Your activation system stinks!

[CaptBob]

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

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[DL]

The crappy sys is yours, as is the web based interface your using

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

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Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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[DL]

The crappy sys is yours, as is the web based interface your using

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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[DL]

The crappy sys is yours, as is the web based interface your using

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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[DL]

The crappy sys is yours, as is the web based interface your using

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...9767b90ecabd&dg=microsoft.public.office.setup

 

[DL]

The crappy sys is yours, as is the web based interface your using

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...9767b90ecabd&dg=microsoft.public.office.setup

 

[DL]

The crappy sys is yours, as is the web based interface your using

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...9767b90ecabd&dg=microsoft.public.office.setup

 

[DL]

The crappy sys is yours, as is the web based interface your using

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...9767b90ecabd&dg=microsoft.public.office.setup

 

[DL]

The crappy sys is yours, as is the web based interface your using

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...9767b90ecabd&dg=microsoft.public.office.setup

 

[DL]

The crappy sys is yours, as is the web based interface your using

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...9767b90ecabd&dg=microsoft.public.office.setup

 

[Gerry Hickman]

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

I agree. Although I'm on volume licensing at work, and have managed to
stay clear of products that require activation at home, I've decided to
change my strategy, and never buy Microsoft retail products in future,
nor recommend them to friends/family. Even on volume licensing there's
still a risk it could fail to activate due to a bug or virus and you
can't risk that on a production server.

I also had to go through the most moronic process today in order to
download a simple hotfix from Microsoft. Many downloads now require
verification that you're running "Genuine Windows", which is fine except
it's way too time-consuming, the automatic version didn't work, and I'm
already paying a fortune for volume license and MSDN which claim to give
me "priority udpates".

I've started creating Linux builds for home users and these are working
well, but many corporates are tied into Microsoft so don't have any
choice but to go through these mind-numbing procedures.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

I agree. Although I'm on volume licensing at work, and have managed to
stay clear of products that require activation at home, I've decided to
change my strategy, and never buy Microsoft retail products in future,
nor recommend them to friends/family. Even on volume licensing there's
still a risk it could fail to activate due to a bug or virus and you
can't risk that on a production server.

I also had to go through the most moronic process today in order to
download a simple hotfix from Microsoft. Many downloads now require
verification that you're running "Genuine Windows", which is fine except
it's way too time-consuming, the automatic version didn't work, and I'm
already paying a fortune for volume license and MSDN which claim to give
me "priority udpates".

I've started creating Linux builds for home users and these are working
well, but many corporates are tied into Microsoft so don't have any
choice but to go through these mind-numbing procedures.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

I agree. Although I'm on volume licensing at work, and have managed to
stay clear of products that require activation at home, I've decided to
change my strategy, and never buy Microsoft retail products in future,
nor recommend them to friends/family. Even on volume licensing there's
still a risk it could fail to activate due to a bug or virus and you
can't risk that on a production server.

I also had to go through the most moronic process today in order to
download a simple hotfix from Microsoft. Many downloads now require
verification that you're running "Genuine Windows", which is fine except
it's way too time-consuming, the automatic version didn't work, and I'm
already paying a fortune for volume license and MSDN which claim to give
me "priority udpates".

I've started creating Linux builds for home users and these are working
well, but many corporates are tied into Microsoft so don't have any
choice but to go through these mind-numbing procedures.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

I agree. Although I'm on volume licensing at work, and have managed to
stay clear of products that require activation at home, I've decided to
change my strategy, and never buy Microsoft retail products in future,
nor recommend them to friends/family. Even on volume licensing there's
still a risk it could fail to activate due to a bug or virus and you
can't risk that on a production server.

I also had to go through the most moronic process today in order to
download a simple hotfix from Microsoft. Many downloads now require
verification that you're running "Genuine Windows", which is fine except
it's way too time-consuming, the automatic version didn't work, and I'm
already paying a fortune for volume license and MSDN which claim to give
me "priority udpates".

