Unable to activate Office 2003, despite deleting opa.dat

[AndrewS]

I have a genuine Office 2003 S&T edition. License indicates I can install on
3 machines at home - Its running OK on 1. I've installed on a new desktop but
nothing happens when I attempt to activate. The new machine had a trial copy
but I did not register it, I installed my own S&T copy instead.

I have uninstalled, removed opa11.dat, reinstalled, and still nothing
happens when I click on activate. No wizard, nothing. What do I do next?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Did you uninstall the trial version first before installing your copy?

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After furious head scratching, AndrewS asked:

| I have a genuine Office 2003 S&T edition. License indicates I can
| install on 3 machines at home - Its running OK on 1. I've installed
| on a new desktop but nothing happens when I attempt to activate. The
| new machine had a trial copy but I did not register it, I installed
| my own S&T copy instead.
|
| I have uninstalled, removed opa11.dat, reinstalled, and still nothing
| happens when I click on activate. No wizard, nothing. What do I do
| next?

 

[AndrewS]

I think I installed over it

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Then try uninstalling all versions of Office and then install your purchased
version. There are numerous reports of problems when installing over the
Trial version - uninstalling it first before installing the full retail
version seems to fix the majority of them.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, AndrewS asked:

| I think I installed over it
|
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Did you uninstall the trial version first before installing your
|| copy?
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, AndrewS asked:
||
||| I have a genuine Office 2003 S&T edition. License indicates I can
||| install on 3 machines at home - Its running OK on 1. I've installed
||| on a new desktop but nothing happens when I attempt to activate. The
||| new machine had a trial copy but I did not register it, I installed
||| my own S&T copy instead.
|||
||| I have uninstalled, removed opa11.dat, reinstalled, and still
||| nothing happens when I click on activate. No wizard, nothing. What
||| do I do next?

 

[AndrewS]

Thanks. I have already done that - twice - the frst time was before I found
the opa11 instruction. I've looked at Article ID 313938, but it does not
apply to Office 2003, only earlier versions. Is there a similar instruction
for 2003?

As I can't open the wizard, I can't even get a phone number to activate. And
presumably I would still need the wizard to complete the process.