Can't register Office 2000 - I can use it only 30 more times!

Now we've come full circle.

See DL's 11-14-07 response (ditto yours) and Millie's of 11 - 15/16
acknowledgement that it isn't optional.

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

*Registration* is optional. *Activation* is required.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Lee Beck" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Milly. Yours is the first response that appears to acknowledge
that
my legally purchased Office 2000 will become useless if I continue to use
it
without registering it. However, I still can't figure out how to
register.
Summarizing from my original post:

* I tried the Internet option and it said server down (or unavailable).
* After a few hours and several tries I opted for the email option. I got
a
return that said a code had been emailed to me. I never fot the code
* Now when I try to register the Internet option is not even available -
only register by telephone.
* I tried the telephone number provided by the wizard and I get someone in
India that says the number is only for activation - not registrateio.
After
a lengthy discussion, I'm referred to a customer service number
* I call customer service (another foreigh national) I am given the number
provided by the wizard (where no help is received.
* I go to MSFT newsgroup commuiteis (here) and a discussion gets started
on
whether or not registration is really required.

The sites to which you refer are primarilly for volume and educational
licensing, and anti-piracy. I'm still looking for a way to register my
single copy. Maybe if I uninstall my copy of Office and reinstall it It
will
allow the Internet option again?

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

For further information, if you really want to know:

Description of volume licensing with the Office 2000 Registration Wizard:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240085/en-us


--�
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, Gordon asked:

| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
| ...
| Office 2000 SR-1 full product (not patched via download) was the first
| version of Office to require registration.
|
|
| Registration or Activation?

REGISTRATION is optional. That's when you visit the website and punch in
your name, address, job title, etc.

ACTIVATION is required. that's where you punch in the 25 digit key in a
dialog box within the program.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Lee Beck" wrote in message
...
Now we've come full circle.

See DL's 11-14-07 response (ditto yours) and Millie's of 11 - 15/16
acknowledgement that it isn't optional.

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

*Registration* is optional. *Activation* is required.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Lee Beck" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Milly. Yours is the first response that appears to acknowledge
that
my legally purchased Office 2000 will become useless if I continue to
use
it
without registering it. However, I still can't figure out how to
register.
Summarizing from my original post:

* I tried the Internet option and it said server down (or unavailable).
* After a few hours and several tries I opted for the email option. I
got
a
return that said a code had been emailed to me. I never fot the code
* Now when I try to register the Internet option is not even
available -
only register by telephone.
* I tried the telephone number provided by the wizard and I get someone
in
India that says the number is only for activation - not registrateio.
After
a lengthy discussion, I'm referred to a customer service number
* I call customer service (another foreigh national) I am given the
number
provided by the wizard (where no help is received.
* I go to MSFT newsgroup commuiteis (here) and a discussion gets
started
on
whether or not registration is really required.

The sites to which you refer are primarilly for volume and educational
licensing, and anti-piracy. I'm still looking for a way to register my
single copy. Maybe if I uninstall my copy of Office and reinstall it
It
will
allow the Internet option again?

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

For further information, if you really want to know:

Description of volume licensing with the Office 2000 Registration
Wizard:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240085/en-us


--�
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, Gordon asked:

| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
| ...
| Office 2000 SR-1 full product (not patched via download) was the
first
| version of Office to require registration.
|
|
| Registration or Activation?

The wording of the pop-up is something like"You can use this software 22 more
times before you are required to register." The countdown and the little
word "required" are what have me concerned. Admittedly, when I've
reinstalled in the past, I never let the counter go to zero.

Other products that ask for registration usually give an option to opt-out
or offer a check box "do not show this again."

I really think that MSFT Office 2000 "register" is an early form of
activation, i.e. to have a computer check their database and see if the copy
is legit.

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

REGISTRATION is optional. That's when you visit the website and punch in
your name, address, job title, etc.

