Works 2000

I'm not sure where to post this, so please forgive the cross-posting. I
purchased Microsoft Works 2000 off of eBay. It came with the CD-Key but I
lost the piece of paper it was wrote down on. The product id # is
06300-OEM-0046693-61231. It has a total of 7 disc' in my set. Do I need to
call Microsoft or can I email them to get it so I can install Word 2000? I
thought when I wrote it down in my book that I write all important stuff in
but it was the wrong one. Thanks for any help you can give me. Peace.
Barb aka SpicyGirl

You'll have to contact the eBay seller and ask them for help.
Microsoft does not issue Product Keys for OEM versions
of it's software programs. That responsibility is with the seller.
If the seller cannot help you, I'm afraid you're out of luck.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"Barbara" wrote in message:
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| I'm not sure where to post this, so please forgive the cross-posting. I
| purchased Microsoft Works 2000 off of eBay. It came with the CD-Key but I
| lost the piece of paper it was wrote down on. The product id # is
| 06300-OEM-0046693-61231. It has a total of 7 disc' in my set. Do I need to
| call Microsoft or can I email them to get it so I can install Word 2000? I
| thought when I wrote it down in my book that I write all important stuff in
| but it was the wrong one. Thanks for any help you can give me. Peace.
| Barb aka SpicyGirl
|
|

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 11:41:57 -0400, "Barbara"
wrote:

I'm not sure where to post this, so please forgive the cross-posting. I
purchased Microsoft Works 2000 off of eBay. It came with the CD-Key but I
lost the piece of paper it was wrote down on. The product id # is
06300-OEM-0046693-61231. It has a total of 7 disc' in my set. Do I need to
call Microsoft or can I email them to get it so I can install Word 2000? I
thought when I wrote it down in my book that I write all important stuff in
but it was the wrong one. Thanks for any help you can give me. Peace.
Barb aka SpicyGirl


You need to contact the vendor you purchased it from off eBay.
Perhaps they can assist you with a copy of the CD Key. Otherwise, you
may be out of luck. You can try to call MS Customer service, but
since you purchased Works 2000 from eBay, I don't believe they will be
of any help.

You might consider downloading a free program that looks and does the
same thing as MS Word 2000 and is file compatible. A rather large
download but well worth it. Open Office.

www.openoffice.org

Or the very nice (also free) 602 Office Suite.

http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/

I have OpenOffice. Does it work with Adobe Acrobat PDF? I use Word so I can
make PDF's for a variety of things. I have contacted the seller and am
awaiting a reply from them. Oh well, I have been considering upgrading to
the new version of Works. Thanks for all of your replies. You guys are the
best! :-)
Barb aka SpicyGirl
"CS" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 11:41:57 -0400, "Barbara"
wrote:

I'm not sure where to post this, so please forgive the cross-posting. I
purchased Microsoft Works 2000 off of eBay. It came with the CD-Key but I
lost the piece of paper it was wrote down on. The product id # is
06300-OEM-0046693-61231. It has a total of 7 disc' in my set. Do I need
to
call Microsoft or can I email them to get it so I can install Word 2000?
I
thought when I wrote it down in my book that I write all important stuff
in
but it was the wrong one. Thanks for any help you can give me. Peace.
Barb aka SpicyGirl


You need to contact the vendor you purchased it from off eBay.
Perhaps they can assist you with a copy of the CD Key. Otherwise, you
may be out of luck. You can try to call MS Customer service, but
since you purchased Works 2000 from eBay, I don't believe they will be
of any help.

You might consider downloading a free program that looks and does the
same thing as MS Word 2000 and is file compatible. A rather large
download but well worth it. Open Office.

www.openoffice.org

Or the very nice (also free) 602 Office Suite.

http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/

Greetings --

I'm afraid I've bad news for you: you've been swindled. You
should immediately contact your credit card company, if that's how you
paid for the software, to stop payment. You should also immediately
notify eBay that their "service" is, once again, being used to sell
pirated software. (Not that it'll come to any surprise to them.) You
could even try contacting the seller to get your money back, as
there's a very slim chance that he/she did not know the restrictions
of an OEM license.

You see, unless you received an entire computer wrapped around
that copy of Works, you do not have a legitimate license to use it.
An OEM license, which you clearly have, must be sold with an entire PC
and is _permanently_ bound to the first PC on which it's installed.
An OEM license, once installed, is not legally transferable to another
computer under _any_ circumstances. The only legitimate way to
transfer the ownership of an installed OEM license is to transfer
ownership of the entire PC.

Microsoft will not and cannot help you with any problems arising
from an OEM license, as another of the OEM license's restrictions is
that all support must be provided by the manufacturer of the computer
with which the license was initially sold.


Bruce Chambers
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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. - RAH


"Barbara" wrote in message
...
I'm not sure where to post this, so please forgive the
cross-posting. I
purchased Microsoft Works 2000 off of eBay. It came with the CD-Key
but I
lost the piece of paper it was wrote down on. The product id # is
06300-OEM-0046693-61231. It has a total of 7 disc' in my set. Do I
need to
call Microsoft or can I email them to get it so I can install Word
2000? I
thought when I wrote it down in my book that I write all important
stuff in
but it was the wrong one. Thanks for any help you can give me.
Peace.
Barb aka SpicyGirl

Bruce Chambers wrote:
Greetings --

I'm afraid I've bad news for you: you've been swindled. You
should immediately contact your credit card company, if that's how you
paid for the software, to stop payment. You should also immediately
notify eBay that their "service" is, once again, being used to sell
pirated software. (Not that it'll come to any surprise to them.) You
could even try contacting the seller to get your money back, as
there's a very slim chance that he/she did not know the restrictions
of an OEM license.

You see, unless you received an entire computer wrapped around
that copy of Works, you do not have a legitimate license to use it.
An OEM license, which you clearly have, must be sold with an entire PC
and is _permanently_ bound to the first PC on which it's installed.
An OEM license, once installed, is not legally transferable to another
computer under _any_ circumstances. The only legitimate way to
transfer the ownership of an installed OEM license is to transfer
ownership of the entire PC.

Microsoft will not and cannot help you with any problems arising
from an OEM license, as another of the OEM license's restrictions is
that all support must be provided by the manufacturer of the computer
with which the license was initially sold.


Bruce Chambers

Office, Bruce - she already had Works.