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#7964 25-May-2006 00:34

Title pretty much says it all. I've downloaded Office 2007 Beta 2, installed it but when I try to activate it - I get an error saying that it is unable to connect and that I should check my connection. Obviously I am able to connect to the internet.

A friend has tried with his connection (different ISP and everything) and he has a similar error as well. Is it something wrong with the MS activation servers or Office Beta 2, or is it us?

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#36520 25-May-2006 07:52

not just you. i have trouble getting to activate it too.

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#36580 25-May-2006 15:57

This has been fixed now. You should be able to successfully complete License Activation now.

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#36584 25-May-2006 16:09

Thanks.

Its successfully activated. :)

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#36586 25-May-2006 16:13

nathan: This has been fixed now. You should be able to successfully complete License Activation now.

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Thanks Nathan. I will activate my copy tonight when I get home.

Oh got a question, and I know I should read EULA, how many test machines can we install it to with one Product Key? I briefly glance through the EULA and see that it says do not install on live production system as it is not supported... and something about where you can install it to... but am not clear with how many copies can be activated using the product key supplied. The previuos Office 2003 beta can be installed up to 10 machines.

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#36597 25-May-2006 17:52

Yay! All good to go! Activated.

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#36634 25-May-2006 22:33

It isn’t limited. It can be installed to as many machines as needed.

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#36651 26-May-2006 08:09

nathan: It isn’t limited. It can be installed to as many machines as needed.

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Cool Cheers, that will help with testing on different machines!

So far it feels great with new UI, takes a bit to get used and finding things, otherwise, quite intuitive. Awesome.

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#36663 26-May-2006 09:09

This version of office really is quite amazing. Good to see some innovation instead of re-releasing the same producst every couple of years