Ok firstly please don't have a pop at me, I really am asking for a friend!!

They have obtained a cracked copy of Office 2007, which on XP was working
fine and dandy, with the only exception that it wont do windows update.

They have now installed it on a new laptop with Vista and it seems not to be
recognising the license code and telling them they only have 19 uses left.

Is this an issue withe Office on Vista and the increased security and can
this be overcome, ie is there a serial which will be recognised by Vista??

Thanks in advance

Under the law, the thief and the thief's accomplices are equally guilty
of the crime.

Adders wrote:

> Ok firstly please don't have a pop at me, I really am asking for a friend!!
>
> They have obtained a cracked copy of Office 2007, which on XP was working
> fine and dandy, with the only exception that it wont do windows update.
>
> They have now installed it on a new laptop with Vista and it seems not to be
> recognising the license code and telling them they only have 19 uses left.
>
> Is this an issue withe Office on Vista and the increased security and can
> this be overcome, ie is there a serial which will be recognised by Vista??
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>

And we're supposed to help the thief continue to use bootleg software?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Adders" <adders66@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:nGCjj.211999$S37.181156@fe3.news.blueyonder.c o.uk...
> Ok firstly please don't have a pop at me, I really am asking for a
> friend!!
>
> They have obtained a cracked copy of Office 2007, which on XP was working
> fine and dandy, with the only exception that it wont do windows update.
>
> They have now installed it on a new laptop with Vista and it seems not to
> be recognising the license code and telling them they only have 19 uses
> left.
>
> Is this an issue withe Office on Vista and the increased security and can
> this be overcome, ie is there a serial which will be recognised by Vista??
>
> Thanks in advance
>

Adders wrote:
> Ok firstly please don't have a pop at me, I really am asking for a friend!!
>
> They have obtained a cracked copy of Office 2007, which on XP was working
> fine and dandy, with the only exception that it wont do windows update.
>
> They have now installed it on a new laptop with Vista and it seems not to be
> recognising the license code and telling them they only have 19 uses left.
>
> Is this an issue withe Office on Vista and the increased security and can
> this be overcome, ie is there a serial which will be recognised by Vista??
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>

Try this: http://www.openoffice.org/

Alias

let him without sin cast the first stone!

i didn't need sanctimonious pontificating from people who i am sure have
never done anything wrong in their lives!!!!

"JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote in message
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> And we're supposed to help the thief continue to use bootleg software?
>
> --
> JoAnn Paules
> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
>
> ~~~~~
> How to ask a question
> http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>
>
> "Adders" <adders66@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:nGCjj.211999$S37.181156@fe3.news.blueyonder.c o.uk...
>> Ok firstly please don't have a pop at me, I really am asking for a
>> friend!!
>>
>> They have obtained a cracked copy of Office 2007, which on XP was working
>> fine and dandy, with the only exception that it wont do windows update.
>>
>> They have now installed it on a new laptop with Vista and it seems not to
>> be recognising the license code and telling them they only have 19 uses
>> left.
>>
>> Is this an issue withe Office on Vista and the increased security and can
>> this be overcome, ie is there a serial which will be recognised by
>> Vista??
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>
>

> i didn't need sanctimonious pontificating from people who i am sure have
> never done anything wrong in their lives!!!!

I was raised Protestant. Pontificating is against my religion, such as what's
left of it is.

But:

You might want to reconsider the wisdom of asking, in a forum sponsored by
Microsoft and housed on MicroSoft servers, how to steal software from
Microsoft.

fair point steve!!


"Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com> wrote in message
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>
>> i didn't need sanctimonious pontificating from people who i am sure have
>> never done anything wrong in their lives!!!!
>
> I was raised Protestant. Pontificating is against my religion, such as
> what's
> left of it is.
>
> But:
>
> You might want to reconsider the wisdom of asking, in a forum sponsored by
> Microsoft and housed on MicroSoft servers, how to steal software from
> Microsoft.
>
>
>