ACTIVATION is required. that's where you punch in the 25 digit key in a
dialog box within the program.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Lee Beck" wrote in message
...
Now we've come full circle.

See DL's 11-14-07 response (ditto yours) and Millie's of 11 - 15/16
acknowledgement that it isn't optional.

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

*Registration* is optional. *Activation* is required.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Lee Beck" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Milly. Yours is the first response that appears to acknowledge
that
my legally purchased Office 2000 will become useless if I continue to
use
it
without registering it. However, I still can't figure out how to
register.
Summarizing from my original post:

* I tried the Internet option and it said server down (or unavailable).
* After a few hours and several tries I opted for the email option. I
got
a
return that said a code had been emailed to me. I never fot the code
* Now when I try to register the Internet option is not even
available -
only register by telephone.
* I tried the telephone number provided by the wizard and I get someone
in
India that says the number is only for activation - not registrateio.
After
a lengthy discussion, I'm referred to a customer service number
* I call customer service (another foreigh national) I am given the
number
provided by the wizard (where no help is received.
* I go to MSFT newsgroup commuiteis (here) and a discussion gets
started
on
whether or not registration is really required.

The sites to which you refer are primarilly for volume and educational
licensing, and anti-piracy. I'm still looking for a way to register my
single copy. Maybe if I uninstall my copy of Office and reinstall it
It
will
allow the Internet option again?

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

For further information, if you really want to know:

Description of volume licensing with the Office 2000 Registration
Wizard:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240085/en-us


--�
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, Gordon asked:

| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
| ...
| Office 2000 SR-1 full product (not patched via download) was the
first
| version of Office to require registration.
|
|
| Registration or Activation?

If that's what it is, either enter your data or use fictional info. Use GW
Bush at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, or something along that
line.

(If I thought that he'd get more junk mail I'd look up the real address.)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Lee Beck" wrote in message
...
The wording of the pop-up is something like"You can use this software 22
more
times before you are required to register." The countdown and the little
word "required" are what have me concerned. Admittedly, when I've
reinstalled in the past, I never let the counter go to zero.

Other products that ask for registration usually give an option to opt-out
or offer a check box "do not show this again."

I really think that MSFT Office 2000 "register" is an early form of
activation, i.e. to have a computer check their database and see if the
copy
is legit.

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

REGISTRATION is optional. That's when you visit the website and punch in
your name, address, job title, etc.

ACTIVATION is required. that's where you punch in the 25 digit key in a
dialog box within the program.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Lee Beck" wrote in message
...
Now we've come full circle.

See DL's 11-14-07 response (ditto yours) and Millie's of 11 - 15/16
acknowledgement that it isn't optional.

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

*Registration* is optional. *Activation* is required.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Lee Beck" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Milly. Yours is the first response that appears to
acknowledge
that
my legally purchased Office 2000 will become useless if I continue
to
use
it
without registering it. However, I still can't figure out how to
register.
Summarizing from my original post:

* I tried the Internet option and it said server down (or
unavailable).
* After a few hours and several tries I opted for the email option.
I
got
a
return that said a code had been emailed to me. I never fot the
code
* Now when I try to register the Internet option is not even
available -
only register by telephone.
* I tried the telephone number provided by the wizard and I get
someone
in
India that says the number is only for activation - not
registrateio.
After
a lengthy discussion, I'm referred to a customer service number
* I call customer service (another foreigh national) I am given the
number
provided by the wizard (where no help is received.
* I go to MSFT newsgroup commuiteis (here) and a discussion gets
started
on
whether or not registration is really required.

The sites to which you refer are primarilly for volume and
educational
licensing, and anti-piracy. I'm still looking for a way to register
my
single copy. Maybe if I uninstall my copy of Office and reinstall
it
It
will
allow the Internet option again?

