Ned said:
Thanks for the help, but here's the deal: I'm really not
hallucinating. It's an Office 2000 Premium case, with Office 2000
Premium disks,all of which I bought new in 2000 and have kept
together. On the back of the case is a yellow label that says "CD
KEY" and reports a 10-digit number. The printing on the card inside
the CD case, below the sticker, reads "Don't lose this number." There
is also a "CD SET" number on a white sticker above the yellow one.
Sorry, but you are! ;o) The installation key for Office 2000 was a
25-character alphanumeric key - Office 97 was the last version to have a
ten-digit key. So you're either not installing Office 2000 (but 97) or you
have the wrong case - it's as simple as that. I'm right you, my friend, are
100% *WRONG*. Don't believe me? Ring Microsoft and *ASK*.
And in fact, I have used exactly that number to install this software
several times as I have upgraded my PC over the years.
Sorry, but you have *NOT*! - that's 100% *IMPOSSIBLE*. You are not using the
correct key, end of story.
The only
difference now is this: I installed the Office 2003 Preview Pack. (I
had to do so for a bookk I wrote about Frontpage 2003.) In doing so,
I selected the option to preserve my old versions underneath, but no
matter; the preview pack wiped them out, and now Office 2000 won't
re-install.
Nothing whatsoever to do with it - you're using the wrong key, full stop.
Maybe I need to spell that out to you....
Am I paranoid if I think this is a way to force an upgrade? Perhaps,
but it wouldn't be out of character.
Yes it would. Let me spell this out to you in words of one syllable YOU ARE
U-SING THE WRONG KEY. Got that? No? Let me try again - YOU ARE USING THE
WRONG KEY!! Oh and YOU ARE PARANOID! You need a shrink.
Has that penetrated? Probably not, but no one can say I didn't try...