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General question regarding activation - Microsoft Office forums

General question regarding activation - Microsoft Office forums

General question regarding activation

Posted: 14 Dec 2005 05:36 PM PST


Ron,

The 120 days is from an Article (about Windows XP) by late Alex Nichol,
MS-MVP. Have a look here:

http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.php#howlong

I assume the same rules apply about other retail products. OEM
reinstall on the same system always require telephone activation as
piracy seems to be on the increase with these types of CDs.

As far as I know, the Retail Version of any products can be moved to any
systems provided it is first uninstalled from the first system.
However, it is your word against Microsoft's and nobody is going to come
to your house to check you have done what you claim to have done. It is
a question of trust.

As far as MS support is concerned, they are required to continue support
for at least 10 years after first release of the product. After that
nobody knows what happens but it is likely that a patch may be issued to
avoid activation once the support has ceased. MS can't continue to have
a database of people's products installation for ever. The cost comes
into the equation whether to have a database permanently or not. Office
XP was release in 2002 and so by the time 2012 comes, people would have
stopped using their XP product - at least this is the theory! I still
use some DOS products and Windows 98SE! But hen I am eccentric!

hth






Ron wrote: 

Office 2003, Custom Installation Wizard, MST

Posted: 14 Dec 2005 11:10 AM PST

Tom,

I haven't tried the Custom Maintenance Wizard, but from looking at it,
it would seem that it would defeat the purpose of me deploying the
install through Group Policy because I would then need to visit the
stations to run the Maintenance file. I think I might contact
Microsoft directly and have them explain to me why the .MST file is
being ignored. If I get anywhere, I will certainly post an answer to
this thread for others.

Thanks for your time,
Troy.

Change License info

Posted: 14 Dec 2005 10:51 AM PST

thanks to both of you. quick.
rob

"garfield-n-odie" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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renaming 

Photodraw with XP

Posted: 13 Dec 2005 08:23 AM PST

PhotoDraw works on some WinXP machines, but doesn't work on
others. PhotoDraw is a discontinued product, and Microsoft no
longer supports it. See
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=250833 "PhD1: Error Message:
Unable to Start the Application" and
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318924 "Photodraw 2000 Causes
an Error Message in Windows XP".

BHS Teacher wrote:
 

Office XP User / registration information incorrect on Citrix XP server

Posted: 12 Dec 2005 02:15 PM PST

You can also do it at the command line but yes. installing an application
from add/remove programs puts the server into install mode as well.

Jeff Pitsch
http://www.sbcgatekeeper.com
Your Terminal Services Security Website

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Change name of Exchange Server in admin install of Office....

Posted: 12 Dec 2005 02:07 PM PST

Hello "Neo"
I will look into editing the .prf file, but I think your suggestion to use a
DNS alias is simply brilliant, and I am kicking myself for not having thought
of it.
Thanks a million!
Mr. Anderson :-)

"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:
 

ReInstallation Ineffective

Posted: 11 Dec 2005 07:55 PM PST

Once I get to All Users I can't find Application Data. I did a search and it
came up with no results. We don't have our computer set up for multiple users
so I don't know why that file wouldn't be there. I did a search for the
OPA11.DAT file too and couldn't find it. What should I do?

NO Activation wizard, driving me mad..... can't activate Office 20

Posted: 11 Dec 2005 06:36 AM PST

Snap! Exactly same problems as you. Where's that damned wizard. Will let
you know if I resolve it. I bought a PC with student teacher 2003 trial
preinstalled - never gave me an option to activate when I first started an
Office application otherwise I would have. No link available on the Help
menu - nothing happens when you click Activate. I then uninstalled the trial
version and installed a proper retail Student Teacher version that I'd
bought. It is still in reduced functionality. No
way of activating.

"prawnie" wrote:
 

How do I install microsoft office successfully?

Posted: 10 Dec 2005 06:49 AM PST

Hi,

You could try the steps in the following link too.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;820930

Thanks,

Mittu


"ANONYMOUS" wrote:
 

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Posted: 10 Dec 2005 06:16 AM PST

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How do I transfer Office to my new computer?

Posted: 09 Dec 2005 10:05 AM PST

If this is the full retail version of Office XP, you can install on one
desktop and one portable, not 2 desktops. If this is the Student's and
Teacher's edition, you can install a single copy only. If this is an OEM
version, it is tied to the machine on which it came preinstalled and cannot
be installed on any other machine, ever.

Office 2003 Student's and Teacher's Edition allows for 3 installs, any
combination. Maybe time for an upgrade if you qualify? I have seen prices
at around $125 for the STE - pretty good bargain for 3 machines.

