Office 2003 beta

[ah]

I am a beta tester for Office 2003. Has someone any idea
when this product, which is in my computer, won't be
anymore available for me to use? I thought that it would
die at the launch of the commercial version but I still
can use it.

ah

 

[Scott]

November 30, 2004

 

[Chad Harris]

I don't know the answer to that or where you go to find out about the
nuances of time bomb extensions. I think there was a thread that said you
could extend the beta by going to the Office site for at least one of the
components of Office or as Mr. Gates called them at the launch, modules, for
30 days. Possibly yours *won't time out--and the answer to why would be
interesting.* If you were going to use it, I would try to add the refresh if
you haven't and any updates available.

If you do put a released version of MOS 2003 on that machine though, you
will uninstall the Beta of any common components, automatically and with
good reason, because they would need to use common .dlls and that won't
work.

Chad Harris

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[budirvin]

I think that you will not be able to use the Beta version
after the 15th of November -- or there abouts. I
remember middle November as the date.
Bud

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ah,

The expirations for the MS Office 2003 Beta are listed
in this article.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;818784&FR=1

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I am a beta tester for Office 2003. Has someone any idea
when this product, which is in my computer, won't be
anymore available for me to use? I thought that it would
die at the launch of the commercial version but I still
can use it.

ah >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

The Office 2003 System parts explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/preview/system.asp

MS on 'Why Office System 2003'
http://microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2003/10-13productivity.asp

 

[ah]

Thanks, Bob, for the link. My version is 11.5329 5329. I
have refreshed it. It should last until January. Any
idea if we get a discount on the purchase of the upgrade
when we have spotted numerous bugs to MS <smile>?

ah

-----Original Message-----
Hi Ah,

The expirations for the MS Office 2003 Beta are listed
in this article.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;818784&FR=1

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

No. If you were an official beta tester, you should have received a thank
you gift. If you paid S&H for the beta, then you will receive nothing. No
beta testers were given discounts.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the
Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be deleted w/out
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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
ah <[email protected]> asked:

| Thanks, Bob, for the link. My version is 11.5329 5329. I
| have refreshed it. It should last until January. Any
| idea if we get a discount on the purchase of the upgrade
| when we have spotted numerous bugs to MS <smile>?
|
| ah
|| -----Original Message-----
|| Hi Ah,
||
|| The expirations for the MS Office 2003 Beta are listed
|| in this article.
|| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;818784&FR=1
||
|| ==========
| message || I am a beta tester for Office 2003. Has someone any idea
|| when this product, which is in my computer, won't be
|| anymore available for me to use? I thought that it would
|| die at the launch of the commercial version but I still
|| can use it.
||
|| ah >>
|| --
|| I hope this helps you,
||
|| Bob Buckland ?
|| MS Office System Products MVP
||
|| *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
||
|| The Office 2003 System parts explained
|| http://microsoft.com/uk/office/preview/system.asp
||
|| MS on 'Why Office System 2003'
|| http://microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2003/10- 13productivity.asp
||
||
|| .

 

[ah]

Milly

What is an official/unofficial beta tester? I just
enrolled, like everybody I suppose, when MS called for
beta testers so I think I was an official beta tester but
I did not receive any thank you gift yet.

What is S&H please? I paid $25 for the shipping of the
software because I live in the UK.

ah

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

Milly

What is an official/unofficial beta tester? I just
enrolled, like everybody I suppose, when MS called for
beta testers so I think I was an official beta tester but
I did not receive any thank you gift yet.

Official means you were singled out to do beta testing rather than being one
of the (tens? hundreds? of) thousands who paid to do it.

What is S&H please? I paid $25 for the shipping of the
software because I live in the UK.

S&H = shipping & handling.