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

For further information, if you really want to know:

Description of volume licensing with the Office 2000 Registration
Wizard:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240085/en-us


--�
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, Gordon asked:

| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
| ...
| Office 2000 SR-1 full product (not patched via download) was the
first
| version of Office to require registration.
|
|
| Registration or Activation?

Thanks. Actually, with the email option for registration it accepted my
email address and said that a special code had been sent to that email. And
the opo-up when I use Office says (during the registration process) to enter
the special code. But I never got the code. I checked my spam folder and it
wasn't there either.

I may try the phone option again, but they also don't appear to have a clue
on how to keep me going with office.

I'm surprised that this problem hasn't come up before in the MSFT
communities. I seem to be all alone with this one.

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

If that's what it is, either enter your data or use fictional info. Use GW
Bush at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, or something along that
line.

(If I thought that he'd get more junk mail I'd look up the real address.)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Lee Beck" wrote in message
...
The wording of the pop-up is something like"You can use this software 22
more
times before you are required to register." The countdown and the little
word "required" are what have me concerned. Admittedly, when I've
reinstalled in the past, I never let the counter go to zero.

Other products that ask for registration usually give an option to opt-out
or offer a check box "do not show this again."

I really think that MSFT Office 2000 "register" is an early form of
activation, i.e. to have a computer check their database and see if the
copy
is legit.

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

REGISTRATION is optional. That's when you visit the website and punch in
your name, address, job title, etc.

ACTIVATION is required. that's where you punch in the 25 digit key in a
dialog box within the program.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Lee Beck" wrote in message
...
Now we've come full circle.

See DL's 11-14-07 response (ditto yours) and Millie's of 11 - 15/16
acknowledgement that it isn't optional.

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

*Registration* is optional. *Activation* is required.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Lee Beck" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Milly. Yours is the first response that appears to
acknowledge
that
my legally purchased Office 2000 will become useless if I continue
to
use
it
without registering it. However, I still can't figure out how to
register.
Summarizing from my original post:

* I tried the Internet option and it said server down (or
unavailable).
* After a few hours and several tries I opted for the email option.
I
got
a
return that said a code had been emailed to me. I never fot the
code
* Now when I try to register the Internet option is not even
available -
only register by telephone.
* I tried the telephone number provided by the wizard and I get
someone
in
India that says the number is only for activation - not
registrateio.
After
a lengthy discussion, I'm referred to a customer service number
* I call customer service (another foreigh national) I am given the
number
provided by the wizard (where no help is received.
* I go to MSFT newsgroup commuiteis (here) and a discussion gets
started
on
whether or not registration is really required.

The sites to which you refer are primarilly for volume and
educational
licensing, and anti-piracy. I'm still looking for a way to register
my
single copy. Maybe if I uninstall my copy of Office and reinstall
it
It
will
allow the Internet option again?

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

For further information, if you really want to know:

Description of volume licensing with the Office 2000 Registration
Wizard:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240085/en-us


--�
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, Gordon asked:

| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
| ...
| Office 2000 SR-1 full product (not patched via download) was the
first
| version of Office to require registration.
|
|
| Registration or Activation?

Jo Ann - Office 2000 required registration. Please read the KB article I posted for the OP.

--�
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, JoAnn Paules asked:

