activation error pro edition office 2003

[~ geoff]

Hello All,

I recently installed the Professional version of Office 2003 onto my
daughter's new laptop pc. In fact this was a Christmas present so I installed
the software, opened and activated Word, then ran updates on the suite before
wrapping up the pc. Well after she happily opened the pc and a few days later
tried to launch Word, a small Windows installer window pops up and an the
activation window is seen asking for the 25 character product key!

I had already taken care of that task the week before. I then re-enter the
PK and I'm essentially in a loop. After clicking enter the same window
reappears. When I click cancel the application closes.

A clue to this trouble may be this pc is a Dell that I had to reset the
invisible partition that Dell hadn't told me of before purchasing. The
resetting of the partition was simple enough and I didn't need to reinstall
the software, including Office I had installed.

 

[DL]

What does resetting invisible partition mean?
and how did you accomplish this?

It was probably the recovery partition, that enables the PC to be restored
to its origonal state. I hope you have some other means of doing that.

 

[DL]

What does resetting invisible partition mean?
and how did you accomplish this?

It was probably the recovery partition, that enables the PC to be restored
to its origonal state. I hope you have some other means of doing that.

 

[DL]

What does resetting invisible partition mean?
and how did you accomplish this?

It was probably the recovery partition, that enables the PC to be restored
to its origonal state. I hope you have some other means of doing that.

 

[DL]

Are you sure what you are seeing is not a trial version of Office 2003?
Since if you reset the system to its origonal state the Office you installed
would'nt have been present.

 

[DL]

Are you sure what you are seeing is not a trial version of Office 2003?
Since if you reset the system to its origonal state the Office you installed
would'nt have been present.

 

[DL]

Are you sure what you are seeing is not a trial version of Office 2003?
Since if you reset the system to its origonal state the Office you installed
would'nt have been present.

 

[Peter Foldes]

geoff

Was the Off Trial Edition re-installed when you did your HP recovery?

 

[Peter Foldes]

geoff

Was the Off Trial Edition re-installed when you did your HP recovery?

 

[Peter Foldes]

geoff

Was the Off Trial Edition re-installed when you did your HP recovery?

 

[DL]

If you reset the PC to its original state the Office Trial would exist,
whereas your Office installation would not

 

[DL]

If you reset the PC to its original state the Office Trial would exist,
whereas your Office installation would not

 

[DL]

If you reset the PC to its original state the Office Trial would exist,
whereas your Office installation would not

 

[~ geoff]

DL: follow your thinking here. Do you suggest that I unistall the Trial
Version as I wanted to do originally THEN reinstall the complete Pro Office?
If so, are there installation FAQs I can follow in these usergroups to make
the process easier?

~ geoff

 

[~ geoff]

DL: follow your thinking here. Do you suggest that I unistall the Trial
Version as I wanted to do originally THEN reinstall the complete Pro Office?
If so, are there installation FAQs I can follow in these usergroups to make
the process easier?

~ geoff

 

[~ geoff]

DL: follow your thinking here. Do you suggest that I unistall the Trial
Version as I wanted to do originally THEN reinstall the complete Pro Office?
If so, are there installation FAQs I can follow in these usergroups to make
the process easier?

~ geoff

 

[DL]

I'm actually unsure as to whether your retail edition can simply be
installed (with its key) to convert the trial.

If you are able to remove the trial edition, as you did before, then install
from your cd it might be easier.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/trial/convert.mspx may give some insight
Note the point where it states editions should be the same

 

[DL]

I'm actually unsure as to whether your retail edition can simply be
installed (with its key) to convert the trial.

If you are able to remove the trial edition, as you did before, then install
from your cd it might be easier.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/trial/convert.mspx may give some insight
Note the point where it states editions should be the same

 

[DL]

I'm actually unsure as to whether your retail edition can simply be
installed (with its key) to convert the trial.

If you are able to remove the trial edition, as you did before, then install
from your cd it might be easier.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/trial/convert.mspx may give some insight
Note the point where it states editions should be the same