Office 2000 and Activation

[Ian A. White]

Hi,

When I purchased my Office97 and FrontPage98 back in 1999, I got a free
upgrade to Office 2000 Premium when it came out as part of a promotion.

Until now I have been reluctant to install Office 2000 because when I
had to go through an install of Office 2000 with a client, it wasted the
best part of a week with reinstall after reinstall because of problems
getting it activated. In the end it was a case of reverting to
installing Office97, and he is still using it.

So far Office97 has been more than enough for me, however I am having a
lot of problems with FrontPage98 running with Windows XP. It has to do
with the Personal Web Server that FP98 needs, and all the resources on
the Internet indicate that the only solution is to move to FrontPage
2000 or later. I am hesitant to go through this because of the bad
experience with activation.

Then yesterday, when trying to get some more information on activation I
came across some information that implied that it was only when Office
2000 was released with SR1 "built in" that activation was required.
Versions of Office 2000 without SR1 did not have activation implemented.
I contacted my client that had the problems with activation and asked
him to check the version of his Office 2000, and he came back saying it
was the one with SR1 "built in".

So, is it the case that activation was only introduced when Office 2000
was distributed with SR1 built in?

I would appreciate any information on this.

Thanks.

--

Ian A. White, CPEng
(e-mail address removed)
WAI Engineering
Sydney 2000
Australia

Ph: +61 418 203 229
Fax: +61 2 9622 0450
Home Page: www.wai.com.au

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

=========
Hi,

When I purchased my Office97 and FrontPage98 back in 1999, I got a free
upgrade to Office 2000 Premium when it came out as part of a promotion.

Until now I have been reluctant to install Office 2000 because when I
had to go through an install of Office 2000 with a client, it wasted the
best part of a week with reinstall after reinstall because of problems
getting it activated. In the end it was a case of reverting to
installing Office97, and he is still using it.

So far Office97 has been more than enough for me, however I am having a
lot of problems with FrontPage98 running with Windows XP. It has to do
with the Personal Web Server that FP98 needs, and all the resources on
the Internet indicate that the only solution is to move to FrontPage
2000 or later. I am hesitant to go through this because of the bad
experience with activation.

Then yesterday, when trying to get some more information on activation I
came across some information that implied that it was only when Office
2000 was released with SR1 "built in" that activation was required.
Versions of Office 2000 without SR1 did not have activation implemented.
I contacted my client that had the problems with activation and asked
him to check the version of his Office 2000, and he came back saying it
was the one with SR1 "built in".

So, is it the case that activation was only introduced when Office 2000
was distributed with SR1 built in?

I would appreciate any information on this.

Thanks>>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

=========
Hi,

When I purchased my Office97 and FrontPage98 back in 1999, I got a free
upgrade to Office 2000 Premium when it came out as part of a promotion.

Until now I have been reluctant to install Office 2000 because when I
had to go through an install of Office 2000 with a client, it wasted the
best part of a week with reinstall after reinstall because of problems
getting it activated. In the end it was a case of reverting to
installing Office97, and he is still using it.

So far Office97 has been more than enough for me, however I am having a
lot of problems with FrontPage98 running with Windows XP. It has to do
with the Personal Web Server that FP98 needs, and all the resources on
the Internet indicate that the only solution is to move to FrontPage
2000 or later. I am hesitant to go through this because of the bad
experience with activation.

Then yesterday, when trying to get some more information on activation I
came across some information that implied that it was only when Office
2000 was released with SR1 "built in" that activation was required.
Versions of Office 2000 without SR1 did not have activation implemented.
I contacted my client that had the problems with activation and asked
him to check the version of his Office 2000, and he came back saying it
was the one with SR1 "built in".

So, is it the case that activation was only introduced when Office 2000
was distributed with SR1 built in?

I would appreciate any information on this.

Thanks>>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

=========
Hi,

When I purchased my Office97 and FrontPage98 back in 1999, I got a free
upgrade to Office 2000 Premium when it came out as part of a promotion.

Until now I have been reluctant to install Office 2000 because when I
had to go through an install of Office 2000 with a client, it wasted the
best part of a week with reinstall after reinstall because of problems
getting it activated. In the end it was a case of reverting to
installing Office97, and he is still using it.