| REGISTRATION is optional. That's when you visit the website and punch
| in your name, address, job title, etc.
|
| ACTIVATION is required. that's where you punch in the 25 digit key in
| a dialog box within the program.
|
|
| "Lee Beck" wrote in message
| ...
|| Now we've come full circle.
||
|| See DL's 11-14-07 response (ditto yours) and Millie's of 11 - 15/16
|| acknowledgement that it isn't optional.
||
|| "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
||
||| *Registration* is optional. *Activation* is required.
|||
||| --
||| JoAnn Paules
||| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
|||
||| ~~~~~
||| How to ask a question
||| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
|||
|||
||| "Lee Beck" wrote in message
||| ...
|||| Thanks, Milly. Yours is the first response that appears to
|||| acknowledge that
|||| my legally purchased Office 2000 will become useless if I continue
|||| to use
|||| it
|||| without registering it. However, I still can't figure out how to
|||| register.
|||| Summarizing from my original post:
||||
|||| * I tried the Internet option and it said server down (or
|||| unavailable).
|||| * After a few hours and several tries I opted for the email
|||| option. I got
|||| a
|||| return that said a code had been emailed to me. I never fot the
|||| code * Now when I try to register the Internet option is not even
|||| available -
|||| only register by telephone.
|||| * I tried the telephone number provided by the wizard and I get
|||| someone in
|||| India that says the number is only for activation - not
|||| registrateio. After
|||| a lengthy discussion, I'm referred to a customer service number
|||| * I call customer service (another foreigh national) I am given the
|||| number
|||| provided by the wizard (where no help is received.
|||| * I go to MSFT newsgroup commuiteis (here) and a discussion gets
|||| started
|||| on
|||| whether or not registration is really required.
||||
|||| The sites to which you refer are primarilly for volume and
|||| educational licensing, and anti-piracy. I'm still looking for a
|||| way to register my single copy. Maybe if I uninstall my copy of
|||| Office and reinstall it It
|||| will
|||| allow the Internet option again?
||||
|||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
||||
||||| For further information, if you really want to know:
|||||
||||| Description of volume licensing with the Office 2000 Registration
||||| Wizard:
||||| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240085/en-us
|||||
|||||
||||| --�
||||| 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, Gordon asked:
|||||
|||||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
|||||| ...
|||||| Office 2000 SR-1 full product (not patched via download) was the
|||||| first version of Office to require registration.
||||||
||||||
|||||| Registration or Activation?

And to quote exactly from the KB article:

"In Office 2000 Academic edition and Office 2000 SR-1, Microsoft includes the new Registration Wizard, an easy-to-use technology that automates customer registration."


--�
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, JoAnn Paules asked:

| REGISTRATION is optional. That's when you visit the website and punch
| in your name, address, job title, etc.
|
| ACTIVATION is required. that's where you punch in the 25 digit key in
| a dialog box within the program.
|
|
| "Lee Beck" wrote in message
| ...
|| Now we've come full circle.
||
|| See DL's 11-14-07 response (ditto yours) and Millie's of 11 - 15/16
|| acknowledgement that it isn't optional.
||
|| "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
||
||| *Registration* is optional. *Activation* is required.
|||
||| --
||| JoAnn Paules
||| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
|||
||| ~~~~~
||| How to ask a question
||| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
|||
|||
||| "Lee Beck" wrote in message
||| ...
|||| Thanks, Milly. Yours is the first response that appears to
|||| acknowledge that
|||| my legally purchased Office 2000 will become useless if I continue
|||| to use
|||| it
|||| without registering it. However, I still can't figure out how to
|||| register.
|||| Summarizing from my original post:
||||
|||| * I tried the Internet option and it said server down (or
|||| unavailable).
|||| * After a few hours and several tries I opted for the email
|||| option. I got
|||| a
|||| return that said a code had been emailed to me. I never fot the
|||| code * Now when I try to register the Internet option is not even
|||| available -
|||| only register by telephone.
|||| * I tried the telephone number provided by the wizard and I get
|||| someone in
|||| India that says the number is only for activation - not
|||| registrateio. After
|||| a lengthy discussion, I'm referred to a customer service number
|||| * I call customer service (another foreigh national) I am given the
|||| number
|||| provided by the wizard (where no help is received.
|||| * I go to MSFT newsgroup commuiteis (here) and a discussion gets
|||| started
|||| on
|||| whether or not registration is really required.
||||
|||| The sites to which you refer are primarilly for volume and
|||| educational licensing, and anti-piracy. I'm still looking for a
|||| way to register my single copy. Maybe if I uninstall my copy of
|||| Office and reinstall it It
|||| will
|||| allow the Internet option again?
||||
|||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
||||
||||| For further information, if you really want to know:
|||||
||||| Description of volume licensing with the Office 2000 Registration
||||| Wizard:
||||| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240085/en-us
|||||
|||||
||||| --�
||||| 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, Gordon asked:
|||||
|||||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
|||||| ...
|||||| Office 2000 SR-1 full product (not patched via download) was the
|||||| first version of Office to require registration.
||||||
||||||
|||||| Registration or Activation?

