Quick and easy way to make sure you do not have a duplicate product code/ License /PID

[Priyanka Singhal]

Hello,

If you by mistake end up with a duplicate License number on your machine,
Office is designed to provide error messages to the effect "you can't use
word, <user Name> is using it right now".

If you are getting any such message, please use the following steps to
verify that you do not have Duplicate Product code/ License number/PID.

1. Bring up the about box from any of the applications on the machines
that are claiming that they are identical PIDs.

2. If the PID matches save the last 5 numbers, then both machines have
the same product key example: 75868-130-0001751-xxxxx and
75868-130-0001751-YYYYY are duplicates



If you have a duplicate PID you will have to remove this and enter a new
PID. Easy to Follow directions for the same are posted at



http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/office/pid.html

 

[Kurt]

Hello,

If you by mistake end up with a duplicate License number on your machine,
Office is designed to provide error messages to the effect "you can't use
word, <user Name> is using it right now".

If you are getting any such message, please use the following steps to
verify that you do not have Duplicate Product code/ License number/PID.

1. Bring up the about box from any of the applications on the machines
that are claiming that they are identical PIDs.

2. If the PID matches save the last 5 numbers, then both machines have
the same product key example: 75868-130-0001751-xxxxx and
75868-130-0001751-YYYYY are duplicates



If you have a duplicate PID you will have to remove this and enter a new
PID. Easy to Follow directions for the same are posted at



http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/office/pid.html

Wow, someone from Microsoft responding to a Microsoft newsgroup. Who
woulda thunk?
Please stick around!

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

If you have a duplicate PID you will have to remove this and enter a new
PID. Easy to Follow directions for the same are posted at

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/office/pid.html

I *think* this shorter method will also work:

To change numbers without reinstalling, launch the Remove Office
application. At the first window, hold down Option, and Continue will
change to Remove Licensing Info Only. Option-click and go on your merry way
to reenter another number.
Remove Office is in
Applications:Microsoft Office 2004:Additional Tools:Remove Office:

I'm a little confused because *Priyanka* posted the long method, but I think
that's just a communications issue--the function detailed above was secret
for a long while.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I'm a little confused because *Priyanka* posted the long method, but I think
that's just a communications issue--the function detailed above was secret
for a long while.

I've updated my site today.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Kurt:

Oh, Priyanka has been in here for a couple of years

She's one of the Software Test Engineers in the Macintosh Business Unit Test
Lab

Imagine having a job that REQUIRES you to spend all day playing with about a
hundred of the latest Macs It's a hell of a duty, but someone has to do
it.

Priyanka normally expects *us* to do the work in here: she'll usually answer
only if you and I are too slow

Or, in this case, to publish a method that they previously asked us not to
make public.

Cheers

Wow, someone from Microsoft responding to a Microsoft newsgroup. Who
woulda thunk?
Please stick around!

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[Clive Huggan]

Wow, someone from Microsoft responding to a Microsoft newsgroup. Who
woulda thunk?
Please stick around!

Kurt,

People from Microsoft's Mac Business Unit contribute to this newsgroup very
regularly, even though the newsgroup is run not by Microsoft itself but by
volunteers; and they observe threads more frequently than that. This
interaction leads to much more accurate information getting to Microsoft,
and in return to users.

Stick around! ;-))

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
============================================================
Avoid long delays before your post appears -- use Entourage or newsreader
software -- see http://word.mvps.org/Mac/AccessNewsgroups.html
============================================================

 

[Clive Huggan]

Kurt,

People from Microsoft's Mac Business Unit contribute to this newsgroup very
regularly, even though the newsgroup is run not by Microsoft itself but by
volunteers; and they observe threads more frequently than that. This
interaction leads to much more accurate information getting to Microsoft,
and in return to users.

Stick around! ;-))

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
============================================================
Avoid long delays before your post appears -- use Entourage or newsreader
software -- see http://word.mvps.org/Mac/AccessNewsgroups.html
============================================================

Hmm, I'm having problems in Entourage, namely not seeing some recent posts
(in this case John McGhie's 23 November post in this thread) via the "Sent"
column. Excessively long-worded subjects bring it on...

CH
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[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Clive:

If you see this, try a Command + L (Refresh List).

Cheers

Hmm, I'm having problems in Entourage, namely not seeing some recent posts
(in this case John McGhie's 23 November post in this thread) via the "Sent"
column. Excessively long-worded subjects bring it on...

CH
===

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[Clive Huggan]

Thanks for your concern, John -- but I had done that.

I've had it occur before -- Entourage gets horribly confused with some
threads when the subject is excessively long -- but not always.

CH
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[Mickey Stevens]

It seems to occur when subjects are split over two lines in the message
source. Usually, even though the thread is not grouped properly (I group by
subject) when I download the headers, they end up getting grouped properly
once I download all of the messages in the thread, though that's not a great
solution since I need to know to look for other messages beforehand.

 

[Clive Huggan]

Yes, you're spot on, Mickey! (as usual ;-)

Cheers,
Clive
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