Information from here: http://social.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/genuineoffice/thread/39cee7a1-b5f8-4c91-8223-c661e9361496/ How to troubleshoot problems that you may experience when you try to activate a 2007 Office product @: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919895, and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903275/en-us for Office Suites 2003 and below. The links will provide resolutions supporting Office Suites. However if the issue persists I would recommend you contact Microsoft Office support at http://support.microsoft.com/gp/assistsupport and choosing your product to create a support incident. There are two methods for activating Office; telephone and the Internet which is the easier of the two methods. To activate the product by using the Internet, follow these steps: For Microsoft Office 2007, follow these steps: Start any office program. 2) In the Office Activation Wizard, click the "Activate by using Internet" option, and then click "Next". 3) Click "Submit" to send your information to the Microsoft licensing servers. NOTE: When your information is validated, the "Activation Complete" page appears. Then, you can use the Office programs. You will not have to activate Office in the future. 4) Click "Finish" Please follow the below guidance for telephone activation for your version of Office: 1) Start any Office program. 2) In the "Office Activation Wizard", click the "Activate by using the telephone" option, and then click Next 3) Read the "Microsoft Office Privacy Policy" page, and then click "Next". Note You are not required to read the Microsoft Office Privacy Policy to continue these steps in Microsoft Office 2007. A link to the Microsoft Office Privacy Policy is provided so that you can read it at any time. 4) In the "Select your location" list, select a country or region. Call the telephone number that is listed on line 2. The customer service agent will ask you for the installation ID and will give you a confirmation ID in return. Type the confirmation ID in the boxes provided. 5) Click "Next". 6) On the "Activation Complete" page, click "Finish".

Hi Mike and zep516, I went to that website and it was for Microsoft Office 2007. I have Microsoft Office 2003 and Win XPSP3. I was not able to Enable it or Disable it. I was sent a link from a friend that told me to go into Add/Remove Programs and I found the Add in there, so I removed it and when I did the box went away and I have not seen it since. Yeah! You are right I may have unintentionally checked something when I was downloading IE8 but, it was kind of hard for me to understand, so I just took a stab at it and checked what I thought would be Ok. Anyway it is gone now and there is no more problems. Thank you both for posting to this thread, I really appreciate it.

While on the Internet go to the Control Panel and on the Left side click on Windows Updates. After you get their give it time to work. It may be your Windows Installer is not up to date. I forget just how they word it. When it's ready click on custom and pick out an update you think you might need just to see what happens. As for IE 8 I usually let it install and than I remove it. I have 2 programs that only work well with IE 6.

Are the Icons Listed in the Microsoft Office Folder? If so you can Right Click then choose Pin to Start. Doing this will put the Icons/Buttons back in the Right side of the Start Menu. If the Files are in this Microsoft Office , you can: Left Click and Hold on Icon Drag to the Desktop Release the Mouse button to Drop the Icon onto the Desktop