OEM Office XP won't allow us to Activate

[Tom Kemp]

We have a computer that has the OEM Office XP installed
on it. The user never activated it, so it timed out and
went into Reduced Functionality Mode. It warns him that
he needs to activate, but isn't providing a way to do
so..no option for Internet or Phone activation.

This sounds broken to me. Removing and reinstalling
didn't work, per our user...I haven't seen it myself,
it's at another site. Any ideas of what the problem
might be? I had him delete Data.dat, but it just came
back and had the same results.

Thanks in advance,

Tom

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Under Help, there should be the option to Activate the software.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer:
Tom Kemp <[email protected]> asked:
| We have a computer that has the OEM Office XP installed
| on it. The user never activated it, so it timed out and
| went into Reduced Functionality Mode. It warns him that
| he needs to activate, but isn't providing a way to do
| so..no option for Internet or Phone activation.
|
| This sounds broken to me. Removing and reinstalling
| didn't work, per our user...I haven't seen it myself,
| it's at another site. Any ideas of what the problem
| might be? I had him delete Data.dat, but it just came
| back and had the same results.
|
| Thanks in advance,
|
| Tom