Office XP Help!!!!!!!

[xxsk8er101xx]

I have a legal full blown version of office xp pro and i installed it on my laptop and on my other hard drive now i want to install it on my new hard drive i got and it won't let me activate it i should say!? says it's been already installed? whats up with that? does anyone know a way around this or whats up with it?

If i uninstall it from my old hard drive to the new one would that work?

thanks!

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[blah]

"" does anyone know a way around this or whats up with it?

""

Yep, call MS customer support... heh

"" If i uninstall it from my old hard drive to the new one would that work? ""

Try it... heh, you can always reinstall it to the same drive (I hope ;O)

Post, we'll do the "search"...

 

[xxsk8er101xx]

whats the "toll-free" number? they don't even give me the number to call?

and no uninstalling it doesn't disactivate it. how sucky! i'm tempted to use office 2000!

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[jc14all]

Feel victimized call: <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/PIRACY/basics/activation/mpavlfaq.asp" target="_new">1-888-652-2342</A> help at the end of you finger tips.

Ooops, thats the Volume Licensing #, but they should be able to redirect you.

JC-------<*){{{>{~~~~~
Fisher of men<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by jc14all on 09/08/01 04:09 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[blah]

""drive now i want to install it on my new hard drive""

what was up with the old drive, cant you live with the original installation? or can you be more clear about what is the "new drive" you got, where did you put it, and what is on it, what "old" drive is doing now, etc... heh

Post, we'll do the "search"...

 

[wwildbh]

Wait, Is it running or does it say that it's "Already registered"?

 

[xxsk8er101xx]

it works .. i have another 44 times to open it before it won't work anymore... i already installed it on 2 machines and i got a newer harddrive (actually my harddrive replacement i sent in for a RMA - but it is newer because they sent me a newer model) and i want to install it on there but says it as been registered to many times or whatever. soooo ya...

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[blah]

The only answer you can get now is to call MS activation support and repeat all you just have said about RMA'ed drive and blah blah blah, so the support person could issue another registration number for your wonderful Office XP.



Post, we'll do the "search"...

 

[Morwing]

You can try to use RegEdit to search any references to OfficeXP in registry and remove them. But remember to make backup of the registry files b4 tampering there =)

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