Office 2000 activation in Windows XP

[Ted R.]

Has anyone installed Office 2000 in Windows XP and not
have the activation screen for Office come up when you
open an office app.
Without being able to run product activation I can't
install any Service Packs.
Does anyone have a solution for this.

[rifleman]

In ,
Ted R. > addressed his navel and typed:
> Has anyone installed Office 2000 in Windows XP and not
> have the activation screen for Office come up when you
> open an office app.
> Without being able to run product activation I can't
> install any Service Packs.
> Does anyone have a solution for this.

Office 2000 doesn't HAVE activation. You must be looking at something else.

[SunSpot]

You do not activate Office 2000, only Office XP/2002.

"Ted R." > wrote in message
...
> Has anyone installed Office 2000 in Windows XP and not
> have the activation screen for Office come up when you
> open an office app.
> Without being able to run product activation I can't
> install any Service Packs.
> Does anyone have a solution for this.

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The registration/activation prompt would only appear if your
Office 2K CD has SR-1 slipstreamed in. Is this the case?

Prompt to Register Appears When You Try to Use Any Program in Office
2000 SR-1
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;270927

If the CD does not include SR-1, you won't be asked to
register/activate.

Bruce Chambers

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"Ted R." > wrote in message
...
> Has anyone installed Office 2000 in Windows XP and not
> have the activation screen for Office come up when you
> open an office app.
> Without being able to run product activation I can't
> install any Service Packs.
> Does anyone have a solution for this.

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

FYI, Office 2K SR-1 CDs do require registration/activation.

Prompt to Register Appears When You Try to Use Any Program in Office
2000 SR-1
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;270927

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
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"rifleman" > wrote in message
...
> In ,
> Ted R. > addressed his navel and typed:
> > Has anyone installed Office 2000 in Windows XP and not
> > have the activation screen for Office come up when you
> > open an office app.
> > Without being able to run product activation I can't
> > install any Service Packs.
> > Does anyone have a solution for this.
>
> Office 2000 doesn't HAVE activation. You must be looking at
something else.
>
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

FYI, Office 2K SR-1 CDs do require registration/activation.

Prompt to Register Appears When You Try to Use Any Program in Office
2000 SR-1
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;270927

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
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----
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having both at once. -- RAH


"SunSpot" > wrote in message
...
> You do not activate Office 2000, only Office XP/2002.
>
> "Ted R." > wrote in message
> ...
> > Has anyone installed Office 2000 in Windows XP and not
> > have the activation screen for Office come up when you
> > open an office app.
> > Without being able to run product activation I can't
> > install any Service Packs.
> > Does anyone have a solution for this.
>
>

[SunSpot]

Thanks Bruce.
That I did not know, never used an SP1 cd. ;-)


"Bruce Chambers" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings --
>
> FYI, Office 2K SR-1 CDs do require registration/activation.
>
> Prompt to Register Appears When You Try to Use Any Program in Office
> 2000 SR-1
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;270927
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> ----
> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
> having both at once. -- RAH
>
>
> "SunSpot" > wrote in message
> ...
> > You do not activate Office 2000, only Office XP/2002.
> >
> > "Ted R." > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Has anyone installed Office 2000 in Windows XP and not
> > > have the activation screen for Office come up when you
> > > open an office app.
> > > Without being able to run product activation I can't
> > > install any Service Packs.
> > > Does anyone have a solution for this.
> >
> >
>
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

You're welcome. The question caught me off-guard, too, the first
time it came up, several months ago. I'd installed Office 2K from a
"non-slipstreamed" CD, as well, and had added the service releases
later, so I had never had to deal with the activation required of the
later versions of the CDs.

Bruce Chambers

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having both at once. -- RAH


"SunSpot" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks Bruce.
> That I did not know, never used an SP1 cd. ;-)
>
>