So far Office97 has been more than enough for me, however I am having a
lot of problems with FrontPage98 running with Windows XP. It has to do
with the Personal Web Server that FP98 needs, and all the resources on
the Internet indicate that the only solution is to move to FrontPage
2000 or later. I am hesitant to go through this because of the bad
experience with activation.

Then yesterday, when trying to get some more information on activation I
came across some information that implied that it was only when Office
2000 was released with SR1 "built in" that activation was required.
Versions of Office 2000 without SR1 did not have activation implemented.
I contacted my client that had the problems with activation and asked
him to check the version of his Office 2000, and he came back saying it
was the one with SR1 "built in".

So, is it the case that activation was only introduced when Office 2000
was distributed with SR1 built in?

I would appreciate any information on this.

Thanks>>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

=========
Hi,

When I purchased my Office97 and FrontPage98 back in 1999, I got a free
upgrade to Office 2000 Premium when it came out as part of a promotion.

Until now I have been reluctant to install Office 2000 because when I
had to go through an install of Office 2000 with a client, it wasted the
best part of a week with reinstall after reinstall because of problems
getting it activated. In the end it was a case of reverting to
installing Office97, and he is still using it.

So far Office97 has been more than enough for me, however I am having a
lot of problems with FrontPage98 running with Windows XP. It has to do
with the Personal Web Server that FP98 needs, and all the resources on
the Internet indicate that the only solution is to move to FrontPage
2000 or later. I am hesitant to go through this because of the bad
experience with activation.

Then yesterday, when trying to get some more information on activation I
came across some information that implied that it was only when Office
2000 was released with SR1 "built in" that activation was required.
Versions of Office 2000 without SR1 did not have activation implemented.
I contacted my client that had the problems with activation and asked
him to check the version of his Office 2000, and he came back saying it
was the one with SR1 "built in".

So, is it the case that activation was only introduced when Office 2000
was distributed with SR1 built in?

I would appreciate any information on this.

Thanks>>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

=========
Hi,

When I purchased my Office97 and FrontPage98 back in 1999, I got a free
upgrade to Office 2000 Premium when it came out as part of a promotion.

Until now I have been reluctant to install Office 2000 because when I
had to go through an install of Office 2000 with a client, it wasted the
best part of a week with reinstall after reinstall because of problems
getting it activated. In the end it was a case of reverting to
installing Office97, and he is still using it.

So far Office97 has been more than enough for me, however I am having a
lot of problems with FrontPage98 running with Windows XP. It has to do
with the Personal Web Server that FP98 needs, and all the resources on
the Internet indicate that the only solution is to move to FrontPage
2000 or later. I am hesitant to go through this because of the bad
experience with activation.

Then yesterday, when trying to get some more information on activation I
came across some information that implied that it was only when Office
2000 was released with SR1 "built in" that activation was required.
Versions of Office 2000 without SR1 did not have activation implemented.
I contacted my client that had the problems with activation and asked
him to check the version of his Office 2000, and he came back saying it
was the one with SR1 "built in".

So, is it the case that activation was only introduced when Office 2000
was distributed with SR1 built in?

I would appreciate any information on this.

Thanks>>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

=========
Hi,

When I purchased my Office97 and FrontPage98 back in 1999, I got a free
upgrade to Office 2000 Premium when it came out as part of a promotion.

Until now I have been reluctant to install Office 2000 because when I
had to go through an install of Office 2000 with a client, it wasted the
best part of a week with reinstall after reinstall because of problems
getting it activated. In the end it was a case of reverting to
installing Office97, and he is still using it.

So far Office97 has been more than enough for me, however I am having a
lot of problems with FrontPage98 running with Windows XP. It has to do
with the Personal Web Server that FP98 needs, and all the resources on
the Internet indicate that the only solution is to move to FrontPage
2000 or later. I am hesitant to go through this because of the bad
experience with activation.

Then yesterday, when trying to get some more information on activation I
came across some information that implied that it was only when Office
2000 was released with SR1 "built in" that activation was required.
Versions of Office 2000 without SR1 did not have activation implemented.
I contacted my client that had the problems with activation and asked
him to check the version of his Office 2000, and he came back saying it
was the one with SR1 "built in".

