Office 2003 Re-Activation

[wincom]

Last weekend, I installed and activated Office 2003 Pro OEM on a machine. Due
to a corruption in Outlook ( I think one of the updates toasted it), I
uninstalled and reinstalled Office. After reinstall, it asked for
reactivation. When I tried internet it said I had reached the limit of
activation. When I tried phone, the activation screen disappeared. This is
the same exact computer I had just hours before activated it on. This is not
a piracy thing. When I called the MS phone activation line, I got the answer
that I had to speak to support before they could do anything. I paid for an
email support incident and the support person said the best thing I could do
is to call phone # X ( which just happened to be the MS prododuct activation
#). I am not a fan of going in circles. I am firmly behind product
activation and reduction of piracy. I am getting very annoyed though at the
lack of assistance from MS on this issue. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Since it is OEM, contact the computer manufacturer from whom you purchased
the computer.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, wincom asked:

| Last weekend, I installed and activated Office 2003 Pro OEM on a
| machine. Due to a corruption in Outlook ( I think one of the updates
| toasted it), I uninstalled and reinstalled Office. After reinstall,
| it asked for reactivation. When I tried internet it said I had
| reached the limit of activation. When I tried phone, the activation
| screen disappeared. This is the same exact computer I had just hours
| before activated it on. This is not a piracy thing. When I called
| the MS phone activation line, I got the answer that I had to speak to
| support before they could do anything. I paid for an email support
| incident and the support person said the best thing I could do is to
| call phone # X ( which just happened to be the MS prododuct
| activation #). I am not a fan of going in circles. I am firmly
| behind product activation and reduction of piracy. I am getting very
| annoyed though at the lack of assistance from MS on this issue. Any
| thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Since it is OEM, contact the computer manufacturer from whom you purchased
the computer.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, wincom asked:

| Last weekend, I installed and activated Office 2003 Pro OEM on a
| machine. Due to a corruption in Outlook ( I think one of the updates
| toasted it), I uninstalled and reinstalled Office. After reinstall,
| it asked for reactivation. When I tried internet it said I had
| reached the limit of activation. When I tried phone, the activation
| screen disappeared. This is the same exact computer I had just hours
| before activated it on. This is not a piracy thing. When I called
| the MS phone activation line, I got the answer that I had to speak to
| support before they could do anything. I paid for an email support
| incident and the support person said the best thing I could do is to
| call phone # X ( which just happened to be the MS prododuct
| activation #). I am not a fan of going in circles. I am firmly
| behind product activation and reduction of piracy. I am getting very
| annoyed though at the lack of assistance from MS on this issue. Any
| thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Since it is OEM, contact the computer manufacturer from whom you purchased
the computer.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, wincom asked:

| Last weekend, I installed and activated Office 2003 Pro OEM on a
| machine. Due to a corruption in Outlook ( I think one of the updates
| toasted it), I uninstalled and reinstalled Office. After reinstall,
| it asked for reactivation. When I tried internet it said I had
| reached the limit of activation. When I tried phone, the activation
| screen disappeared. This is the same exact computer I had just hours
| before activated it on. This is not a piracy thing. When I called
| the MS phone activation line, I got the answer that I had to speak to
| support before they could do anything. I paid for an email support
| incident and the support person said the best thing I could do is to
| call phone # X ( which just happened to be the MS prododuct
| activation #). I am not a fan of going in circles. I am firmly
| behind product activation and reduction of piracy. I am getting very
| annoyed though at the lack of assistance from MS on this issue. Any
| thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Since it is OEM, contact the computer manufacturer from whom you purchased
the computer.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, wincom asked:

| Last weekend, I installed and activated Office 2003 Pro OEM on a
| machine. Due to a corruption in Outlook ( I think one of the updates
| toasted it), I uninstalled and reinstalled Office. After reinstall,
| it asked for reactivation. When I tried internet it said I had
| reached the limit of activation. When I tried phone, the activation
| screen disappeared. This is the same exact computer I had just hours
| before activated it on. This is not a piracy thing. When I called
| the MS phone activation line, I got the answer that I had to speak to
| support before they could do anything. I paid for an email support
| incident and the support person said the best thing I could do is to
| call phone # X ( which just happened to be the MS prododuct
| activation #). I am not a fan of going in circles. I am firmly
| behind product activation and reduction of piracy. I am getting very
| annoyed though at the lack of assistance from MS on this issue. Any
| thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Since it is OEM, contact the computer manufacturer from whom you purchased
the computer.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, wincom asked:

| Last weekend, I installed and activated Office 2003 Pro OEM on a
| machine. Due to a corruption in Outlook ( I think one of the updates
| toasted it), I uninstalled and reinstalled Office. After reinstall,
| it asked for reactivation. When I tried internet it said I had
| reached the limit of activation. When I tried phone, the activation
| screen disappeared. This is the same exact computer I had just hours
| before activated it on. This is not a piracy thing. When I called
| the MS phone activation line, I got the answer that I had to speak to
| support before they could do anything. I paid for an email support
| incident and the support person said the best thing I could do is to
| call phone # X ( which just happened to be the MS prododuct
| activation #). I am not a fan of going in circles. I am firmly
| behind product activation and reduction of piracy. I am getting very
| annoyed though at the lack of assistance from MS on this issue. Any
| thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Since it is OEM, contact the computer manufacturer from whom you purchased
the computer.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, wincom asked:

