Invalid MSDN product key for MS Office Standard Edition 2003

After purchasing a laptop with a trial version of MS Office Standard Edition
2003, I was hoping to convert it to a permanent version with my MSDN
Subscriber license product key. I got a product key for the Professional
Edition which it says also should work with Standard, but when I enter it,
it tells me it is an invalid key. Any help?

Thanks much, Eric

I should also mention that I was prompted for the license key following a
Windows Update including the Genuine Validation software. Prior to that I
was using an installed version of Office 2000, not the trial version of
Office 2003. When I looked online for help, it said one of the possible
problems was that the two versions were not in sync, and that I should
delete the older one so that they were not in conflict. I have already
deleted the Office 2000 suite, but kept Outlook 2000 which still works and
doesn't prompt me for a product key. I'm afraid if I delete it, the 2003
version will not work either.
"Eric Manko" wrote in message
...
After purchasing a laptop with a trial version of MS Office Standard
Edition 2003, I was hoping to convert it to a permanent version with my
MSDN Subscriber license product key. I got a product key for the
Professional Edition which it says also should work with Standard, but
when I enter it, it tells me it is an invalid key. Any help?

Thanks much, Eric

Hi Eric,

If your MSDN subscription includes MS Office 2003
then you can obtain a license key either online
through http://msdn.microsoft.com or by calling the
folks at MSDN subscription support along with obtaining
the Office 2003 CDs through either method.

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"Eric Manko" wrote in message ...
After purchasing a laptop with a trial version of MS Office Standard Edition
2003, I was hoping to convert it to a permanent version with my MSDN
Subscriber license product key. I got a product key for the Professional
Edition which it says also should work with Standard, but when I enter it,
it tells me it is an invalid key. Any help?

Thanks much, Eric
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NO. The key from MSDN will *NOT* work to convert your Office Trial =
version. And yes the Professional version will work with the Standard =
version because it is the same key and will *ONLY* work if you =
downloaded the Standard version from the MSDN download site. Since the =
latter is not the case, the key that you got now is of no use.

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Peter

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