Re-Installing Office - Registering!!!

I have re-formatted my hard drive and have re-installed Office XP Pro. I try
re-registering the product but I get a message saying the product is already
registered on another computer - but that computer is the one ive
re-installed it on!!!!!
Please could you guide me on how to solve this problem or contact Microsoft.
Thanks
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Regards

Ashley Smart

Use the phone number on the activation window and explain...
Microsoft Activation Centers Worldwide Telephone Numbers
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/r...l/numbers.mspx

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I have re-formatted my hard drive and have re-installed Office XP Pro. I try
re-registering the product but I get a message saying the product is already
registered on another computer - but that computer is the one ive
re-installed it on!!!!!
Please could you guide me on how to solve this problem or contact Microsoft.
Thanks
--
Regards

Ashley Smart

On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 05:49:42 -0500, Mary Sauer wrote:

Use the phone number on the activation window and explain...
Microsoft Activation Centers Worldwide Telephone Numbers
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/r...l/numbers.mspx

I am going to have a similar problem. I have a machine which has Office Pro
2003 activated. I am going to have to completely rebuild the motherboard. I
may or may not be able to use the existing OS afterwards (2000 Pro). My
strategy at this point was to deactivate and uninstall Office 2003 Pro.
After rebuilding the new machine I could then reinstall and reactivate. Is
it possible to uninstall and deactivate Office 2003? If so, how?

No you can't deactivate any of the MS programs. Once you are on a
database, it is very difficult to come out of it. The cost of removing
somebody manually is exorbitant. I am on one spam database and I can't
get out of it. I stopped using an email address for about a year and
still the messages were still coming. the account was also closed for
one complete year but no effect!

What you need to do is to copy two files before formatting the HD. The
two files a

OPA11.DAT
OPA11.bak

These files are located in (default location unless changed by you):

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Microsoft\Office\Data

Also, please note that Office 2003 can be installed on two systems so if
you have used only one so far then it should be easy to install and
activate it on another.

Before copying the two files, please ensure you have renamed the new
files after reformatting to:

OPA11.001
OPA11.002

Please use common-sense when replacing the original files to avoid
headaches.

hth



MikeV06 wrote:

On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 05:49:42 -0500, Mary Sauer wrote:

Use the phone number on the activation window and explain...
Microsoft Activation Centers Worldwide Telephone Numbers
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/r...l/numbers.mspx

I am going to have a similar problem. I have a machine which has Office Pro
2003 activated. I am going to have to completely rebuild the motherboard. I
may or may not be able to use the existing OS afterwards (2000 Pro). My
strategy at this point was to deactivate and uninstall Office 2003 Pro.
After rebuilding the new machine I could then reinstall and reactivate. Is
it possible to uninstall and deactivate Office 2003? If so, how?

MikeV06 wrote:

On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 05:49:42 -0500, Mary Sauer wrote:

Use the phone number on the activation window and explain...
Microsoft Activation Centers Worldwide Telephone Numbers
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/r...l/numbers.mspx

I am going to have a similar problem. I have a machine which has Office Pro
2003 activated. I am going to have to completely rebuild the motherboard. I
may or may not be able to use the existing OS afterwards (2000 Pro). My
strategy at this point was to deactivate and uninstall Office 2003 Pro.
After rebuilding the new machine I could then reinstall and reactivate. Is
it possible to uninstall and deactivate Office 2003? If so, how?

On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 20:34:18 +0000, ANONYMOUS wrote:

No you can't deactivate any of the MS programs. Once you are on a
database, it is very difficult to come out of it. The cost of removing
somebody manually is exorbitant. I am on one spam database and I can't
get out of it. I stopped using an email address for about a year and
still the messages were still coming. the account was also closed for
one complete year but no effect!

One would think that one could do an uninstall/deactivate operation that
would use the internet to relay that info just as it does when on
activates. It should not require manual action. Indeed, if my strategy does
not work, I will need to call in and tell them to reactivate the software
thereby costing them customer support time to do so.

What you need to do is to copy two files before formatting the HD. The
two files a

OPA11.DAT
OPA11.bak

I assume these are the encrypted files containing the activation info? My
initial strategy is to replace the MB, but not reformat the hard disk. I am
going to try to do a F8 boot of Win2K Pro and try to convince the existing
system that it can use the new MB. If it does not work, I probably won't
reformat, but will simply remove the O/S directories and reinstall. Having
the OPA11 file might be useful then since the system might be smart enough
to use it in checking the 10 activation system configuration elements.

These files are located in (default location unless changed by you):

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Microsoft\Office\Data

Also, please note that Office 2003 can be installed on two systems so if
you have used only one so far then it should be easy to install and
activate it on another.

Uhm, I did not want my other activation used since it is intended for use
on my laptop. Maybe I need to update the laptop and force the use of the
2nd activation.

Before copying the two files, please ensure you have renamed the new
files after reformatting to:

OPA11.001
OPA11.002

Please use common-sense when replacing the original files to avoid
headaches.

hth

So much for the MS claim that this operation is easy and transparent to the
customer.