[gui-talk] microsoft question

Sun May 8 19:59:58 UTC 2011

Hi Nadia:
Thanks got it.
Question though,
I have a license for Office Student/home, and I have a Prot trial.
Do I have to delete the trial and reinstall the home/student version or will it change accordingly?

On May 8, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Nadia Cioffi wrote:

> Jorge-
> Most likely key there is a product key on the computer box (of a desktop) or
> on the bottom of laptop. Also if you want to see if it is activated. Go to
> File or click ALT+F Go to help the 9th one down. if it saids "product
> activated" your fine, but if it saids requires adoration then you need to
> enter a key. Here is how the activation works after five days of not having
> a key in the program it will bring up a box every time you open any of your
> programs of office. There is where you need to enter a product. If it's not
> activated you can get a key for 1-pc for I think anywhere from $99-250 if
> not more. They may have been talking about windows itself with the key, but
> I highly drought that if you brought up the subject of MS office. When you
> buy a computer for best buy they change a little extra if you want office
> 2010. This is cheep with a perches of computer. If you parity shure that the
> person said "it came activated" I'd call best buy and talk to customer
> service. They might ask for the person that sold the computer to you. If you
> have the trail it will only last 30 days and than it want work.The computer
> paper work may have came with a key card contacting your product key. It
> maybe on your receit. Bring all the paperwork to bestbuy so they can help
> you. Or you can call them, but the print is very small.
> 
> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Steve Jacobson <steve.jacobson at visi.com>wrote:
> 
>> George,
>> 
>> If you didn't pay extra for a license, you didn't get one.  It would have
>> cost you extra and they would have given you
>> something with a long product key on it in all likelihood, unless they
>> entered the key for you.  In that case, there is
>> usually a button in the dialog that pops up that says "Activate through the
>> Internet" or something like that.  If you need
>> to enter a product key and you are sure that you paid extra for one, check
>> carefully through the box of stuff that came
>> with your computer to see if you can find one.  However, they may have been
>> telling you that they registered Windows
>> for you which is different than Office and you would not have paid extra
>> for that.  You may have a Windows or backup
>> disk with a product key on it but it won't work for Office.  Many computers
>> now come with a trial version of Office
>> installed, but as I say, you would have to pay extra, like over a hundred
>> dollars, to have it activated.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Steve Jacobson
>> 
>> On Sat, 7 May 2011 21:01:04 -0400, Jorge Paez wrote:
>> 
>>> Steve:
>>> I didn't install it,
>>> it came with a demo but Best By told me they registered the license for
>> me.
>>> How would I actiavet it?
>> 
>>> Thanks,
>> 
>>> Jorge
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 7, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Steve Jacobson wrote:
>> 
>>>> If you have a license you also should have a product key.  Your license
>> has to be for the same version you
>>>> purchased, though.  If you entered your product key when you installed
>> Office, then it probably just needs to be
>>>> "activated, which is a process that sends your information to Microsoft.
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Steve Jacobson
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, 7 May 2011 19:35:55 -0400, Jorge Paez wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all:
>>>>> I got Office 2010 Pro eddition and have a key written down in a
>> document.
>>>>> My question is how do I validate my copy o office?
>>>>> The only option I saw was buy it, but I already have a license.
>>>>> What do I do?
>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>>> Jorge
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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