activating new office 2003

My compu7ter came with Office Basic installed on it, but my activation key on
the disc jacket shows it is for Teacher and Student. When I try to activate
word it says invalid key. I went in to regedit to find which edition I have
and it shows Basic and there is no product ID or number or anything to help
anymore. What am I to do? The Programs menu shows Powerpoint and the other
programs associated with T&S but I can't access them.Any feedback will help.
Thanks a million

rob wrote:
My compu7ter came with Office Basic installed on it, but my
activation key on the disc jacket shows it is for Teacher and
Student. When I try to activate word it says invalid key. I went in
to regedit to find which edition I have and it shows Basic and there
is no product ID or number or anything to help anymore. What am I to
do? The Programs menu shows Powerpoint and the other programs
associated with T&S but I can't access them.Any feedback will help.
Thanks a million

And the reason you're posting here and not contacting the vendor is...? You
have a new computer, therefore the software is OEM. MS will not assist with
OEM software, you need to contact the vendor and take this up with them.

Well,Miss Tick the reason I tried here is because I was redirected
back to Microsoft when I tried to get answers from Compaq. And so I came
here to try to get a legitimate answer from someone who might know something
of some value, but that obviously is not the case. I will redirect my energy
somewhere more knowledgable on the subject of MICROSOFT. All I want is
someone to tell me that I have the wrong key or the wrong software and
possibly how to remedy the problem!?"!@#
"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote:

rob wrote:
My compu7ter came with Office Basic installed on it, but my
activation key on the disc jacket shows it is for Teacher and
Student. When I try to activate word it says invalid key. I went in
to regedit to find which edition I have and it shows Basic and there
is no product ID or number or anything to help anymore. What am I to
do? The Programs menu shows Powerpoint and the other programs
associated with T&S but I can't access them.Any feedback will help.
Thanks a million

And the reason you're posting here and not contacting the vendor is...? You
have a new computer, therefore the software is OEM. MS will not assist with
OEM software, you need to contact the vendor and take this up with them.

rob wrote:
Well,Miss Tick the reason I tried here is because I was redirected
back to Microsoft when I tried to get answers from Compaq.

This isn't Microsoft, it's a peer-to-peer newsgroup. HP built the computer,
they sold you the computer, they are responsible for all support -
*including* keys and media - IOW software. MS only supply the software to
the OEM, they are *NOT* responsible for support - that falls to the OEM (of
course I'm assuming that you even know what OEM means).

MS will not assist you - you do not qualify for any support from them. OK,
you don't qualify for any free support. They might offer you paid incident
support, at £50 a time, but you don't qualify for free support. Besides, why
on earth should MS know what HP sold - or didn't sell - you?!


And so I
came here to try to get a legitimate answer from someone who might
know something of some value, but that obviously is not the case.

Not my problem you're an idiot.

I
will redirect my energy somewhere more knowledgable on the subject of
MICROSOFT.

And what part of the phrase "MS will not assist with OEM supplied software"
are you having problems with, exactly. Do tell, and I'll try to elaborate.
I'd love to know where elseyou think you're going to ask. You're just going
to receive the same response elsewhere.

All I want is someone to tell me that I have the wrong key
or the wrong software and possibly how to remedy the problem!?"!@#

And that, you f**kwit, would be HP. They built the system, they sold you the
system and, as the OEM, they are responsible for all support of the system.
If you think that *THEY* sold you the wrong software then that is for *YOU*
to take up with *THE* *VENDOR* (ie. *HP*), not a peer-to-peer newsgroup
(what you think anyone here can do about it, I really don't know), nor
Microsoft. It isn't Microsoft's problem; it's between you and the vendor
(i.e. HP).

Where else you're going to go I've no idea.

Your a stupid c*unt. Do you work for microsoft? No. So don't speak for
microsoft.No one gives a sh*it what you think.
"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote in message
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rob wrote:
Well,Miss Tick the reason I tried here is because I was redirected
back to Microsoft when I tried to get answers from Compaq.

This isn't Microsoft, it's a peer-to-peer newsgroup. HP built the
computer, they sold you the computer, they are responsible for all
support - *including* keys and media - IOW software. MS only supply the
software to the OEM, they are *NOT* responsible for support - that falls
to the OEM (of course I'm assuming that you even know what OEM means).

MS will not assist you - you do not qualify for any support from them. OK,
you don't qualify for any free support. They might offer you paid incident
support, at £50 a time, but you don't qualify for free support. Besides,
why on earth should MS know what HP sold - or didn't sell - you?!


And so I
came here to try to get a legitimate answer from someone who might
know something of some value, but that obviously is not the case.

Not my problem you're an idiot.

I
will redirect my energy somewhere more knowledgable on the subject of
MICROSOFT.

And what part of the phrase "MS will not assist with OEM supplied
software" are you having problems with, exactly. Do tell, and I'll try to
elaborate. I'd love to know where elseyou think you're going to ask.
You're just going to receive the same response elsewhere.

All I want is someone to tell me that I have the wrong key
or the wrong software and possibly how to remedy the problem!?"!@#

And that, you f**kwit, would be HP. They built the system, they sold you
the system and, as the OEM, they are responsible for all support of the
system. If you think that *THEY* sold you the wrong software then that is
for *YOU* to take up with *THE* *VENDOR* (ie. *HP*), not a peer-to-peer
newsgroup (what you think anyone here can do about it, I really don't
know), nor Microsoft. It isn't Microsoft's problem; it's between you and
the vendor (i.e. HP).

Where else you're going to go I've no idea.