Have I got a pirate copy?

[Guest]

Sorry if this is not the correct group to ask this question.

I bought a copy of Office XP on eBay. I installed and activated over the
internet but a message came back saying 'this copy has already been
activated on another machine'. I contacted the seller who advised me to use
the freephone number to activate, and he insisted that the copy was genuine
and had not been activated on another machine. I did this with no problem
and am now using the software. Is it possible that I am still using a pirate
copy even though I have managed to activate it?

Cheers, Paul.

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Sorry if this is not the correct group to ask this question.

I bought a copy of Office XP on eBay. I installed and activated over
the internet but a message came back saying 'this copy has already
been activated on another machine'. I contacted the seller who
advised me to use the freephone number to activate, and he insisted
that the copy was genuine and had not been activated on another
machine. I did this with no problem and am now using the software. Is
it possible that I am still using a pirate copy even though I have
managed to activate it?

Cheers, Paul.

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through. Check
here: -

Having said that, if it was OEM, the seller had no rights to sell it.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/uk/office.mspx

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Sorry if this is not the correct group to ask this question.

I bought a copy of Office XP on eBay. I installed and activated over
the internet but a message came back saying 'this copy has already
been activated on another machine'. I contacted the seller who
advised me to use the freephone number to activate, and he insisted
that the copy was genuine and had not been activated on another
machine. I did this with no problem and am now using the software. Is
it possible that I am still using a pirate copy even though I have
managed to activate it?

Cheers, Paul.

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through. Check
here: -

Having said that, if it was OEM, the seller had no rights to sell it.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/uk/office.mspx

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Sorry if this is not the correct group to ask this question.

I bought a copy of Office XP on eBay. I installed and activated over
the internet but a message came back saying 'this copy has already
been activated on another machine'. I contacted the seller who
advised me to use the freephone number to activate, and he insisted
that the copy was genuine and had not been activated on another
machine. I did this with no problem and am now using the software. Is
it possible that I am still using a pirate copy even though I have
managed to activate it?

Cheers, Paul.

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through. Check
here: -

Having said that, if it was OEM, the seller had no rights to sell it.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/uk/office.mspx

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Sorry if this is not the correct group to ask this question.

I bought a copy of Office XP on eBay. I installed and activated over
the internet but a message came back saying 'this copy has already
been activated on another machine'. I contacted the seller who
advised me to use the freephone number to activate, and he insisted
that the copy was genuine and had not been activated on another
machine. I did this with no problem and am now using the software. Is
it possible that I am still using a pirate copy even though I have
managed to activate it?

Cheers, Paul.

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through. Check
here: -

Having said that, if it was OEM, the seller had no rights to sell it.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/uk/office.mspx

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Sorry if this is not the correct group to ask this question.

I bought a copy of Office XP on eBay. I installed and activated over
the internet but a message came back saying 'this copy has already
been activated on another machine'. I contacted the seller who
advised me to use the freephone number to activate, and he insisted
that the copy was genuine and had not been activated on another
machine. I did this with no problem and am now using the software. Is
it possible that I am still using a pirate copy even though I have
managed to activate it?

Cheers, Paul.

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through. Check
here: -

Having said that, if it was OEM, the seller had no rights to sell it.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/uk/office.mspx

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Sorry if this is not the correct group to ask this question.

I bought a copy of Office XP on eBay. I installed and activated over
the internet but a message came back saying 'this copy has already
been activated on another machine'. I contacted the seller who
advised me to use the freephone number to activate, and he insisted
that the copy was genuine and had not been activated on another
machine. I did this with no problem and am now using the software. Is
it possible that I am still using a pirate copy even though I have
managed to activate it?

Cheers, Paul.

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through. Check
here: -

Having said that, if it was OEM, the seller had no rights to sell it.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/uk/office.mspx

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Sorry if this is not the correct group to ask this question.

I bought a copy of Office XP on eBay. I installed and activated over
the internet but a message came back saying 'this copy has already
been activated on another machine'. I contacted the seller who
advised me to use the freephone number to activate, and he insisted
that the copy was genuine and had not been activated on another
machine. I did this with no problem and am now using the software. Is
it possible that I am still using a pirate copy even though I have
managed to activate it?

Cheers, Paul.

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through. Check
here: -

Having said that, if it was OEM, the seller had no rights to sell it.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/uk/office.mspx

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Sorry if this is not the correct group to ask this question.

I bought a copy of Office XP on eBay. I installed and activated over
the internet but a message came back saying 'this copy has already
been activated on another machine'. I contacted the seller who
advised me to use the freephone number to activate, and he insisted
that the copy was genuine and had not been activated on another
machine. I did this with no problem and am now using the software. Is
it possible that I am still using a pirate copy even though I have
managed to activate it?

Cheers, Paul.

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through. Check
here: -

Having said that, if it was OEM, the seller had no rights to sell it.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/uk/office.mspx

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Sorry if this is not the correct group to ask this question.

I bought a copy of Office XP on eBay. I installed and activated over
the internet but a message came back saying 'this copy has already
been activated on another machine'. I contacted the seller who
advised me to use the freephone number to activate, and he insisted
that the copy was genuine and had not been activated on another
machine. I did this with no problem and am now using the software. Is
it possible that I am still using a pirate copy even though I have
managed to activate it?

Cheers, Paul.

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through. Check
here: -

Having said that, if it was OEM, the seller had no rights to sell it.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/uk/office.mspx

 

[Guest]

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through.

Thats what I thought. However the person I spoke to only asked me for the
first 4 numbers of the long number you input when activating?

Paul.

 

[Guest]

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through.

Thats what I thought. However the person I spoke to only asked me for the
first 4 numbers of the long number you input when activating?

Paul.

 

[Guest]

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through.

Thats what I thought. However the person I spoke to only asked me for the
first 4 numbers of the long number you input when activating?

Paul.

 

[Guest]

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through.

Thats what I thought. However the person I spoke to only asked me for the
first 4 numbers of the long number you input when activating?

Paul.

 

[Guest]

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through.

Thats what I thought. However the person I spoke to only asked me for the
first 4 numbers of the long number you input when activating?

Paul.

 

[Guest]

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through.

Thats what I thought. However the person I spoke to only asked me for the
first 4 numbers of the long number you input when activating?

Paul.

 

[Guest]

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through.

Thats what I thought. However the person I spoke to only asked me for the
first 4 numbers of the long number you input when activating?

Paul.

 

[Guest]

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through.

Thats what I thought. However the person I spoke to only asked me for the
first 4 numbers of the long number you input when activating?

Paul.

 

[Guest]

Probably not - the phone activation wouldn't have gone through.

Thats what I thought. However the person I spoke to only asked me for the
first 4 numbers of the long number you input when activating?

Paul.

 

[Gyorgy Moldova [MCSE+I, MVP]]

and immediately gave you back the response ID?

that'd be weird.

g