09-22T22:44:02+00:00

    I don't mind upgrading to Office 2019 if they would let me install it on 3 PC's like the 2010 version does. But now the software is good only for 1 PC, so if you want it on 3 PC's, it is $450. If you google "office home and student 2019" there are all kinds of vendors selling it, one of them was Plaza Software for $29. They claim to be legit, but I'm not sure.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-22T23:08:57+00:00

    That price is too good to be true. I bet if you look closely you'll see they are giving you 2019 Pro Plus. Which is a bundle that cannot be resold.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-09-22T23:09:12+00:00

    .....

    So yes, I expect these messages will be a "permanent" addition to Office 2010 after EOL.

    I hope we can still disable them like we are doing now.  I don't mind being reminded one, twice, three times but over and over again and again makes it very frustrating and in my opinion leads to very poor customer relations.  I have a Mac in addition to a PC and may well abandon MS if junk like this persists.  When MS discontinued support for W7 they pestered us for a while but not like this and there was a button to "stop this message".

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-09-23T00:17:32+00:00

    That price is too good to be true. I bet if you look closely you'll see they are giving you 2019 Pro Plus. Which is a bundle that cannot be resold.

    Plaza Software link: 

    https://www.plazasoftware.com/collections/office-2019/products/office-2019-home-and-student-2019-for-windows-device

    The original price at Microsoft is $149.99 but they show it as $89.00 (scratched out) which makes it suspicious apart from a couple of grammatical errors under Features and spelling "Words" instead of "Word".  As for the reviews, it is possible they are only displaying the 5-star reviews, or the reviews are fake.

    There's a more reliable reseller 'Kinguin' mentioned by Tom's Hardware:

    https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/get-microsoft-office-free-or-cheap,6348.html.

    They resell the key from various vendors: 

    https://www.kinguin.net/category/59858/ms-office-2019-home-and-student-retail-key

    Their reviews are also all 5-star but seem more authentic.

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