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jaffa77
I bought Office 2003 from an online auction site. It appeared to install OK
however at no stage did I have to accept the EULA. When I started it for the
first time the activation wizard didn't start so I went to the Help menu and
chose activate. This returned a message that the product was already
activated. I then assumed that the software was fake. However I am baffled as
I got the 'already activated' message when I tried the same thing on my
laptop which had not been connected to the internet since I installed Office
2003, so how could the software already be activated?
Also, the other strange thing is that I ran the Office validation test on
the 'howtotell' site, and my copy passed this fine.
I have tried all the things I have found on this site to get the activation
wizard to run, but it doesn't make any differnce as I always get the 'already
activated' message.
The seller swears the software is legitimate and has offered to replace it.
Should I take him up on his offer? My only reason for hesitating is that I'm
wondering if there is something on my PC that stops the activation process
running.
I've compared my Office CD with the pictures on the 'howtotell' site.
'Microsoft' changes to 'Genuine' when the disk is tilted but I don't get the
vivid colours. The COA on the packaging doesn't seem to have all the features
it should have (or maybe I should have got out a magnifying glass to check
for lettering on the strip across the porthole, which is not a smooth circle).
I wouldn't want to return this software if it really is legitimate.
What do you think?
however at no stage did I have to accept the EULA. When I started it for the
first time the activation wizard didn't start so I went to the Help menu and
chose activate. This returned a message that the product was already
activated. I then assumed that the software was fake. However I am baffled as
I got the 'already activated' message when I tried the same thing on my
laptop which had not been connected to the internet since I installed Office
2003, so how could the software already be activated?
Also, the other strange thing is that I ran the Office validation test on
the 'howtotell' site, and my copy passed this fine.
I have tried all the things I have found on this site to get the activation
wizard to run, but it doesn't make any differnce as I always get the 'already
activated' message.
The seller swears the software is legitimate and has offered to replace it.
Should I take him up on his offer? My only reason for hesitating is that I'm
wondering if there is something on my PC that stops the activation process
running.
I've compared my Office CD with the pictures on the 'howtotell' site.
'Microsoft' changes to 'Genuine' when the disk is tilted but I don't get the
vivid colours. The COA on the packaging doesn't seem to have all the features
it should have (or maybe I should have got out a magnifying glass to check
for lettering on the strip across the porthole, which is not a smooth circle).
I wouldn't want to return this software if it really is legitimate.
What do you think?