Office 2007 Home & Student activation issue

[beam-ray]

I just bought a laptop which comes with Windows Office 2007 Home & Student
trial. I tried to activate it using Activation Assistant, but when I tried to
request for the activation key, it says, "The Microsoft Office Activation
Assistant was unable to detect a 2007 Microsoft Office release. Please check
your computer for the software and try again." What's wrong?

 

[msnews.microsoft.com]

Actually, the Office Activation Assistant does not perform License
Activation. It retrieves a Product Key to be used when the first launch of
the Office software requests a Product Key. Based on the message being
provided, there is no Office 2007 software installed. You can go to
http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/default.aspx?culture=en-US to download one
of the Office 2007 Trial products. When you request a Trial product to
download, you will be provided with a Product Key.

Sloan Crayton
Microsoft

 

[startingover]

I'm having a similar problem. I purchased a laptop with a trial version
already installed. I activated it without problem. However, after a day of
use, everything locked & I can't edit or do anything in Word. I get the
screen that says it's a trial package & it has expired; I must convert to a
full version. I don't want to do that. I want to use the trial version for
the specified 60 days. I have been around & around with the manufacturer,
Microsoft (just tell me they don't support the trial versions - support? I
just want ACCESS to what I paid for), & the store where I bought it. No one
helps. I've had so many problems I'm ready to return it & upgrade my Windows
98 desktop with XP. I digress.
How can I get my trial version activated? I've tried new product keys from
online numerous times without success. Still says it's expired.
Please help !!!
thanks

 

[bvoneal]

I just bought a laptop which comes with Windows Office 2007 Home & Student
trial. I tried to activate it using Activation Assistant, but when I tried to
request for the activation key, it says, "The Microsoft Office Activation
Assistant was unable to detect a 2007 Microsoft Office release. Please check
your computer for the software and try again." What's wrong?

I had the same exact problem. It seems to be a VISTA problem and the way I
fixed it was using my old XP system to obtain a product key. The Activation
icon on the desktop will not work with vista.

Here's how I did it.

FIRST .. get a product key for your trial ... this will only work in XP ..
Vista just keeps you going in loops for some reason with page redirects on
the MS site.
Go to www.microsoft.com/office/trial/default.mspx ... follow the 'get
activation key' links .. first one is in a window with a picture of a lady...
keep following the links, register, and get your key. Write it down
somewhere.

Now back to your new computer.

You have to open the 'missing/invisible' program.

First go to your c drive via start menu/computer. On top left of window
'Organize' : Folder and Search Options : View: Show Hidden Files.

With that done search for 'Office' on your C drive
You should find a folder that has nothing but shortcuts in it to all the
different office products included with your trial. Open one of these and
when prompted for the product key enter the one you got from the other
computer.

Now your programs are ready for activation.

Close the program and open it again. This time it will ask you if you want
to activate it ... That would be a YES.

Now the next time you open it it will tell you the date your trial will
expire ... Mine is in May ... 60 days from today.

As far as that activation wizard on the desktop goes?? trash it .. it's
useless.

You only have to do this for one of the apps in the trial .. it takes care
of the others for you when you've done one.

 

[startingover]

Thanks for all the info. I actually got a resolution through Microsoft,
if you can believe that. Finally got through to someone who gave me
a link to go to the download a new trial package (after uninstalling
the previous one). Was able to get a new trial of Office Professional,
which is the one I wanted anyway.
And after all this, I'm thinking I might just use OpenOffice when this
trial expires. I'm so disgusted.
Anyway, thanks for your help!

 

[demosxe]

Thanks for all the info. I actually got a resolution through Microsoft,
if you can believe that. Finally got through to someone who gave me
a link to go to the download a new trial package (after uninstalling
the previous one). Was able to get a new trial of Office Professional,
which is the one I wanted anyway.
And after all this, I'm thinking I might just use OpenOffice when this
trial expires. I'm so disgusted.
Anyway, thanks for your help!

 

[mikel]

I'm having a hell of a time just trying to find out how/where to register my
Product Registration Key. I've been on just about every link on the Homepage
I can find, but it has'nt asked me for it yet.
Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Registration is purely optional. And if you do register, that doesn't mean
that down the road Microsoft can look you up and tell you that you own
certain programs and what the product key is for said software.

 

[Brianne]

My NetBook is running Win XP (Home).
I activated the trial for MS Office.
I have a product key for Home & Student.
I get the error message "Key is wrong, Check it again and re-enter"
It seems my trial is MS Office (reg).
How do I get my Student Key to work?

Thanks =( (BTW ... trial is soon to expire)

 

[Peter Foldes]

You don't. You need the key for the version of the Office Trial you have installed.
Using a key from a retail version needs that retail version the key belongs to to be
installed