I think I installed Office 2000 back in about 2002 for the last time - and
it could even have been before that. I don't remember going thru all of that
but then again, I don't remember driving home from work last evening. ;-)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
...
And to quote exactly from the KB article:

"In Office 2000 Academic edition and Office 2000 SR-1, Microsoft includes
the new Registration Wizard, an easy-to-use technology that automates
customer registration."


--�
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, JoAnn Paules asked:

| REGISTRATION is optional. That's when you visit the website and punch
| in your name, address, job title, etc.
|
| ACTIVATION is required. that's where you punch in the 25 digit key in
| a dialog box within the program.
|
|
| "Lee Beck" wrote in message
| ...
|| Now we've come full circle.
||
|| See DL's 11-14-07 response (ditto yours) and Millie's of 11 - 15/16
|| acknowledgement that it isn't optional.
||
|| "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
||
||| *Registration* is optional. *Activation* is required.
|||
||| --
||| JoAnn Paules
||| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
|||
||| ~~~~~
||| How to ask a question
||| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
|||
|||
||| "Lee Beck" wrote in message
||| ...
|||| Thanks, Milly. Yours is the first response that appears to
|||| acknowledge that
|||| my legally purchased Office 2000 will become useless if I continue
|||| to use
|||| it
|||| without registering it. However, I still can't figure out how to
|||| register.
|||| Summarizing from my original post:
||||
|||| * I tried the Internet option and it said server down (or
|||| unavailable).
|||| * After a few hours and several tries I opted for the email
|||| option. I got
|||| a
|||| return that said a code had been emailed to me. I never fot the
|||| code * Now when I try to register the Internet option is not even
|||| available -
|||| only register by telephone.
|||| * I tried the telephone number provided by the wizard and I get
|||| someone in
|||| India that says the number is only for activation - not
|||| registrateio. After
|||| a lengthy discussion, I'm referred to a customer service number
|||| * I call customer service (another foreigh national) I am given the
|||| number
|||| provided by the wizard (where no help is received.
|||| * I go to MSFT newsgroup commuiteis (here) and a discussion gets
|||| started
|||| on
|||| whether or not registration is really required.
||||
|||| The sites to which you refer are primarilly for volume and
|||| educational licensing, and anti-piracy. I'm still looking for a
|||| way to register my single copy. Maybe if I uninstall my copy of
|||| Office and reinstall it It
|||| will
|||| allow the Internet option again?
||||
|||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
||||
||||| For further information, if you really want to know:
|||||
||||| Description of volume licensing with the Office 2000 Registration
||||| Wizard:
||||| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240085/en-us
|||||
|||||
||||| --�
||||| 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, Gordon asked:
|||||
|||||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
|||||| ...
|||||| Office 2000 SR-1 full product (not patched via download) was the
|||||| first version of Office to require registration.
||||||
||||||
|||||| Registration or Activation?

Ah, ain't Happy Hour a grand invention? I have used it often myself.