| Last weekend, I installed and activated Office 2003 Pro OEM on a
| machine. Due to a corruption in Outlook ( I think one of the updates
| toasted it), I uninstalled and reinstalled Office. After reinstall,
| it asked for reactivation. When I tried internet it said I had
| reached the limit of activation. When I tried phone, the activation
| screen disappeared. This is the same exact computer I had just hours
| before activated it on. This is not a piracy thing. When I called
| the MS phone activation line, I got the answer that I had to speak to
| support before they could do anything. I paid for an email support
| incident and the support person said the best thing I could do is to
| call phone # X ( which just happened to be the MS prododuct
| activation #). I am not a fan of going in circles. I am firmly
| behind product activation and reduction of piracy. I am getting very
| annoyed though at the lack of assistance from MS on this issue. Any
| thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Since it is OEM, contact the computer manufacturer from whom you purchased
the computer.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, wincom asked:

| Last weekend, I installed and activated Office 2003 Pro OEM on a
| machine. Due to a corruption in Outlook ( I think one of the updates
| toasted it), I uninstalled and reinstalled Office. After reinstall,
| it asked for reactivation. When I tried internet it said I had
| reached the limit of activation. When I tried phone, the activation
| screen disappeared. This is the same exact computer I had just hours
| before activated it on. This is not a piracy thing. When I called
| the MS phone activation line, I got the answer that I had to speak to
| support before they could do anything. I paid for an email support
| incident and the support person said the best thing I could do is to
| call phone # X ( which just happened to be the MS prododuct
| activation #). I am not a fan of going in circles. I am firmly
| behind product activation and reduction of piracy. I am getting very
| annoyed though at the lack of assistance from MS on this issue. Any
| thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Since it is OEM, contact the computer manufacturer from whom you purchased
the computer.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, wincom asked:

| Last weekend, I installed and activated Office 2003 Pro OEM on a
| machine. Due to a corruption in Outlook ( I think one of the updates
| toasted it), I uninstalled and reinstalled Office. After reinstall,
| it asked for reactivation. When I tried internet it said I had
| reached the limit of activation. When I tried phone, the activation
| screen disappeared. This is the same exact computer I had just hours
| before activated it on. This is not a piracy thing. When I called
| the MS phone activation line, I got the answer that I had to speak to
| support before they could do anything. I paid for an email support
| incident and the support person said the best thing I could do is to
| call phone # X ( which just happened to be the MS prododuct
| activation #). I am not a fan of going in circles. I am firmly
| behind product activation and reduction of piracy. I am getting very
| annoyed though at the lack of assistance from MS on this issue. Any
| thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Since it is OEM, contact the computer manufacturer from whom you purchased
the computer.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, wincom asked:

| Last weekend, I installed and activated Office 2003 Pro OEM on a
| machine. Due to a corruption in Outlook ( I think one of the updates
| toasted it), I uninstalled and reinstalled Office. After reinstall,
| it asked for reactivation. When I tried internet it said I had
| reached the limit of activation. When I tried phone, the activation
| screen disappeared. This is the same exact computer I had just hours
| before activated it on. This is not a piracy thing. When I called
| the MS phone activation line, I got the answer that I had to speak to
| support before they could do anything. I paid for an email support
| incident and the support person said the best thing I could do is to
| call phone # X ( which just happened to be the MS prododuct
| activation #). I am not a fan of going in circles. I am firmly
| behind product activation and reduction of piracy. I am getting very
| annoyed though at the lack of assistance from MS on this issue. Any
| thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[wincom]

Milly. I am the " Computer Manufacturer". I purchased a laptop for a client
and installed Office as I have for hundreds of others. Since I purchase the
products in OEM 3 packs, there is no recourse of resolution except through
these kinds of forums. I maintain that while it is important to protect the
intellectual property of Microsoft through product activation, people who do
not pirate software should have a way of keeping their customers satisfied.
This load became corrupted through what I think was a bad update. I
uninstalled the software to hopefully correct the corruption. It did fix the
corruption, but now I have this problem.

 

[wincom]

Milly. I am the " Computer Manufacturer". I purchased a laptop for a client
and installed Office as I have for hundreds of others. Since I purchase the
products in OEM 3 packs, there is no recourse of resolution except through
these kinds of forums. I maintain that while it is important to protect the
intellectual property of Microsoft through product activation, people who do
not pirate software should have a way of keeping their customers satisfied.
This load became corrupted through what I think was a bad update. I
uninstalled the software to hopefully correct the corruption. It did fix the
corruption, but now I have this problem.

 

[wincom]

Milly. I am the " Computer Manufacturer". I purchased a laptop for a client
and installed Office as I have for hundreds of others. Since I purchase the
products in OEM 3 packs, there is no recourse of resolution except through
these kinds of forums. I maintain that while it is important to protect the
intellectual property of Microsoft through product activation, people who do
not pirate software should have a way of keeping their customers satisfied.
This load became corrupted through what I think was a bad update. I
uninstalled the software to hopefully correct the corruption. It did fix the
corruption, but now I have this problem.

