[THIN] Re: KB: How to disable Microsoft Office Online featured links in Office 2003

  • From: "Braebaum, Neil" <Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:37:56 -0000

Jim

Your timing is outstanding ;-)

Didn't even need to waste time searching!

Cheers

Neil 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig Kenzig.com
> Sent: 17 February 2005 15:24
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] KB: How to disable Microsoft Office Online 
> featured links in Office 2003
> 
> This is a handy link for those installing Office 2003 on TS, 
> you probably want to do this.
> JK
> 
> 
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=891158&SD=tech
> 
> 
> How to disable Microsoft Office Online featured links in Office 2003
> 
> Article ID     :       891158 
> Last Review    :       February 3, 2005       
> Revision       :       1.0    
> Important This article contains information about modifying 
> the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to 
> back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore 
> the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how 
> to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the 
> following article number to view the article in the Microsoft 
> Knowledge Base: 
> 256986 <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986>  Description 
> of the Microsoft Windows Registry
> 
> On this page
> 
> 
> INTRODUCTION
> 
> This article describes how to disable Microsoft Office Online 
> featured links in Microsoft Office 2003.
> 
> MORE INFORMATION
> 
> Microsoft Office Online featured links let you view new and 
> updated information about Office 2003 from your Office 2003 programs.
> 
> You can use one of the following methods to disable Microsoft 
> Office Online featured links. 
> 
> Method 1: Use Registry Editor
> 
> Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause 
> serious problems that may require you to reinstall your 
> operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can 
> solve problems that result from using Registry Editor 
> incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
> 
> Administrators of local computers can use this method for a 
> user in a network by setting the local policy for the 
> computer or for the user.
> 
> The user's connectivity preference for Microsoft Office 
> Online featured links is controlled by the UseOnlineContent 
> value that is shared by all Office 2003 programs. You can 
> change the DWORD value to set the user's preference. To do 
> this, follow these steps: 
> 1.     Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, 
> and then click OK.    
> 2.     Locate and then click the following subkey: 
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\Internet\
> Note If you cannot find the Internet subkey, you must create 
> it. To create the Internet subkey, click New on the Edit 
> menu, click Key, and then type Internet.      
> 3.     Locate and then click the following value: 
> UseOnlineContent
> Note If you cannot find the UseOnlineContent value, you must 
> create it. To create the UseOnlineContent value, click New on 
> the Edit menu, click DWORD Value, and then type UseOnlineContent.     
> 4.     Double-click the UseOnlineContent value.       
> 5.     In the Value data box, type the appropriate value. The 
> following list contains the possible values: 
> *      0 - Never show Office Online content or entry points   
> *      1 - Use only offline content whenever available, for 
> example, .chm Help files      
> *      2 - Use Office Online content whenever available       
> 6.     Click OK, and then quit Registry Editor.       
> 
> Method 2: Use Group Policy
> 
> You can set a user's connectivity preference by using Group Policy.
> 
> The Office11.adm policy template file describes the 
> connectivity preference policy settings that you can set for 
> Office 2003 users. The Office11.adm file is used with the 
> Group Policy snap-in that is included in Microsoft Windows 
> operating systems to apply policies to users' computers.
> 
> Note The policy template files are included in the Office 
> 2003 Editions Resource Kit toolset. For more information 
> about the Office 2003 Editions Resource Kit toolset and to 
> download the Office11.adm file, visit the following Microsoft 
> Web site: 
> To use Group Policy to set a user's connectivity preference, 
> follow these steps: 
> 1.     Download and install the Office11.adm policy template 
> file (Ork.exe).
> 
> Note The Office 2003 Editions Resource Kit Setup program 
> installs the Office11.adm policy template in the \Windows\INF 
> folder on your computer.      
> 2.     To start Group Policy, click Start, click Run, type 
> MMC in the Open box, and then click OK.       
> 3.     On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in, click Add, 
> and then click Group Policy under Available Standalone Snap-ins.      
> 4.     Click Add, make sure that Local computer appears in 
> the Group Policy Object box, and then click Finish.   
> 5.     Click Close to close the Add Standalone Snap-in dialog 
> box, and then click OK.       
> 6.     Double-click to expand Administrative Templates under 
> User configuration, and then double-click Microsoft Office 2003.      
> 7.     Double-click Tools | Options | General | Service 
> Options, and then click Online Content.       
> 8.     In the right pane, double-click Online Content Options 
> under Settings.       
> 9.     Click Enabled, and then click one of the following 
> options in the Online content options list: 
> *      Never show online content or entry points.     
> *      Search only offline content whenever available.        
> *      Search online content whenever available.      
> 10.    On the File menu, click Save As, specify a file name 
> and path for the MMC console, and then click Save.    
> 
> Method 3: Use Office Help
> 
> Users of local computers can use the following method to 
> enable or disable Microsoft Office Online featured links: 
> 1.     On the Help menu, click Microsoft Program Name Help to 
> display the Program Name Help task pane.      
> 2.     Under See also, click Online Content Settings.         
> 3.     In the Service Options dialog box, click to select or 
> click to clear the Show Microsoft Office Online featured 
> links check box depending on whether you want to enable or 
> disable Microsoft Office Online featured links.
> 
> Note The Show content and links from Microsoft Office Online 
> check box must be selected before you can click to select the 
> Show Microsoft Office Online featured links check box.        
> Notes
> 
> This setting applies to all Office 2003 programs.
> 
> The display of Microsoft Office Online featured links will 
> not change in any Office 2003 program that is open until you 
> close the program and then restart it.
> 
> 
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