Product activation prompt for no reason

[Jack Sheet]

Hi all
I have been running Office XP Pro (2002) on a Windows XP (2002) machine for
a year or so, without much problem, but today when I fire up Office it says
that I have not "activated" it and am prompted to do so (about 46 or so
remaining attempts allowed).

Is this a common problem? Do I have to reactivated it annually? I am
conscious that you only get so many activations per purchase.

 

[Kip Kniskern]

There were some well documented problems with Office XP and the activation
wizard. So yes, it is (was) a common problem, and no you should not have to
activate annually, only if you re-install or make significant hardware
changes to your computer.

Try searching the MS Knowledge Base once if you cannot actually activate

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;KBHOWTO

Search on Office XP Activation and theres lots of info.

good luck,
kip

 

[Kip Kniskern]

There were some well documented problems with Office XP and the activation
wizard. So yes, it is (was) a common problem, and no you should not have to
activate annually, only if you re-install or make significant hardware
changes to your computer.

Try searching the MS Knowledge Base once if you cannot actually activate

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;KBHOWTO

Search on Office XP Activation and theres lots of info.

good luck,
kip

 

[Kip Kniskern]

There were some well documented problems with Office XP and the activation
wizard. So yes, it is (was) a common problem, and no you should not have to
activate annually, only if you re-install or make significant hardware
changes to your computer.

Try searching the MS Knowledge Base once if you cannot actually activate

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;KBHOWTO

Search on Office XP Activation and theres lots of info.

good luck,
kip

 

[Kip Kniskern]

There were some well documented problems with Office XP and the activation
wizard. So yes, it is (was) a common problem, and no you should not have to
activate annually, only if you re-install or make significant hardware
changes to your computer.

Try searching the MS Knowledge Base once if you cannot actually activate

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;KBHOWTO

Search on Office XP Activation and theres lots of info.

good luck,
kip

 

[Kip Kniskern]

There were some well documented problems with Office XP and the activation
wizard. So yes, it is (was) a common problem, and no you should not have to
activate annually, only if you re-install or make significant hardware
changes to your computer.

Try searching the MS Knowledge Base once if you cannot actually activate

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;KBHOWTO

Search on Office XP Activation and theres lots of info.

good luck,
kip

 

[Kip Kniskern]

There were some well documented problems with Office XP and the activation
wizard. So yes, it is (was) a common problem, and no you should not have to
activate annually, only if you re-install or make significant hardware
changes to your computer.

Try searching the MS Knowledge Base once if you cannot actually activate

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;KBHOWTO

Search on Office XP Activation and theres lots of info.

good luck,
kip

 

[Kip Kniskern]

There were some well documented problems with Office XP and the activation
wizard. So yes, it is (was) a common problem, and no you should not have to
activate annually, only if you re-install or make significant hardware
changes to your computer.

Try searching the MS Knowledge Base once if you cannot actually activate

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;KBHOWTO

Search on Office XP Activation and theres lots of info.

good luck,
kip

 

[Kip Kniskern]

There were some well documented problems with Office XP and the activation
wizard. So yes, it is (was) a common problem, and no you should not have to
activate annually, only if you re-install or make significant hardware
changes to your computer.

Try searching the MS Knowledge Base once if you cannot actually activate

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;KBHOWTO

Search on Office XP Activation and theres lots of info.

good luck,
kip

 

[Kip Kniskern]

There were some well documented problems with Office XP and the activation
wizard. So yes, it is (was) a common problem, and no you should not have to
activate annually, only if you re-install or make significant hardware
changes to your computer.

Try searching the MS Knowledge Base once if you cannot actually activate

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;KBHOWTO

Search on Office XP Activation and theres lots of info.

good luck,
kip