--
Milly Staples - [MVP Outlook]

Post all replies to the news group. Unsolicited mail sent to my
personal address will be deleted without reading.


After furious head scratching, com
<microsoft.com> asked:

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|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
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||| I bought a new computer, but I'm still keeping my old one to use as
||| well. And I need office on both. I have office on one of my
||| computers is it possible to add it to both of them w/out buying a
||| new one for the new computer????

Disabling FINDFAST.EXE ?

Posted: 08 Dec 2005 02:20 PM PST

We now live in Montgomery, Texas, about 80 km north of Houston. When we were
in Voorschoten, American School was in several different places (split by
grades) in Scheveningen & Den Haag. I believe the British School is now in
Voorschoten. Love Delft!

"Henk Jol" wrote:
 

An actual number for support?

Posted: 08 Dec 2005 08:43 AM PST



Try this webpage:

http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx

hth


Que777 wrote:

Microsoft XP Software or Toshiba Hardware?

Posted: 07 Dec 2005 10:16 PM PST

Hi; The XP+SP2 is OEM supplied, therefore I guess that I'll need to 'play'
with the Office97 install. Now, I feel that being non-computer literate,
I'll need to go the Microsoft-preferred route and buy a new Office 2003.
BUT, I still have the uninstall problem (is that your answer No.3 - I suspect
not?). Sorry, I don't know what 'Start regedit' means.
--
Dragon


"garfield-n-odie" wrote:
 

HOW TO SWITCH OFF "Final Showing Markup" and ALL REVIEWING???

Posted: 07 Dec 2005 03:47 PM PST


How about closing the Reviewing Toolbar completely so that you don't
have to see anything? Am I missing somehing here? I don't have this
problem as you describe.

Regards,


Richard wrote: 

Problems re-installing office 2003 on win 2000 (sp4) machine

Posted: 07 Dec 2005 02:03 PM PST

Congrats on your success!

Ben

Henk Jol wrote:
 

Using Group Policy/ADM files on Office 2003 Deployed w/ CIW

Posted: 06 Dec 2005 10:50 PM PST

It does and the adm files would have to be modified. (Best guess: a
CATEGORY and END CATEGORY line would have to be added to each.)

"Marks70" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Office 2000 : Administrative Installation problem

Posted: 06 Dec 2005 01:06 AM PST

Bob Buckland ?:-) wrote: 

Hi Bob !
Okay, I'll give it another try then !
I don't use a multilingual edition then, only a non-english one.

Thanks fro your help !

Cannot install Office 95 on XP system

Posted: 05 Dec 2005 03:22 PM PST

Thanks for the information, but this does not make sense. I know others that
have Office 95 running on XP. The only difference is that there XP was an
upgrade, whereas mine is a fresh install.

"ANONYMOUS" wrote:
 

Phone activation not available

Posted: 05 Dec 2005 12:22 PM PST


It looks like your installation is corrupted. Have you tried to
uninstall and install again?

Alternatively, you need to run MS Insaller cleanup utility to delete
everything and start all over again.

Look at this link:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301

hth


Jerry wrote: 

Setup Fails

Posted: 04 Dec 2005 07:57 AM PST

I had a hard drive crash but I managed to save what was on the C Drive.
I ty to do a new install and it looks for my G:\ drive then when it
can't find it it won't let me install.

I have deleted everything I can find, renamed the Office11 directory and
even tried the resource kit. I even tried it's uninstall. And I got a
Registry Cleaner to get rind of unassociated entries.

Help, can someone tell me where that pointer is that points to my G:\
drive so I can delete it and do an install from scratch.

I have MS Office 2003 Small Business Edition.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions and your guidance.

Re-Installing Office - Registering!!!

Posted: 02 Dec 2005 01:25 AM PST


No you can't deactivate any of the MS programs. Once you are on a
database, it is very difficult to come out of it. The cost of removing
somebody manually is exorbitant. I am on one spam database and I can't
get out of it. I stopped using an email address for about a year and
still the messages were still coming. the account was also closed for
one complete year but no effect!

What you need to do is to copy two files before formatting the HD. The
two files are:

OPA11.DAT
OPA11.bak

These files are located in (default location unless changed by you):

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Microsoft\Office\Data

Also, please note that Office 2003 can be installed on two systems so if
you have used only one so far then it should be easy to install and
activate it on another.

Before copying the two files, please ensure you have renamed the new
files after reformatting to:

OPA11.001
OPA11.002

Please use common-sense when replacing the original files to avoid
headaches.

hth



MikeV06 wrote: