MY Main PC crashed hard (motherboard) so I reloaded an Older testbed PC, until I get a new PC up and running. I reloaded up XP and added my Office 2003 Pro, when I tried to Activate the product I needed to use the telephone support. The message for CANADA said that telephone support has ended for this product. Is this the future of Microsoft, Deactivating the ability to reload older products!!!!! And forcing you to buy new. (I hate Win 8, reminds me of Vista and Millennium) The only reason I bought the office pack was for Outlook and Power Point, I also purchased Word Perfect at the same time and it still loads, no problem. I realize Microsoft cannot support it forever ever BUT I cannot even activate it!!!!!!!!!!!! (run it 50 times max). - Is Microsoft trying to drive the world away from their products, looking at the new Wordperfect X6 pro, it looks better for the money. Jul 29, 2003. Re: cynjar (11:29am est tue jul 29 2003) your system doesn't have to be hooked up to the internet to get authorized. If you have no 'net connection, ms provides a phone number for you to call in and get your authorization code. If you have no 'net connection and no phone, you're just sol. I have purchased a copy of Office 2003 from a seller on Ebay who states that they have uninstalled it on their PC, but when I try to activate I get a message that it. I hated Excel/Access. Outlook Express is not even in their products any more. Now Win 8 has NO DVD player, who watches DVD's on a computer beside Gamers/Geeks and my mother, my brothers and my sisters, friends etc. We wire our PC's to our huge flat screen TV's and don't need a separate DVD Player. MS should re-evaluate DVD sales numbers, there still there. I also have some business that wire to a wall mounted flat screen in their office's and meeting rooms and need DVD support for product reviews etc.(you don't post propriety or secure info on a web site or FTP, DVD's are one shot and you can carry them with you). - Linux is also looking good, the learning curve is much smaller than Window 8 and I find that Open Office and Thunderbird/Calendar while not perfect (what is) are a viable option. My suggestion to Business now is to get your IT guys to evaluate the option of Linux and other non MS products to see if they are viable for your situation. MGJ Smith just another unhappy MS Customer.. I, too, called the regular Tech Support person first, only to be told that I needed to have 'premium' technical support for $99. He would not give me the telephone number for activation (which, as you said, no longer appears on the activation screen). Much thanks to Palcouk for his solution, especially 'Do not respond to any prompts until you reach a live human.' The living person at the activation center helped me quite willingly. I've been working on this problem for several days. Glad it is finally resolved.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
March 2018
Categories |