So, is it the case that activation was only introduced when Office 2000
was distributed with SR1 built in?

I would appreciate any information on this.

Thanks>>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

=========
Hi,

When I purchased my Office97 and FrontPage98 back in 1999, I got a free
upgrade to Office 2000 Premium when it came out as part of a promotion.

Until now I have been reluctant to install Office 2000 because when I
had to go through an install of Office 2000 with a client, it wasted the
best part of a week with reinstall after reinstall because of problems
getting it activated. In the end it was a case of reverting to
installing Office97, and he is still using it.

So far Office97 has been more than enough for me, however I am having a
lot of problems with FrontPage98 running with Windows XP. It has to do
with the Personal Web Server that FP98 needs, and all the resources on
the Internet indicate that the only solution is to move to FrontPage
2000 or later. I am hesitant to go through this because of the bad
experience with activation.

Then yesterday, when trying to get some more information on activation I
came across some information that implied that it was only when Office
2000 was released with SR1 "built in" that activation was required.
Versions of Office 2000 without SR1 did not have activation implemented.
I contacted my client that had the problems with activation and asked
him to check the version of his Office 2000, and he came back saying it
was the one with SR1 "built in".

So, is it the case that activation was only introduced when Office 2000
was distributed with SR1 built in?

I would appreciate any information on this.

Thanks>>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

=========
Hi,

When I purchased my Office97 and FrontPage98 back in 1999, I got a free
upgrade to Office 2000 Premium when it came out as part of a promotion.

Until now I have been reluctant to install Office 2000 because when I
had to go through an install of Office 2000 with a client, it wasted the
best part of a week with reinstall after reinstall because of problems
getting it activated. In the end it was a case of reverting to
installing Office97, and he is still using it.

So far Office97 has been more than enough for me, however I am having a
lot of problems with FrontPage98 running with Windows XP. It has to do
with the Personal Web Server that FP98 needs, and all the resources on
the Internet indicate that the only solution is to move to FrontPage
2000 or later. I am hesitant to go through this because of the bad
experience with activation.

Then yesterday, when trying to get some more information on activation I
came across some information that implied that it was only when Office
2000 was released with SR1 "built in" that activation was required.
Versions of Office 2000 without SR1 did not have activation implemented.
I contacted my client that had the problems with activation and asked
him to check the version of his Office 2000, and he came back saying it
was the one with SR1 "built in".

So, is it the case that activation was only introduced when Office 2000
was distributed with SR1 built in?

I would appreciate any information on this.

Thanks>>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

=========
Hi,

When I purchased my Office97 and FrontPage98 back in 1999, I got a free
upgrade to Office 2000 Premium when it came out as part of a promotion.

Until now I have been reluctant to install Office 2000 because when I
had to go through an install of Office 2000 with a client, it wasted the
best part of a week with reinstall after reinstall because of problems
getting it activated. In the end it was a case of reverting to
installing Office97, and he is still using it.

So far Office97 has been more than enough for me, however I am having a
lot of problems with FrontPage98 running with Windows XP. It has to do
with the Personal Web Server that FP98 needs, and all the resources on
the Internet indicate that the only solution is to move to FrontPage
2000 or later. I am hesitant to go through this because of the bad
experience with activation.

Then yesterday, when trying to get some more information on activation I
came across some information that implied that it was only when Office
2000 was released with SR1 "built in" that activation was required.
Versions of Office 2000 without SR1 did not have activation implemented.
I contacted my client that had the problems with activation and asked
him to check the version of his Office 2000, and he came back saying it
was the one with SR1 "built in".

So, is it the case that activation was only introduced when Office 2000
was distributed with SR1 built in?

I would appreciate any information on this.

Thanks>>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Ian A. White]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

Thanks for that.

Is there any way of knowing without actually installing it? I seem to
recall that Microsoft products requiring activation carried a notice
about this on one of the sides of the box. I have searched the box I
have and cannot find any reference to it.