--�
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, JoAnn Paules asked:

| I think I installed Office 2000 back in about 2002 for the last time
| - and it could even have been before that. I don't remember going
| thru all of that but then again, I don't remember driving home from
| work last evening. ;-)
|
|
|| REGISTRATION is optional. That's when you visit the website and punch
|| in your name, address, job title, etc.
||
|| ACTIVATION is required. that's where you punch in the 25 digit key in
|| a dialog box within the program.
||
||
|| "Lee Beck" wrote in message
|| ...
||| Now we've come full circle.
|||
||| See DL's 11-14-07 response (ditto yours) and Millie's of 11 - 15/16
||| acknowledgement that it isn't optional.
|||
||| "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
|||
|||| *Registration* is optional. *Activation* is required.
||||
|||| --
|||| JoAnn Paules
|||| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
||||
|||| ~~~~~
|||| How to ask a question
|||| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||||
||||
|||| "Lee Beck" wrote in message
|||| ...
||||| Thanks, Milly. Yours is the first response that appears to
||||| acknowledge that
||||| my legally purchased Office 2000 will become useless if I continue
||||| to use
||||| it
||||| without registering it. However, I still can't figure out how to
||||| register.
||||| Summarizing from my original post:
|||||
||||| * I tried the Internet option and it said server down (or
||||| unavailable).
||||| * After a few hours and several tries I opted for the email
||||| option. I got
||||| a
||||| return that said a code had been emailed to me. I never fot the
||||| code * Now when I try to register the Internet option is not even
||||| available -
||||| only register by telephone.
||||| * I tried the telephone number provided by the wizard and I get
||||| someone in
||||| India that says the number is only for activation - not
||||| registrateio. After
||||| a lengthy discussion, I'm referred to a customer service number
||||| * I call customer service (another foreigh national) I am given
||||| the number
||||| provided by the wizard (where no help is received.
||||| * I go to MSFT newsgroup commuiteis (here) and a discussion gets
||||| started
||||| on
||||| whether or not registration is really required.
|||||
||||| The sites to which you refer are primarilly for volume and
||||| educational licensing, and anti-piracy. I'm still looking for a
||||| way to register my single copy. Maybe if I uninstall my copy of
||||| Office and reinstall it It
||||| will
||||| allow the Internet option again?
|||||
||||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|||||
|||||| For further information, if you really want to know:
||||||
|||||| Description of volume licensing with the Office 2000 Registration
|||||| Wizard:
|||||| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240085/en-us
||||||
||||||
|||||| --�
|||||| 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, Gordon asked:
||||||
||||||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
||||||| ...
||||||| Office 2000 SR-1 full product (not patched via download) was the
||||||| first version of Office to require registration.
|||||||
|||||||
||||||| Registration or Activation?

Been away. Check this information as to Mandatory registration...(I used
wrong term for O2K) ... Hope it solves your problem..

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818798


"LVTravel" wrote in message
...
You don't need to register to use the software, you need to activate it.
If the software won't activate by using the 25 character key on the
internet, you will need to use the telephone activation method, call the
telephone number that comes up during the activation phase.


"Lee Beck" wrote in message
news
I have been able to successfully reinstall Office 2000 Premium after
reformatting my HDD and reinstalling XP/SP2. However, after first start,
I
get a message that I can use office 50 times (I think) before being
required
to register. I had some time yesterday so I decided to register. Tried
the
Internet option and it said "server down - try again later" or something
to
that effect. After an hour or so with the same message, I decided to try
to
register by email. I filled out the required info, and then tried to
register. The wizard gives me a 17 alphanumeric code and asks for my
confirmation, which apparently was supposed to be sent by email (though
this
isn't actually said). It's been about 36 hours without any email from
MSFT
(yes, I checked my spam filter) so I decided to try by internet again.
To my
shagrin the wizard will not allow that option now. It continues to ask
me
for confirmation that I never received.

There also is an option to register by telephone, so I call that number
and
spoke with India. He said that he can help me only with activation, and
gave
me customer service number (also in India or that region of the world).
CS
gave me the number for activation. I told her I already had spoken with
that
number. She said that she can transfer me to paid support and for $50 I
can
talk to someone else. I balked and said that I never before have had to
pay
to reinstall software that I have legally purchased.

Long story, but bottom line is that I need to know how to register Office
so
that I can continue to use it. I have the original CDs and product key.