A re-post... Genuine? Chinese knockoff? Unintelligible pop-ups

[RogerP]

I bought a copy of Office 2007 Pro on eBay. The seller turned out to be from
Japan, not L.A. like the ad said. It arrived in a slim box - not the yellow
swivel box. The box was labeled OEM and said there was no software inside.
However, there was software inside in a paper sleeve. The software works
fine. The software even passed the MS genuine validation test.

So, you're wondering whats the problem? Well, I have a blue star on my tool
bar. When I hover over it, four rectangles and the word "Office" show up.
When I click it, I am directed to a site that is in Chinese. I also get a
message that pops up on my screen from time to time. It is in Chinese for
the most part.

First of all, is this a very good pirate copy? If not, how do I get rid of
the pop up message and the blue star?

eBay is always a gamble....

 

[ANONYMOUS]

You need to contact the vendor. If the vendor has disappeared or in
prison or has died, I suggest you should consider your investment in
EBAY product as an expensive way to become streetwise and learn from the
experience to be careful in the future.

Hope this helps.

 

[RogerP]

You could indeed be right. If it is a bogus copy, it's an expensive lesson
learned. However, is this a legit copy if it passes the MS validation test?
Could it be a legit copy that was destined for foreign use? If it is, I
don't know what to do about the pop-ups.

Does anyone know what I've got and what I should do?

 

[Peter Foldes]

You have a Pirated Copy of Office and as such not worth anything