Product Activation

[jmillerWV]

I hope this is the correct place to post this question. If not please tell
me where I can get the info I need. I had a MSDN subscription, our company
only gets it every 3 to 4 years, they figure I can work the technology for
that long. Anyway the problem I am having is that in the lab enviroment I
redo my lab machines every so often when they become slow or loaded down or I
am testing new hardware or software. I reinstall Operating system and any
applications ie Office 2003. This time when I went to activate the product I
received a message that it had been activated the number of times and could
not be activated again. Is there a way to deactivate the product when I
remove it from a machine to reinstall it later?

 

[Bob I]

I hope this is the correct place to post this question. If not please tell
me where I can get the info I need. I had a MSDN subscription, our company
only gets it every 3 to 4 years, they figure I can work the technology for
that long. Anyway the problem I am having is that in the lab enviroment I
redo my lab machines every so often when they become slow or loaded down or I
am testing new hardware or software. I reinstall Operating system and any
applications ie Office 2003. This time when I went to activate the product I
received a message that it had been activated the number of times and could
not be activated again. Is there a way to deactivate the product when I
remove it from a machine to reinstall it later?

In a word, nope.

 

[DL]

If you frequently uninstall/reinstall you have to resort to phone activation

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

MSDN products are limited to a certain amount of activations. The correct
place to ask would be by contacting MSDN support...

:I hope this is the correct place to post this question. If not please tell
: me where I can get the info I need. I had a MSDN subscription, our company
: only gets it every 3 to 4 years, they figure I can work the technology for
: that long. Anyway the problem I am having is that in the lab enviroment I
: redo my lab machines every so often when they become slow or loaded down
or I
: am testing new hardware or software. I reinstall Operating system and any
: applications ie Office 2003. This time when I went to activate the
product I
: received a message that it had been activated the number of times and
could
: not be activated again. Is there a way to deactivate the product when I
: remove it from a machine to reinstall it later?