I've been trying to activate a version of Microsoft Office Word 2003 on my
laptop, but, sadly, I am no longer in the country I bought it or the laptop
in, which makes calling technical support for help rather difficult. The
problem is this: I forgot to activate Word before leaving the United States,
and also forgot to bring the activation key along with me. Upon arriving
here, I attempted to use the product activation key the network I'm on has
used for Word, but we have apparently exceeded our limit on number of
permissible instances of activation, and now I face the prospect of my Word
being locked in 40 or so tries. I now actually have the product key that came
with Word - how can I change the product activation code to the new,
legitimate one instead of the old, overused one? Is this possible at all
without a reinstall (which will prevent me from actually using Word, as I
don't have the discs with me in this country)?

You'll have to talk nicely to Microsoft
How to obtain a new product key - see
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823570

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Clausewitz2 wrote:
I've been trying to activate a version of Microsoft Office Word 2003
on my laptop, but, sadly, I am no longer in the country I bought it
or the laptop in, which makes calling technical support for help
rather difficult. The problem is this: I forgot to activate Word
before leaving the United States, and also forgot to bring the
activation key along with me. Upon arriving here, I attempted to use
the product activation key the network I'm on has used for Word, but
we have apparently exceeded our limit on number of permissible
instances of activation, and now I face the prospect of my Word being
locked in 40 or so tries. I now actually have the product key that
came with Word - how can I change the product activation code to the
new, legitimate one instead of the old, overused one? Is this
possible at all without a reinstall (which will prevent me from
actually using Word, as I don't have the discs with me in this
country)?

I have a perfectly good product key already - that's not the problem. The
problem is simply finding a way to use that product key to activate word
given that I've already entered one that has been overused.

OK - see instead http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293191 -Activate a
non-subscription Office product might be what you need.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Clausewitz2 wrote:
I have a perfectly good product key already - that's not the problem.
The problem is simply finding a way to use that product key to
activate word given that I've already entered one that has been
overused.

Not helping, I'm afraid. What I really need is a way to trigger a prompt for
entering the product activation key (this time, the correct one) again. At
present, the Activation Wizard will only let me attempt to activate the
product using the erroneous key, which, as stated, doesn't work. Is there any
way to get the Activation Wizard to reset back to square one, and let me
enter in a new key?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

OK - see instead http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293191 -Activate a
non-subscription Office product might be what you need.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Clausewitz2 wrote:
I have a perfectly good product key already - that's not the problem.
The problem is simply finding a way to use that product key to
activate word given that I've already entered one that has been
overused.

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/895456/en-us "How to change
the product key for Office 2003 and for Office XP".

Clausewitz2 wrote:

Not helping, I'm afraid. What I really need is a way to trigger a prompt for
entering the product activation key (this time, the correct one) again. At
present, the Activation Wizard will only let me attempt to activate the
product using the erroneous key, which, as stated, doesn't work. Is there any
way to get the Activation Wizard to reset back to square one, and let me
enter in a new key?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:


OK - see instead http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293191 -Activate a
non-subscription Office product might be what you need.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Clausewitz2 wrote:

I have a perfectly good product key already - that's not the problem.
The problem is simply finding a way to use that product key to
activate word given that I've already entered one that has been
overused.

You must have more success at searching the kb than I did. I missed that one


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


garfield-n-odie wrote:
See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/895456/en-us "How to change
the product key for Office 2003 and for Office XP".

Clausewitz2 wrote:

Not helping, I'm afraid. What I really need is a way to trigger a
prompt for entering the product activation key (this time, the
correct one) again. At present, the Activation Wizard will only let
me attempt to activate the product using the erroneous key, which,
as stated, doesn't work. Is there any way to get the Activation
Wizard to reset back to square one, and let me enter in a new key?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:


OK - see instead http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293191
-Activate a non-subscription Office product might be what you need.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Clausewitz2 wrote:

I have a perfectly good product key already - that's not the
problem. The problem is simply finding a way to use that product
key to activate word given that I've already entered one that has
been overused.

Thank you so very much, garfield-n-odie. That did the trick.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

You must have more success at searching the kb than I did. I missed that one


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


garfield-n-odie wrote:
See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/895456/en-us "How to change
the product key for Office 2003 and for Office XP".

Clausewitz2 wrote:

Not helping, I'm afraid. What I really need is a way to trigger a
prompt for entering the product activation key (this time, the
correct one) again. At present, the Activation Wizard will only let
me attempt to activate the product using the erroneous key, which,
as stated, doesn't work. Is there any way to get the Activation
Wizard to reset back to square one, and let me enter in a new key?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:


OK - see instead http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293191
-Activate a non-subscription Office product might be what you need.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Clausewitz2 wrote:

I have a perfectly good product key already - that's not the
problem. The problem is simply finding a way to use that product
key to activate word given that I've already entered one that has
been overused.

That is g-n-o's specialty. He has called my attention to quite a few KB
articles I was unaware of.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
You must have more success at searching the kb than I did. I missed that
one


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


garfield-n-odie wrote:
See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/895456/en-us "How to change
the product key for Office 2003 and for Office XP".

Clausewitz2 wrote:

Not helping, I'm afraid. What I really need is a way to trigger a
prompt for entering the product activation key (this time, the
correct one) again. At present, the Activation Wizard will only let
me attempt to activate the product using the erroneous key, which,
as stated, doesn't work. Is there any way to get the Activation
Wizard to reset back to square one, and let me enter in a new key?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:


OK - see instead http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293191
-Activate a non-subscription Office product might be what you need.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Clausewitz2 wrote:

I have a perfectly good product key already - that's not the
problem. The problem is simply finding a way to use that product
key to activate word given that I've already entered one that has
been overused.