Activation of Windows and Office

[SidBord]

I just got panicky when I realized that I don't remember
activating any of the Microsoft software. If I don't get
reminder messages, can I assume I did activate or that I
don't need to?

 

[Don MI]

I just got panicky when I realized that I don't remember
activating any of the Microsoft software. If I don't get
reminder messages, can I assume I did activate or that I
don't need to?

Yes.
For Office, open any Office application and go to Help, Activate Product. If
you Office has been activated, you will get a balloon message that the
product is activate.
For Windows XP, go to Start, All Programs, Accessories. If you do not see
an entry for activate product, Windows is activated.

Don

 

[Alias]

Now Office has to be activated? Since which version?

Alias

"Don MI " < wrote

 

[Paul Ballou]

Now Office has to be activated? Since which version?
Yes, Since Office XP

--
Paul Ballou
MVP Office
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/templates
http://office.microsoft.com/home

Control the things you can and Don't Worry about the things you can't
control.

 

[Brian Coats]

Now Office has to be activated? Since which version?
Yes, Since Office XP

Not quite true.
Some Office 2000 version have to be activated

Brian

 

[Alias]

Not quite true.
Some Office 2000 version have to be activated

Brian

Which ones?

Alias

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Office 2000 SR-1.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Alias asked:

| || On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 05:10:50 -0500, "Paul Ballou"
||
||| Now Office has to be activated? Since which version?
||| Yes, Since Office XP
|| Not quite true.
|| Some Office 2000 version have to be activated
||
|| Brian
|
| Which ones?
|
| Alias

 

[Gary Smith]

Some -- but not all -- instances of Office 2000 SR-1.

Office 2000 SR-1.

 

[Alias]

"SR-1"?

Alias

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" > wrote

 

[Brian Coats]

Microsoft Office Service release one. However, I have heard some
Microsoft 2000 requires activation.

"SR-1"?

Alias

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" > wrote

Office 2000 SR-1.

--?
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Alias asked:

| || On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 05:10:50 -0500, "Paul Ballou"
||
||| Now Office has to be activated? Since which version?
||| Yes, Since Office XP
|| Not quite true.
|| Some Office 2000 version have to be activated
||
|| Brian
|
| Which ones?
|
| Alias

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you purchased the retail version of Office 2000 SR-1, activation was
included. If you just patched your retail Office 2000 gold to SR-1, it was
not required.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Gary Smith asked:

| Some -- but not all -- instances of Office 2000 SR-1.
|
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|| Office 2000 SR-1.
|
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Alias asked:
|
||| |||| On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 05:10:50 -0500, "Paul Ballou"
||||
||||| Now Office has to be activated? Since which version?
||||| Yes, Since Office XP
|||| Not quite true.
|||| Some Office 2000 version have to be activated
||||
|||| Brian
|||
||| Which ones?
|||
||| Alias

 

[Gary Smith]

If you purchased the retail version of Office 2000 SR-1, activation was
included. If you just patched your retail Office 2000 gold to SR-1, it was
not required.

Yep, that's what happened. I didn't remember the details and it took a
while to verify the sequence of events, but I bought (was given, actually)
Office 2000 Premium, patched it with SR-1a and later with SP-3.