Office 2013 runs configuration process every time it starts

Question

When I start Word, Excel, Outlook, or Powerpoint, but not OneNote, a window opens called Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 and runs the Configuration Process which takes several minutes. This only happens on one computer.  I have tried suggestions
from other threads for both Office 2010 and 2013, see my post in:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/officeitpro/thread/8ddd4809-9529-48f0-85a8-ea03598bd83a#0b6ba57c-6509-42e6-b0a5-7657a8ff7334
I added the NoReReg key for all prior versions of Office: 11, 12, 14, and the current 15 (this might have reduced the time the configuration takes - it seems like the progress bar used to run through 3 times, and now only once, but I am not 100% certain).
 It appears that priority support doesn't look at posts in other threads, but only original questions, hence, I am posting this.
I tried using Process Monitor to find where the configuration information is stored that prompts Office to rerun this process every time, but there were so many similar events that I gave up after trying to filter it down for several hours.

Answer 1

Hi Brick,
Not sure if you have tried to repair your Office, if no, please try to repair your Office as a quick fix.
If that doesn't work, try to fix it with the following methods:
Method 1:
Open an elevated Command Prompt, type the following command, and then press
ENTER:
secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /verbose
Method 2:
Try start Office in safe mode, see if this problem will still persists. (Press and hold the CTRL key, and then click the Office program to start it in safe mode.)
If the problem does not occur in safe mode, this issue might be related to third-party add-ins. Disable the add-ins and start Office to see whether the problem continues to occur.
If the problem continues to occur in safe mode, we recommend that you uninstall Office and then install it. To do this, read the following Microsoft knowledge base article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2739501
Max Meng
TechNet Community Support