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
    2020-12-10T20:43:08+00:00

    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.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-12-07T04:24:31+00:00

    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.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-23T19:47:59+00:00

    I would not pay $149 times 3, ~$450 plus tax, for Office 2019.  Besides the initial outlay there is the risk that one of your computers could go on the blink.  Office 2019 cannot be transfer to another computer.  Have you considered LibreOffice?  It is free and many like it.  It might be worth checking.

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  4. 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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  5. Anonymous
    2020-09-22T21:16:05+00:00

    007, thank you for the info you provided.  I will read the Lifewire article.

    I offer this for whatever it is worth.  I had edited 0:en (for Word) and 1:en (for Excel) as I described on a previous post but I left 03:en (for PowerPoint) as-is.  I hardly use PP and I wanted to see what MS was up to.  Today I opened all 3 apps.  Word and Excel did not display the banner (as expected, hooray!) and PP did (also as expected). PP changed the TimeToNextcall by 2 days exactly.  Apparently MS uses GMT which is 5 hours ahead of CDT where I am located.  A year of so ago when this mess started MS used to pester us every few weeks and now it is every 2 days.  The banner color has changed from Yellow to a Bright Pink/Light Read as I could see in the unmodified PP.  I don't know where they set the color, do you?

    I suspect that after Oct 13 they will post the banner every time one opens an Office app and it will be more obnoxious (bright red likely).  I wonder if they will ever quit on their own.  They will also edit the message, currently SUPPORT FOR OFFICE 2010 ENDING OCT 13, 2020 to SUPPORT HAS ENDED.....  Kind of them to use all caps to make it even worse.  Since I have changed TimeToNextcall to 2025 I wonder if they will notice this and "trash" the modifications.  We'll see...  :-(

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