Office 2000 Registration

[x99troup]

Does anyone know how to get passed the required registration in MS Office 2000. It allows you to run it 50 times before you are required to register it. Is there any way past this???

Thanks

[Gene C.]

are you running a beta version?

[Stan]

This is what I read in an email from a colleague. Unfortunately, source is unknown.... so it might be a hoax...

I do not believe this is true but....


Today's Office 2000 Enterprise Tip

SR-1 BRINGS CHANGES IN OFFICE LICENSING
Do you have a single copy of Microsoft Office installed on both your
home and office computers? If so, you're in violation of the License
Agreement. What about simultaneous use, you ask? Unfortunately, no--the
license agreement allows for the software to be installed on a home OR
office machine AND a portable--but not both a home and office machine.

Oh, well, you say--those things aren't really enforced, right? That's
changing, too. Beginning with SR-1, the Office Registration Wizard will
create a unique ID for your computer, and you'll be forced (via
Internet, fax, e-mail, or postal mail) to get a confirmation number
from Microsoft before your fiftieth use of the product--otherwise, it
will stop working. It'll let you install on a home or office machine
and a portable, but beyond that, you'll need multiple licenses or a
special exemption from Microsoft.


I installed SR1 at work AND at home.
I did not receive any warnings or messages telling me to register before the 50th use.

Let's wait and see.........


Stan

[This message has been edited by Stan (edited 04-26-2000).]

[Bleeding Edge]

The info from Microsoft’s site seems to be clear enough about this issue. It basically states:

-The Office Registration Wizard has been testing for two years now.
-It will be added to new releases of Office 2000 SR-1 for English and Canadian versions, both for OEM and Retail to prevent illegal installations. (“..will be expanded in Canada and the United States to all Office 2000 retail versions in the near future.” Is what they say.)
-So only newly purchased Office 2000 SR-1 soft are affected.
-If your installing the Office 2000 SR-1 update from the Web or CD, your software will not be affected by the O.R.W.

As of now, “ORW is found in all Office 2000 suites and individual applications sold in Australia, Brazil, China, Hong Kong and New Zealand and in Academic Edition Office 2000 in Canada and the United States.”

~edit~
There's a web page with hundreds of valid (working) registration codes and serial numbers for almost every product available, Office 2000 included.

I am not posting the URL.
It can be found easily enough.

-B.E.


[This message has been edited by Bleeding Edge (edited 04-26-2000).]

[x99troup]

Hey can you send me the website adress to my mail account

Thanks

x99troup@wmich.edu

[Stan]

More info...

http://www.microsoft.com/education/product/orwQA.asp

Stan