Product Reactivation

[DS]

I have a really old machine with MS Publisher 2003 that
has been activated. I recently bought a brand new machine
and would like to transfer the product to the new machine.

Basically, I'd like to deactivate the product on the old
machine, and reactivate it on the new one.

Can this be done without calling Microsoft Customer
Service? What is the procedure?

If calling Customer Service is required, what is the phone
number?

Thank you.

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]]

Hi DS ([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| I have a really old machine with MS Publisher 2003 that
|| has been activated. I recently bought a brand new machine
|| and would like to transfer the product to the new machine.
||
|| Basically, I'd like to deactivate the product on the old
|| machine, and reactivate it on the new one.
||
|| Can this be done without calling Microsoft Customer
|| Service? What is the procedure?
||
|| If calling Customer Service is required, what is the phone
|| number?

DS,

Install Publisher 2003 on your new machine. When prompted to activate, do
so. If you get a reply stating that Publisher is already on another machine,
you will also be prompted with the 800# to call to activate. Call them and
let them know you have a new machine. All they request of you is to
uninstall Publisher 2003 from your old machine. They are very friendly at
that number.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

 

[Ed Bennett]

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from DS

Basically, I'd like to deactivate the product on the old
machine, and reactivate it on the new one.

All you need to do is uninstall it from the old machine.

Can this be done without calling Microsoft Customer
Service? What is the procedure?

Try Internet Activation. If that fails, use the free Phone Activation
option.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

System 1 can't be too old if you're running Pub 2003. Unless you did like I
did - reformat and go from Win 98 to Win XP on a 4 year old system. But I
still don't consider this baby "really old".

 

[Guest]

Brian,

Thanks for the reply. That'll help me get the 800 number.

 

[Guest]

The system is a Pentium (2?) running at 333MHz, 192MB with
Win98. It takes 30 seconds to open up Publisher document.

I got a good deal from Dell, Dimension 4600 2.8GHz HT 1MB,
800FSB, 512MB, 80GB drive, XP Pro, CDRW, DVD-ROM for
$800. Money worth to spend I think.

I don't want to deal with Win98 anymore. It is so
difficult to attach new devices on it.

-----Original Message-----
System 1 can't be too old if you're running Pub 2003. Unless you did like I
did - reformat and go from Win 98 to Win XP on a 4 year old system. But I
still don't consider this baby "really old".

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have a really old machine with MS Publisher 2003 that
has been activated. I recently bought a brand new machine
and would like to transfer the product to the new machine.

Basically, I'd like to deactivate the product on the old
machine, and reactivate it on the new one.

Can this be done without calling Microsoft Customer
Service? What is the procedure?

If calling Customer Service is required, what is the phone
number?

Thank you.

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