Office 2000 Short CD Key

Last year I installed the Office 2003 trial beta, and uninstalled it to find
my Office 2000 applications had been eliminated underneath. Now I'm trying to
reinstall Office 2000 (on XP home), but setup prompts for a 25-character CD
key. The sticker on my box (yes,I still have the case!) is only 10 digits,
and setup won't accept only those 10 digits. Help!

Ned wrote:
Last year I installed the Office 2003 trial beta, and uninstalled it
to find my Office 2000 applications had been eliminated underneath.
Now I'm trying to reinstall Office 2000 (on XP home), but setup
prompts for a 25-character CD key. The sticker on my box (yes,I still
have the case!) is only 10 digits, and setup won't accept only those
10 digits. Help!


Then you're not using the correct number - the installation code is in the
form 12345-ABCDE-67890-FGHIJ-11121 - on a yellow sticker marked "Do not lose
this number!". - it's in the middle of the jewel case. Sounds to me like
you're attempting to install using the CD identification key, which is on a
*WHITE* sticker at the bottom right of the case. Either that, or the case
you have is for Office 97 - the key for that is in the form 123-4567890.

If you no longer have it, then you're SOL as all support - including
replacement keys and media - was discontinued at the end of June last year.

--
Facon - the artificial bacon bits you get in Pizza Hut for sprinkling
on salads.

Thanks for the help, but here's the deal: I'm really not hallucinating. It's
an Office 2000 Premium case, with Office 2000 Premium disks,all of which I
bought new in 2000 and have kept together. On the back of the case is a
yellow label that says "CD KEY" and reports a 10-digit number. The printing
on the card inside the CD case, below the sticker, reads "Don't lose this
number." There is also a "CD SET" number on a white sticker above the yellow
one.

And in fact, I have used exactly that number to install this software
several times as I have upgraded my PC over the years. The only difference
now is this: I installed the Office 2003 Preview Pack. (I had to do so for a
bookk I wrote about Frontpage 2003.) In doing so, I selected the option to
preserve my old versions underneath, but no matter; the preview pack wiped
them out, and now Office 2000 won't re-install.

Am I paranoid if I think this is a way to force an upgrade? Perhaps, but it
wouldn't be out of character.

"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote:

Ned wrote:
Last year I installed the Office 2003 trial beta, and uninstalled it
to find my Office 2000 applications had been eliminated underneath.
Now I'm trying to reinstall Office 2000 (on XP home), but setup
prompts for a 25-character CD key. The sticker on my box (yes,I still
have the case!) is only 10 digits, and setup won't accept only those
10 digits. Help!


Then you're not using the correct number - the installation code is in the
form 12345-ABCDE-67890-FGHIJ-11121 - on a yellow sticker marked "Do not lose
this number!". - it's in the middle of the jewel case. Sounds to me like
you're attempting to install using the CD identification key, which is on a
*WHITE* sticker at the bottom right of the case. Either that, or the case
you have is for Office 97 - the key for that is in the form 123-4567890.

If you no longer have it, then you're SOL as all support - including
replacement keys and media - was discontinued at the end of June last year.

--
Facon - the artificial bacon bits you get in Pizza Hut for sprinkling
on salads.

Ned wrote:
Thanks for the help, but here's the deal: I'm really not
hallucinating. It's an Office 2000 Premium case, with Office 2000
Premium disks,all of which I bought new in 2000 and have kept
together. On the back of the case is a yellow label that says "CD
KEY" and reports a 10-digit number. The printing on the card inside
the CD case, below the sticker, reads "Don't lose this number." There
is also a "CD SET" number on a white sticker above the yellow one.

Sorry, but you are! ;o) The installation key for Office 2000 was a
25-character alphanumeric key - Office 97 was the last version to have a
ten-digit key. So you're either not installing Office 2000 (but 97) or you
have the wrong case - it's as simple as that. I'm right you, my friend, are
100% *WRONG*. Don't believe me? Ring Microsoft and *ASK*.


And in fact, I have used exactly that number to install this software
several times as I have upgraded my PC over the years.