 

[wincom]

Milly. I am the " Computer Manufacturer". I purchased a laptop for a client
and installed Office as I have for hundreds of others. Since I purchase the
products in OEM 3 packs, there is no recourse of resolution except through
these kinds of forums. I maintain that while it is important to protect the
intellectual property of Microsoft through product activation, people who do
not pirate software should have a way of keeping their customers satisfied.
This load became corrupted through what I think was a bad update. I
uninstalled the software to hopefully correct the corruption. It did fix the
corruption, but now I have this problem.

 

[wincom]

Milly. I am the " Computer Manufacturer". I purchased a laptop for a client
and installed Office as I have for hundreds of others. Since I purchase the
products in OEM 3 packs, there is no recourse of resolution except through
these kinds of forums. I maintain that while it is important to protect the
intellectual property of Microsoft through product activation, people who do
not pirate software should have a way of keeping their customers satisfied.
This load became corrupted through what I think was a bad update. I
uninstalled the software to hopefully correct the corruption. It did fix the
corruption, but now I have this problem.

 

[wincom]

Milly. I am the " Computer Manufacturer". I purchased a laptop for a client
and installed Office as I have for hundreds of others. Since I purchase the
products in OEM 3 packs, there is no recourse of resolution except through
these kinds of forums. I maintain that while it is important to protect the
intellectual property of Microsoft through product activation, people who do
not pirate software should have a way of keeping their customers satisfied.
This load became corrupted through what I think was a bad update. I
uninstalled the software to hopefully correct the corruption. It did fix the
corruption, but now I have this problem.

 

[wincom]

Milly. I am the " Computer Manufacturer". I purchased a laptop for a client
and installed Office as I have for hundreds of others. Since I purchase the
products in OEM 3 packs, there is no recourse of resolution except through
these kinds of forums. I maintain that while it is important to protect the
intellectual property of Microsoft through product activation, people who do
not pirate software should have a way of keeping their customers satisfied.
This load became corrupted through what I think was a bad update. I
uninstalled the software to hopefully correct the corruption. It did fix the
corruption, but now I have this problem.

 

[wincom]

Milly. I am the " Computer Manufacturer". I purchased a laptop for a client
and installed Office as I have for hundreds of others. Since I purchase the
products in OEM 3 packs, there is no recourse of resolution except through
these kinds of forums. I maintain that while it is important to protect the
intellectual property of Microsoft through product activation, people who do
not pirate software should have a way of keeping their customers satisfied.
This load became corrupted through what I think was a bad update. I
uninstalled the software to hopefully correct the corruption. It did fix the
corruption, but now I have this problem.

 

[wincom]

Milly. I am the " Computer Manufacturer". I purchased a laptop for a client
and installed Office as I have for hundreds of others. Since I purchase the
products in OEM 3 packs, there is no recourse of resolution except through
these kinds of forums. I maintain that while it is important to protect the
intellectual property of Microsoft through product activation, people who do
not pirate software should have a way of keeping their customers satisfied.
This load became corrupted through what I think was a bad update. I
uninstalled the software to hopefully correct the corruption. It did fix the
corruption, but now I have this problem.

 

[Tome]

I, too, build OEM PCs and use OEM software. Sometimes, I'll load the said
software and will try to activate it when the wizard tells me that it can't
be activated -- a.k.a. already been activated. I know it's BS as i just
unwrapped the software & know it's never been installed prior to this point!
I just call MS (the activation phone #) and explain to them what happened.
They should be able to help you out too.

02-07-05
1506
Tome

Milly. I am the " Computer Manufacturer". I purchased a laptop for a client
and installed Office as I have for hundreds of others. Since I purchase the
products in OEM 3 packs, there is no recourse of resolution except through
these kinds of forums. I maintain that while it is important to protect the
intellectual property of Microsoft through product activation, people who do
not pirate software should have a way of keeping their customers satisfied.
This load became corrupted through what I think was a bad update. I
uninstalled the software to hopefully correct the corruption. It did fix the
corruption, but now I have this problem.

Since it is OEM, contact the computer manufacturer from whom you purchased
the computer.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, wincom asked:

| Last weekend, I installed and activated Office 2003 Pro OEM on a
| machine. Due to a corruption in Outlook ( I think one of the updates
| toasted it), I uninstalled and reinstalled Office. After reinstall,
| it asked for reactivation. When I tried internet it said I had
| reached the limit of activation. When I tried phone, the activation
| screen disappeared. This is the same exact computer I had just hours
| before activated it on. This is not a piracy thing. When I called
| the MS phone activation line, I got the answer that I had to speak to
| support before they could do anything. I paid for an email support
| incident and the support person said the best thing I could do is to
| call phone # X ( which just happened to be the MS prododuct
| activation #). I am not a fan of going in circles. I am firmly
| behind product activation and reduction of piracy. I am getting very
| annoyed though at the lack of assistance from MS on this issue. Any
| thoughts would be appreciated.