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i cant avtivate either!!
i just downloaded my trial of microsoft and i cant activate either...when i
click on "I want to activate the software over the internet" it saids..."The activation wizard is unable to find a connection to the internet. Please make sure that your connection is working properly and then retry in a few minutes." but when i check to see if my internet connection is working it's working fine.. i can even "connect to microsoft office online" on one of the programs (which i cant even use because i havent activated it) so what could possibly be the problem!!!!!! if i could please get a response ASAP because i need this for a school project as well! |
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i cant avtivate either!!
I don't think there is a downloadable trial of Publisher 2003., I think its
only on trial CD. "jennifer" wrote in message ... |i just downloaded my trial of microsoft and i cant activate either...when i | click on "I want to activate the software over the internet" it saids..."The | activation wizard is unable to find a connection to the internet. Please make | sure that your connection is working properly and then retry in a few | minutes." but when i check to see if my internet connection is working it's | working fine.. i can even "connect to microsoft office online" on one of the | programs (which i cant even use because i havent activated it) so what could | possibly be the problem!!!!!! if i could please get a response ASAP because i | need this for a school project as well! |
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i cant avtivate either!!
Jennifer ...
I was the person who originally posted this message and I never did get the trial to work. The only thing I found out was that it *might* have been due to having had installed a previous version of the software (or some version of Microsoft Office). Microsoft never responded to my request for support and I finally just gave up and got a copy of a program called Page Plus ... and it seemed pretty good although I ended just farming the project out to my typesetter instead!! I wonder how many sales Microsoft lost by failing to provide help for people who wanted to buy their product but couldn't activate the trial? Anyway ... .good luck! Barbara "jennifer" wrote: i just downloaded my trial of microsoft and i cant activate either...when i click on "I want to activate the software over the internet" it saids..."The activation wizard is unable to find a connection to the internet. Please make sure that your connection is working properly and then retry in a few minutes." but when i check to see if my internet connection is working it's working fine.. i can even "connect to microsoft office online" on one of the programs (which i cant even use because i havent activated it) so what could possibly be the problem!!!!!! if i could please get a response ASAP because i need this for a school project as well! |
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i cant avtivate either!!
I don't know what this is, because I didn't know there were trial versions
of Office. But, I know from using other trial versions, some (a lot) only let you have one trial. If you try and put it in again, it has set a reg key or something, that tells it and doesn't let it go in again. Maybe if you wiped the hardrive and reinstalled Windows, you could again. And, I don't know if this applies to this problem of installing trial versions and activating them. ~ Carrie "B Bigham" wrote in message news Jennifer ... I was the person who originally posted this message and I never did get the trial to work. The only thing I found out was that it *might* have been due to having had installed a previous version of the software (or some version of Microsoft Office). Microsoft never responded to my request for support and I finally just gave up and got a copy of a program called Page Plus ... and it seemed pretty good although I ended just farming the project out to my typesetter instead!! I wonder how many sales Microsoft lost by failing to provide help for people who wanted to buy their product but couldn't activate the trial? Anyway ... .good luck! Barbara "jennifer" wrote: i just downloaded my trial of microsoft and i cant activate either...when i click on "I want to activate the software over the internet" it saids..."The activation wizard is unable to find a connection to the internet. Please make sure that your connection is working properly and then retry in a few minutes." but when i check to see if my internet connection is working it's working fine.. i can even "connect to microsoft office online" on one of the programs (which i cant even use because i havent activated it) so what could possibly be the problem!!!!!! if i could please get a response ASAP because i need this for a school project as well! |
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i cant avtivate either!!
jennifer wrote:
i just downloaded my trial of microsoft and i cant activate either...when i click on "I want to activate the software over the internet" it saids..."The activation wizard is unable to find a connection to the internet. Please make sure that your connection is working properly and then retry in a few minutes." but when i check to see if my internet connection is working it's working fine.. i can even "connect to microsoft office online" on one of the programs (which i cant even use because i havent activated it) so what could possibly be the problem!!!!!! if i could please get a response ASAP because i need this for a school project as well! ================================== Since there is no download for MS Publisher I'm guessing you ordered the CD and are trying to install / activate it? Have a look at these articles: (828958) How to activate a license in Office programs http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828958/en-us (326851) Activation and Registration of a Microsoft Product http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326851 -- John Inzer |
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i cant avtivate either!!