--

Ian A. White, CPEng
(e-mail address removed)
WAI Engineering
Sydney 2000
Australia

Ph: +61 418 203 229
Fax: +61 2 9622 0450
Home Page: www.wai.com.au

 

[Ian A. White]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

Thanks for that.

Is there any way of knowing without actually installing it? I seem to
recall that Microsoft products requiring activation carried a notice
about this on one of the sides of the box. I have searched the box I
have and cannot find any reference to it.

--

Ian A. White, CPEng
(e-mail address removed)
WAI Engineering
Sydney 2000
Australia

Ph: +61 418 203 229
Fax: +61 2 9622 0450
Home Page: www.wai.com.au

 

[Ian A. White]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

Thanks for that.

Is there any way of knowing without actually installing it? I seem to
recall that Microsoft products requiring activation carried a notice
about this on one of the sides of the box. I have searched the box I
have and cannot find any reference to it.

--

Ian A. White, CPEng
(e-mail address removed)
WAI Engineering
Sydney 2000
Australia

Ph: +61 418 203 229
Fax: +61 2 9622 0450
Home Page: www.wai.com.au

 

[Ian A. White]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

Thanks for that.

Is there any way of knowing without actually installing it? I seem to
recall that Microsoft products requiring activation carried a notice
about this on one of the sides of the box. I have searched the box I
have and cannot find any reference to it.

--

Ian A. White, CPEng
(e-mail address removed)
WAI Engineering
Sydney 2000
Australia

Ph: +61 418 203 229
Fax: +61 2 9622 0450
Home Page: www.wai.com.au

 

[Ian A. White]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

Thanks for that.

Is there any way of knowing without actually installing it? I seem to
recall that Microsoft products requiring activation carried a notice
about this on one of the sides of the box. I have searched the box I
have and cannot find any reference to it.

--

Ian A. White, CPEng
(e-mail address removed)
WAI Engineering
Sydney 2000
Australia

Ph: +61 418 203 229
Fax: +61 2 9622 0450
Home Page: www.wai.com.au

 

[Ian A. White]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

Thanks for that.

Is there any way of knowing without actually installing it? I seem to
recall that Microsoft products requiring activation carried a notice
about this on one of the sides of the box. I have searched the box I
have and cannot find any reference to it.

--

Ian A. White, CPEng
(e-mail address removed)
WAI Engineering
Sydney 2000
Australia

Ph: +61 418 203 229
Fax: +61 2 9622 0450
Home Page: www.wai.com.au

 

[Ian A. White]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

Thanks for that.

Is there any way of knowing without actually installing it? I seem to
recall that Microsoft products requiring activation carried a notice
about this on one of the sides of the box. I have searched the box I
have and cannot find any reference to it.

--

Ian A. White, CPEng
(e-mail address removed)
WAI Engineering
Sydney 2000
Australia

Ph: +61 418 203 229
Fax: +61 2 9622 0450
Home Page: www.wai.com.au

 

[Ian A. White]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

Thanks for that.

Is there any way of knowing without actually installing it? I seem to
recall that Microsoft products requiring activation carried a notice
about this on one of the sides of the box. I have searched the box I
have and cannot find any reference to it.

--

Ian A. White, CPEng
(e-mail address removed)
WAI Engineering
Sydney 2000
Australia

Ph: +61 418 203 229
Fax: +61 2 9622 0450
Home Page: www.wai.com.au

 

[Ian A. White]

Hi Ian,

In the U.S., that was the case. In some countries,
(Australia and others) Office 2000 had activation built
in from the beginning.

Thanks for that.

Is there any way of knowing without actually installing it? I seem to
recall that Microsoft products requiring activation carried a notice
about this on one of the sides of the box. I have searched the box I
have and cannot find any reference to it.

--

Ian A. White, CPEng
(e-mail address removed)
WAI Engineering
Sydney 2000
Australia

Ph: +61 418 203 229
Fax: +61 2 9622 0450
Home Page: www.wai.com.au

 

[DL]

You can always install O2k and keep O97
Just ensure that O97 is updated first,
Any current shortcuts are amended to, eg Word97
You use custom installation, to an O2k specific folder
Only one instance of OL can exist