Office 2003 activation not working

[386maverick]

When i try to activate any office 2003 application (i.e. word) using the
'Activate Product' nothing happens. I have looked through the KB and followed
the instructions for deleting the 'Opa11.dat' file but still nothing happens.

Office was pre-installed when i bought my computer from the manufacturer.

Please help.

 

[seth]

does the activation wizard appear when you run an office application?

 

[386maverick]

No nothing appears. Almost everything is locked (greyed out)

 

[garfield-n-odie]

You probably have a trial version of Office 2003, and the trial
period has expired. Some trial versions cannot be converted
online to perpetual versions... if you start Word or Excel, click
on Help | Activate Product, and don't see an option to activate
or convert, then you probably have one of these. You can
purchase a full version of Office 2003 from your favorite online
or conventional retailer, and install it from the CD after you
uninstall the trial version.

 

[386maverick]

Is there some way of checking whether i have a full and trial copy? There is
no mention of a trial period in Help -> About or at the startup of any of the
office applications.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Did you pay extra for the software?

 

[386maverick]

I not think i did but can't be sure. It was pre-installed.

Did you pay extra for the software?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Is there some way of checking whether i have a full and trial copy? There
is
no mention of a trial period in Help -> About or at the startup of any of
the
office applications.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

If it's a trial version, then Help->About should say something
like "Microsoft Office <program name> 2003 Evaluation Kit".

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

It's a trial version.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I not think i did but can't be sure. It was pre-installed.

Did you pay extra for the software?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Is there some way of checking whether i have a full and trial copy?
There
is
no mention of a trial period in Help -> About or at the startup of any
of
the
office applications.

:

You probably have a trial version of Office 2003, and the trial
period has expired. Some trial versions cannot be converted
online to perpetual versions... if you start Word or Excel, click
on Help | Activate Product, and don't see an option to activate
or convert, then you probably have one of these. You can
purchase a full version of Office 2003 from your favorite online
or conventional retailer, and install it from the CD after you
uninstall the trial version.

386maverick wrote:

When i try to activate any office 2003 application (i.e. word) using
the
'Activate Product' nothing happens. I have looked through the KB and
followed
the instructions for deleting the 'Opa11.dat' file but still nothing
happens.

Office was pre-installed when i bought my computer from the
manufacturer.

Please help.

 

[386maverick]

According to the Microsoft Office website it says that the 60 day trial
version will need 500MB of hard disk space once unzipped.
I have looked in Add or Remove Program and the size of my office
installation is 4,092.00MB? There is no mention of the word trial either in
the description.

It's a trial version.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I not think i did but can't be sure. It was pre-installed.

Did you pay extra for the software?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Is there some way of checking whether i have a full and trial copy?
There
is
no mention of a trial period in Help -> About or at the startup of any
of
the
office applications.

:

You probably have a trial version of Office 2003, and the trial
period has expired. Some trial versions cannot be converted
online to perpetual versions... if you start Word or Excel, click
on Help | Activate Product, and don't see an option to activate
or convert, then you probably have one of these. You can
purchase a full version of Office 2003 from your favorite online
or conventional retailer, and install it from the CD after you
uninstall the trial version.

386maverick wrote:

When i try to activate any office 2003 application (i.e. word) using
the
'Activate Product' nothing happens. I have looked through the KB and
followed
the instructions for deleting the 'Opa11.dat' file but still nothing
happens.

Office was pre-installed when i bought my computer from the
manufacturer.

Please help.

 

[Bob I]

Add and Remove "size numbers" are not to be used for determining space
used on the drive.

According to the Microsoft Office website it says that the 60 day trial
version will need 500MB of hard disk space once unzipped.
I have looked in Add or Remove Program and the size of my office
installation is 4,092.00MB? There is no mention of the word trial either in
the description.

:

It's a trial version.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I not think i did but can't be sure. It was pre-installed.

:


Did you pay extra for the software?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Is there some way of checking whether i have a full and trial copy?
There
is
no mention of a trial period in Help -> About or at the startup of any
of
the
office applications.

:


You probably have a trial version of Office 2003, and the trial
period has expired. Some trial versions cannot be converted
online to perpetual versions... if you start Word or Excel, click
on Help | Activate Product, and don't see an option to activate
or convert, then you probably have one of these. You can
purchase a full version of Office 2003 from your favorite online
or conventional retailer, and install it from the CD after you
uninstall the trial version.

386maverick wrote:


When i try to activate any office 2003 application (i.e. word) using
the
'Activate Product' nothing happens. I have looked through the KB and
followed
the instructions for deleting the 'Opa11.dat' file but still nothing
happens.

Office was pre-installed when i bought my computer from the
manufacturer.

Please help.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

As Bob says, that's not the way to tell.

Unless you ordered a custom-built computer from someone like Dell or Gateway
and specifically configured it to include Office, you got the trial version.
I can't think of any over-the-counter computers that have full versions of
Office pre-installed.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

According to the Microsoft Office website it says that the 60 day trial
version will need 500MB of hard disk space once unzipped.
I have looked in Add or Remove Program and the size of my office
installation is 4,092.00MB? There is no mention of the word trial either
in
the description.

It's a trial version.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I not think i did but can't be sure. It was pre-installed.

:

Did you pay extra for the software?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Is there some way of checking whether i have a full and trial copy?
There
is
no mention of a trial period in Help -> About or at the startup of
any
of
the
office applications.

:

You probably have a trial version of Office 2003, and the trial
period has expired. Some trial versions cannot be converted
online to perpetual versions... if you start Word or Excel, click
on Help | Activate Product, and don't see an option to activate
or convert, then you probably have one of these. You can
purchase a full version of Office 2003 from your favorite online
or conventional retailer, and install it from the CD after you
uninstall the trial version.

386maverick wrote:

When i try to activate any office 2003 application (i.e. word)
using
the
'Activate Product' nothing happens. I have looked through the KB
and
followed
the instructions for deleting the 'Opa11.dat' file but still
nothing
happens.

Office was pre-installed when i bought my computer from the
manufacturer.

Please help.

 

[j_r_m_doctor]

Hi. Can anybody help me in activating my Microsoft Office 2003? I already
have the activation key from microsoft. whenever i try to activate online, it
always say that the activation wizard is unable to find a connection to the
internet. what should i do as i do not want to activate by phone?