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| Thread ID: 117976 | 2011-05-13 02:33:00 | Microsoft no longer activating Office 2003??? | CYaBro (73) | PC World Chat |
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| 1201871 | 2011-05-13 02:33:00 | Got a strange one today. One of my customers had their PC die and because of the age it was not worth repairing so they bought a new box from us. I sold it with Windows 7 Pro but used the downgrade rights so that they could keep their existing XP Pro installation, which I transfered over from the old computer and updated Windows for the new hardware. Windows XP reactivated with no problems over the internet. Office 2003 however won't activate over the internet. It says that they have reached the limit of the number of times the product can be activated. This is normally not an issue as you activate by phone and tell the operater what's happened and they give you the activation code. This time however they seemed stumped and the system wasn't giving them an activation code. They said to uninstall and reinstall Office and try activate again. So I did this and got the same error when trying over the internet so called Microsoft again and had the same problem. This time they said DON'T try to activate over the internet, just call us back and we'll activate it for you. So again I did this but they were again stumped so got me to call Microsoft Support (0800 800 004). I did this and when I told them what I was trying to do they said they no longer support Office 2003 and activation won't work any more! :eek: :badpc: Thanks Microsoft! Can anyone confirm if this is true and Office 2003 will no longer activate? nmercer? |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1201872 | 2011-05-13 03:05:00 | Utter bull, they must have run out of things to say. I activated one over the phone yesterday, I didn't have to talk to anyone, but it worked fine. I have seen random software problems where no installation Id is being generated for whatever reason, haven't seen one for ages though can't remember how I got around it. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1201873 | 2011-05-13 03:10:00 | Something to do with this maybe.. support.microsoft.com |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1201874 | 2011-05-13 03:11:00 | Try this support.microsoft.com |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1201875 | 2011-05-13 03:32:00 | I don't normally support Piracy, but in this case the product was bought and paid for, and there was no contract with the sale limiting the life of the product. Microsoft has been given the opportunity to rectify the matter, so I think that you are fully justified in cracking it if you so wish! You could use "Open Office", but its a matter of principle! |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1201876 | 2011-05-13 03:49:00 | Try this support.microsoft.com Now why couldn't Microsoft put me on to that KB??? Thanks Speedy! Deleting the Opa11.dat file and entering in the product key again then activating by phone (internet still wouldn't work) worked this time. This time I got the usual voice message about "If you reinstalling on the same PC press 1" etc which I didn't get earlier. I was just getting the "Product activation error. Please press 1 to speak to an operater" |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1201877 | 2011-05-13 03:54:00 | Sweet ! | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1201878 | 2011-05-13 04:27:00 | Rich buggas! I have office 97. Kids are always on to me to update it but money does not grow on trees. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1201879 | 2011-05-13 04:36:00 | I got the usual voice message about "If you reinstalling on the same PC press 1" What makes me laugh is when you choose 1 - reinstalling on same PC - then the second question is Have you uninstalled it from the other PC? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1201880 | 2011-05-13 05:40:00 | Rich buggas! I have office 97. Kids are always on to me to update it but money does not grow on trees. Office 97???? You really should consider LibreOffice... |
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