OT: how activate Office 2003

[Robert Baer]

Will not activate over web (1st option given), and phone number (2nd
option) is not functional.

Help??

 

On Tuesday, 5 November 2019 11:02:38 UTC, Robert Baer wrote:

Will not activate over web (1st option given), and phone number (2nd
option) is not functional.

Help??

Use LibreOffice instead?

John

 

[Martin Brown]

On 05/11/2019 11:02, Robert Baer wrote:

  Will not activate over web (1st option given), and phone number (2nd
option) is not functional.

  Help??

There is probably a hacker patch for it by now, but the activation
server was discontinued some while ago. This might help (or not)

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_install-mso_winother-mso_archive/end-of-office-2003-telephone-activation/73fbc14c-ef12-4db5-81f6-9cc379b98794

https://www.msofficeforums.com/office/19269-ms-office-2003-activation-how-work-around.html

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[Rick C]

On Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 6:02:38 AM UTC-5, Robert Baer wrote:

Will not activate over web (1st option given), and phone number (2nd
option) is not functional.

Help??

Maybe it is time limited, but I thought there was a free version of MSOffice. Maybe that's only with certain brands of PCs?

As someone else said, LibreOffice is my vote. It's imenently usable these days. In fact, I started using it when my copy of MSOffice wouldn't open the .docX and .xlsX versions of MSOffice files and LibreOffice would.

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[Jeff Liebermann]

On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 17:28:28 -0800 (PST), Rick C
<gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 6:02:38 AM UTC-5, Robert Baer wrote:
Will not activate over web (1st option given), and phone number (2nd
option) is not functional.

Help??

Maybe it is time limited, but I thought there was a free version of MSOffice. Maybe that's only with certain brands of PCs?

As someone else said, LibreOffice is my vote. It's imenently usable these days. In fact, I started using it when my copy of MSOffice wouldn't open the .docX and .xlsX versions of MSOffice files and LibreOffice would.

For MS Office 2003, you need to install Office Compatibility Pack. The
problem is that MS has removed it from its web pile.
<https://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-to-retire-office-compatibility-pack-for-word-excel-and-powerpoint-520090.shtml>
So, you get it elsewhere:
<https://download.cnet.com/Microsoft-Office-Compatibility-Pack-for-Word-Excel-and-PowerPoint-File-Formats/3000-18483_4-10648733.html>
Once you install it, run Windoze update, depending on the version of
Office you're using, you'll be installing a rather large list of
Office updates.

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[Robert Baer]

Martin Brown wrote:

On 05/11/2019 11:02, Robert Baer wrote:
   Will not activate over web (1st option given), and phone number
(2nd option) is not functional.

   Help??

There is probably a hacker patch for it by now, but the activation
server was discontinued some while ago. This might help (or not)

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_install-mso_winother-mso_archive/end-of-office-2003-telephone-activation/73fbc14c-ef12-4db5-81f6-9cc379b98794


https://www.msofficeforums.com/office/19269-ms-office-2003-activation-how-work-around.html

Worked!
The "secret" activation phone number worked; all automatic (robot,
not person).

Much grass.

 

[Rick C]

On Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 10:58:21 PM UTC-5, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 17:28:28 -0800 (PST), Rick C
gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 6:02:38 AM UTC-5, Robert Baer wrote:
Will not activate over web (1st option given), and phone number (2nd
option) is not functional.

Help??

Maybe it is time limited, but I thought there was a free version of MSOffice. Maybe that's only with certain brands of PCs?

As someone else said, LibreOffice is my vote. It's imenently usable these days. In fact, I started using it when my copy of MSOffice wouldn't open the .docX and .xlsX versions of MSOffice files and LibreOffice would.

For MS Office 2003, you need to install Office Compatibility Pack.

Why would I want to install a compatibility pack for software I haven't used in ten years?

The
problem is that MS has removed it from its web pile.

No, that's no problem at all.

https://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-to-retire-office-compatibility-pack-for-word-excel-and-powerpoint-520090.shtml
So, you get it elsewhere:
https://download.cnet.com/Microsoft-Office-Compatibility-Pack-for-Word-Excel-and-PowerPoint-File-Formats/3000-18483_4-10648733.html
Once you install it, run Windoze update, depending on the version of
Office you're using, you'll be installing a rather large list of
Office updates.

Or I could just make it simple and stick forks in my eyes.

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[Martin Brown]

On 06/11/2019 01:28, Rick C wrote:

On Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 6:02:38 AM UTC-5, Robert Baer wrote:
Will not activate over web (1st option given), and phone number
(2nd option) is not functional.

Help??

Maybe it is time limited, but I thought there was a free version of
MSOffice. Maybe that's only with certain brands of PCs?

As someone else said, LibreOffice is my vote. It's imenently usable
these days. In fact, I started using it when my copy of MSOffice
wouldn't open the .docX and .xlsX versions of MSOffice files and
LibreOffice would.

You have missed your chance now but for a long while after Office 2007
came out there were addins from Mickeysoft to allow older versions of
Office to read the new ZIP encapsulated DOCX and XLSX formats.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/2526297/description-of-office-compatibility-pack-sp3

Links to code now fail 404.

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Regards,
Martin Brown