I've started creating Linux builds for home users and these are working
well, but many corporates are tied into Microsoft so don't have any
choice but to go through these mind-numbing procedures.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

I agree. Although I'm on volume licensing at work, and have managed to
stay clear of products that require activation at home, I've decided to
change my strategy, and never buy Microsoft retail products in future,
nor recommend them to friends/family. Even on volume licensing there's
still a risk it could fail to activate due to a bug or virus and you
can't risk that on a production server.

I also had to go through the most moronic process today in order to
download a simple hotfix from Microsoft. Many downloads now require
verification that you're running "Genuine Windows", which is fine except
it's way too time-consuming, the automatic version didn't work, and I'm
already paying a fortune for volume license and MSDN which claim to give
me "priority udpates".

I've started creating Linux builds for home users and these are working
well, but many corporates are tied into Microsoft so don't have any
choice but to go through these mind-numbing procedures.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

I agree. Although I'm on volume licensing at work, and have managed to
stay clear of products that require activation at home, I've decided to
change my strategy, and never buy Microsoft retail products in future,
nor recommend them to friends/family. Even on volume licensing there's
still a risk it could fail to activate due to a bug or virus and you
can't risk that on a production server.

I also had to go through the most moronic process today in order to
download a simple hotfix from Microsoft. Many downloads now require
verification that you're running "Genuine Windows", which is fine except
it's way too time-consuming, the automatic version didn't work, and I'm
already paying a fortune for volume license and MSDN which claim to give
me "priority udpates".

I've started creating Linux builds for home users and these are working
well, but many corporates are tied into Microsoft so don't have any
choice but to go through these mind-numbing procedures.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

I agree. Although I'm on volume licensing at work, and have managed to
stay clear of products that require activation at home, I've decided to
change my strategy, and never buy Microsoft retail products in future,
nor recommend them to friends/family. Even on volume licensing there's
still a risk it could fail to activate due to a bug or virus and you
can't risk that on a production server.

I also had to go through the most moronic process today in order to
download a simple hotfix from Microsoft. Many downloads now require
verification that you're running "Genuine Windows", which is fine except
it's way too time-consuming, the automatic version didn't work, and I'm
already paying a fortune for volume license and MSDN which claim to give
me "priority udpates".

I've started creating Linux builds for home users and these are working
well, but many corporates are tied into Microsoft so don't have any
choice but to go through these mind-numbing procedures.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

I agree. Although I'm on volume licensing at work, and have managed to
stay clear of products that require activation at home, I've decided to
change my strategy, and never buy Microsoft retail products in future,
nor recommend them to friends/family. Even on volume licensing there's
still a risk it could fail to activate due to a bug or virus and you
can't risk that on a production server.

I also had to go through the most moronic process today in order to
download a simple hotfix from Microsoft. Many downloads now require
verification that you're running "Genuine Windows", which is fine except
it's way too time-consuming, the automatic version didn't work, and I'm
already paying a fortune for volume license and MSDN which claim to give
me "priority udpates".

I've started creating Linux builds for home users and these are working
well, but many corporates are tied into Microsoft so don't have any
choice but to go through these mind-numbing procedures.

 

[Gerry Hickman]

I had to move my hard drives to another motherboard and now office 2003 will
not activate. The damn thing does NOT display any phone number. I have wasted
a half a day trying to sort this crappy system of your out.

I agree. Although I'm on volume licensing at work, and have managed to
stay clear of products that require activation at home, I've decided to
change my strategy, and never buy Microsoft retail products in future,
nor recommend them to friends/family. Even on volume licensing there's
still a risk it could fail to activate due to a bug or virus and you
can't risk that on a production server.

I also had to go through the most moronic process today in order to
download a simple hotfix from Microsoft. Many downloads now require
verification that you're running "Genuine Windows", which is fine except
it's way too time-consuming, the automatic version didn't work, and I'm
already paying a fortune for volume license and MSDN which claim to give
me "priority udpates".

I've started creating Linux builds for home users and these are working
well, but many corporates are tied into Microsoft so don't have any
choice but to go through these mind-numbing procedures.