Sorry, but you have *NOT*! - that's 100% *IMPOSSIBLE*. You are not using the
correct key, end of story.

The only
difference now is this: I installed the Office 2003 Preview Pack. (I
had to do so for a bookk I wrote about Frontpage 2003.) In doing so,
I selected the option to preserve my old versions underneath, but no
matter; the preview pack wiped them out, and now Office 2000 won't
re-install.

Nothing whatsoever to do with it - you're using the wrong key, full stop.
Maybe I need to spell that out to you....

Am I paranoid if I think this is a way to force an upgrade? Perhaps,
but it wouldn't be out of character.


Yes it would. Let me spell this out to you in words of one syllable YOU ARE
U-SING THE WRONG KEY. Got that? No? Let me try again - YOU ARE USING THE
WRONG KEY!! Oh and YOU ARE PARANOID! You need a shrink.

Has that penetrated? Probably not, but no one can say I didn't try...



--
Facon - the artificial bacon bits you get in Pizza Hut for sprinkling
on salads.

Perhaps you misread the tone of my previous reply. You may want to re-read
it, and observe that nowhere in it was I critical of you. I have what I have.
Stranger things have happened.

I'll drop out now. But in line with "needing a shrink" look at the cruelty
and venom in your reply. Nothing I wrote reasonably provoked such a hateful
response. You may want to explore why you have so much rage that you need to
spill it all over people who have done nothing to hurt you.

Thanks anyway (honestly) for trying to solve my problem.

Ned

"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote:

Ned wrote:
Thanks for the help, but here's the deal: I'm really not
hallucinating. It's an Office 2000 Premium case, with Office 2000
Premium disks,all of which I bought new in 2000 and have kept
together. On the back of the case is a yellow label that says "CD
KEY" and reports a 10-digit number. The printing on the card inside
the CD case, below the sticker, reads "Don't lose this number." There
is also a "CD SET" number on a white sticker above the yellow one.

Sorry, but you are! ;o) The installation key for Office 2000 was a
25-character alphanumeric key - Office 97 was the last version to have a
ten-digit key. So you're either not installing Office 2000 (but 97) or you
have the wrong case - it's as simple as that. I'm right you, my friend, are
100% *WRONG*. Don't believe me? Ring Microsoft and *ASK*.


And in fact, I have used exactly that number to install this software
several times as I have upgraded my PC over the years.

Sorry, but you have *NOT*! - that's 100% *IMPOSSIBLE*. You are not using the
correct key, end of story.

The only
difference now is this: I installed the Office 2003 Preview Pack. (I
had to do so for a bookk I wrote about Frontpage 2003.) In doing so,
I selected the option to preserve my old versions underneath, but no
matter; the preview pack wiped them out, and now Office 2000 won't
re-install.

Nothing whatsoever to do with it - you're using the wrong key, full stop.
Maybe I need to spell that out to you....

Am I paranoid if I think this is a way to force an upgrade? Perhaps,
but it wouldn't be out of character.


Yes it would. Let me spell this out to you in words of one syllable YOU ARE
U-SING THE WRONG KEY. Got that? No? Let me try again - YOU ARE USING THE
WRONG KEY!! Oh and YOU ARE PARANOID! You need a shrink.

Has that penetrated? Probably not, but no one can say I didn't try...



--
Facon - the artificial bacon bits you get in Pizza Hut for sprinkling
on salads.

Ned wrote:
Perhaps you misread the tone of my previous reply. You may want to
re-read it, and observe that nowhere in it was I critical of you. I
have what I have. Stranger things have happened.

I misread nothing - you were the one insisting that you installed Office
with a 10 character key! You're delusional. But, like I said, there's help
you can get for that...


I'll drop out now. But in line with "needing a shrink" look at the
cruelty and venom in your reply. Nothing I wrote reasonably provoked
such a hateful response. You may want to explore why you have so much
rage that you need to spill it all over people who have done nothing
to hurt you.

OK, I apologise if I came across a little strong, but you're delusional.
Seriously.

Thanks anyway (honestly) for trying to solve my problem.

Ned





--
Facon - the artificial bacon bits you get in Pizza Hut for sprinkling
on salads.