activation over internet should support a proxy

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Chris Moulding

I'm trying to activate my trial version of visio over the internet. The
activation wizard apparently only works with a direct internet connection
(i.e. it claims there is no internet connection when, in fact, there is). I
am unable to activate because the company I work for restricts access to the
internet via a proxy.

The activation wizard should either use the same proxy used by internet
explorer or allow me to provide a seperate one.

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Chris Moulding

sounds good, but...

1) the phone option is greyed out (implying that it can not be done)
2) online is preferred by me, and recommended by microsoft

oh, and I haven't found the required phone number yet.
 
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Carey Frisch [MVP]

When you try to activate Office programs over the Internet, you receive an error message
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822519

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| I'm trying to activate my trial version of visio over the internet. The
| activation wizard apparently only works with a direct internet connection
| (i.e. it claims there is no internet connection when, in fact, there is). I
| am unable to activate because the company I work for restricts access to the
| internet via a proxy.
|
| The activation wizard should either use the same proxy used by internet
| explorer or allow me to provide a seperate one.
 
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Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Paul,

Phone activation is not supported for Office 2003
Trial software.
http://microsoft.com/office/trial/activate.mspx
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326851
Activation and Registration of a Microsoft Product

Paul Ballou >>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx
 
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bgracy

If you have SP2 for xp you can try this command.

proxycfg -p address of proxyserver:port

This works to force windows updates through the proxy. I am not sure
if it will work in your situation but it is worth a try.
 
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Chris Moulding

Thanks for the info.

Darn. My proxy does require authentication.

Well, it looks pretty. Something tells me that my boss won't consider
upgrading to 2003 based just on the appearance of the visio main window.

I guess I'm going to have to continue using the ever-crashing 2002 version.
 

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