Apparently the problem was a pre-installed full, purchased version of MS
Office -- not a trial program. Crazy, huh? Barbara "Carrie" wrote: I don't know what this is, because I didn't know there were trial versions of Office. But, I know from using other trial versions, some (a lot) only let you have one trial. If you try and put it in again, it has set a reg key or something, that tells it and doesn't let it go in again. Maybe if you wiped the hardrive and reinstalled Windows, you could again. And, I don't know if this applies to this problem of installing trial versions and activating them. ~ Carrie "B Bigham" wrote in message news Jennifer ... I was the person who originally posted this message and I never did get the trial to work. The only thing I found out was that it *might* have been due to having had installed a previous version of the software (or some version of Microsoft Office). Microsoft never responded to my request for support and I finally just gave up and got a copy of a program called Page Plus ... and it seemed pretty good although I ended just farming the project out to my typesetter instead!! I wonder how many sales Microsoft lost by failing to provide help for people who wanted to buy their product but couldn't activate the trial? Anyway ... .good luck! Barbara "jennifer" wrote: i just downloaded my trial of microsoft and i cant activate either...when i click on "I want to activate the software over the internet" it saids..."The activation wizard is unable to find a connection to the internet. Please make sure that your connection is working properly and then retry in a few minutes." but when i check to see if my internet connection is working it's working fine.. i can even "connect to microsoft office online" on one of the programs (which i cant even use because i havent activated it) so what could possibly be the problem!!!!!! if i could please get a response ASAP because i need this for a school project as well! |
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John,
She's having problems "avtivating" not activating :-) "John Inzer" wrote in message ... | jennifer wrote: | i just downloaded my trial of microsoft and i cant | activate either...when i click on "I want to activate the | software over the internet" it saids..."The activation | wizard is unable to find a connection to the internet. | Please make sure that your connection is working properly | and then retry in a few minutes." but when i check to see | if my internet connection is working it's working fine.. | i can even "connect to microsoft office online" on one of | the programs (which i cant even use because i havent | activated it) so what could possibly be the problem!!!!!! | if i could please get a response ASAP because i need this | for a school project as well! | ================================== | Since there is no download for MS Publisher I'm | guessing you ordered the CD and are trying to | install / activate it? | | Have a look at these articles: | | (828958) How to activate a license in Office programs | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828958/en-us | | (326851) Activation and Registration of a | Microsoft Product | http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326851 | | -- | | John Inzer | | |
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i cant avtivate either!!
Rob Giordano (Crash) wrote:
John, She's having problems "avtivating" not activating :-) ================================ I post more than a few typos myself... c is adjacent to v afterall. -- John Inzer |
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i cant avtivate either!!
Hi. I've been trying for three days to get the trial activated. I very
possibly have just lost a job over the whole thing. When I bought the computer it had a 60 day trial installed--I never activated it--I was told it had expired when I contacted them 3 days ago. How can something that has never even been accessed expire? You are right--Microsost will be losing business at a far greater rate than they think. Not providing tech support for your own product is inexcusable. Thaks for letting me rant. "B Bigham" wrote: Jennifer ... I was the person who originally posted this message and I never did get the trial to work. The only thing I found out was that it *might* have been due to having had installed a previous version of the software (or some version of Microsoft Office). Microsoft never responded to my request for support and I finally just gave up and got a copy of a program called Page Plus ... and it seemed pretty good although I ended just farming the project out to my typesetter instead!! I wonder how many sales Microsoft lost by failing to provide help for people who wanted to buy their product but couldn't activate the trial? Anyway ... .good luck! Barbara "jennifer" wrote: i just downloaded my trial of microsoft and i cant activate either...when i click on "I want to activate the software over the internet" it saids..."The activation wizard is unable to find a connection to the internet. Please make sure that your connection is working properly and then retry in a few minutes." but when i check to see if my internet connection is working it's working fine.. i can even "connect to microsoft office online" on one of the programs (which i cant even use because i havent activated it) so what could possibly be the problem!!!!!! if i could please get a response ASAP because i need this for a school project as well! |
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i cant avtivate either!!
I just spoke with Microsoft and was told--"We don't provide support for trial
versions. You have to purchase the full version." I proceeded to tell him that the Attorney General for the state of Arkansas is going to have a FIELD DAY with the class action suit which will be filed shortly. Fraud and misrepresentation are the first charges that come to mind. Forcing people to buy a product is against the law--PERIOD! Good luck. "jennifer" wrote: i just downloaded my trial of microsoft and i cant activate either...when i click on "I want to activate the software over the internet" it saids..."The activation wizard is unable to find a connection to the internet. Please make sure that your connection is working properly and then retry in a few minutes." but when i check to see if my internet connection is working it's working fine.. i can even "connect to microsoft office online" on one of the programs (which i cant even use because i havent activated it) so what could possibly be the problem!!!!!! if i could please get a response ASAP because i need this for a school project as well! |
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