I need a product key

I bought a new laptop acer which came with microsoft word and excel installed but each time i try to open it, it always ask for the product key for it to be effective now i cant modify on it.
Pls help.


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Are you sure it was a Full Version?
Most of those come with a Trial Version of Software.
If it was supposed to be a Full Version You should have a Key with the
packaging.
(My Guess is it was a Trial and it's exactly X Number of days since you
bought it.)

Or if you just got it, It was a "Returned" Item and your trial was activated
by the other person.

Either way You probably need to purchase a new copy
newegg or costco is a good source for this but there are many others
But be warry of extreamly low cost, because they are pirateded and you will
most likely get a regected license when you install it.

Russ

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"Lawal Fatai" wrote in message news:...
> I bought a new laptop acer which came with microsoft word and excel
> installed but each time i try to open it, it always ask for the product
> key for it to be effective now i cant modify on it.
> Pls help.
>
>
> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
> Silverlight 2 Beta 2 - Doing Data Part IV: Browser / Cookie Interaction
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...eta-2---d.aspx

Hello Lawal

Sorry, but those were probably only trial versions of MS Word and Exce
that came preinstalled with your computer. You will need to register an
purchase them before you will get a product key number. :

Lawal Fatai;1219786 Wrote:
> I bought a new laptop acer which came with microsoft word and exce
> installed but each time i try to open it, it always ask for the produc
> key for it to be effective now i cant modify on it
> Pls help
>
>
> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choic
> Silverlight 2 Beta 2 - Doing Data Part IV: Browser / Cookie Interactio
> 'Silverlight 2 Beta 2 - Doing Data Part IV: Browser / Cooki
> Interaction
> (http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...eta-2---d.aspx

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On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:11:15 -0800, Lawal Fatai wrote:

> I bought a new laptop acer which came with microsoft word and excel
> installed but each time i try to open it, it always ask for the product
> key for it to be effective now i cant modify on it. Pls help.
>
>
> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
> Silverlight 2 Beta 2 - Doing Data Part IV: Browser / Cookie Interaction
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/9fea2d46-
f10a-4152-92e0-4d6f4f5f7063/silverlight-2-beta-2---d.aspx

Since that was probably a trial version, you're pretty much SOL. However,
you can get virtually the same functionality by installing OpenOffice.org
for free.

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:16:05 -0800, Frank wrote:

> ray wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:11:15 -0800, Lawal Fatai wrote:
>>
>>> I bought a new laptop acer which came with microsoft word and excel
>>> installed but each time i try to open it, it always ask for the
>>> product key for it to be effective now i cant modify on it. Pls help.
>>>
>>>
>>> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
>>> Silverlight 2 Beta 2 - Doing Data Part IV: Browser / Cookie
>>> Interaction http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/9fea2d46-
>> f10a-4152-92e0-4d6f4f5f7063/silverlight-2-beta-2---d.aspx
>>
>> Since that was probably a trial version, you're pretty much SOL.
>> However, you can get virtually the same functionality by installing
>> OpenOffice.org for free.
>
> "Virtually" is the key word you used. Not to be confused with real or
> total or exact or actual functionality. Oops!

No 'oops' at all, frankie. I never claimed it was 100% compatible - but
then MS Office isn't either - always problems encountered every time they
up a version - trying to make everyone in the world upgrade to the latest
version if they want to continue exchanging information.

In it end, it is up to the individual to give it a shot and see if it
meets his/her needs - most likely it will. OpenOffice.org does a good job
of importing and exporting MS office files and providing similar
functionality - much better than the other way around.

Frank wrote:
> ray wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:16:05 -0800, Frank wrote:
>>
>>> ray wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:11:15 -0800, Lawal Fatai wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I bought a new laptop acer which came with microsoft word and excel
>>>>> installed but each time i try to open it, it always ask for the
>>>>> product key for it to be effective now i cant modify on it. Pls help.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
>>>>> Silverlight 2 Beta 2 - Doing Data Part IV: Browser / Cookie
>>>>> Interaction http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/9fea2d46-
>>>> f10a-4152-92e0-4d6f4f5f7063/silverlight-2-beta-2---d.aspx
>>>>
>>>> Since that was probably a trial version, you're pretty much SOL.
>>>> However, you can get virtually the same functionality by installing
>>>> OpenOffice.org for free.
>>> "Virtually" is the key word you used. Not to be confused with real or
>>> total or exact or actual functionality. Oops!
>>
>> No 'oops' at all, frankie. I never claimed it was 100% compatible -
>> but then MS Office isn't either - always problems encountered every
>> time they up a version - trying to make everyone in the world upgrade
>> to the latest version if they want to continue exchanging information.
>
> You're a lying snake, ray-baby!
>>
>> In it end, it is up to the individual to give it a shot and see if it
>> meets his/her needs - most likely it will.
>
> Stop trying to push your assumptions off onto others.
>
> OpenOffice.org does a good job
>> of importing and exporting MS office files and providing similar
>> functionality - much better than the other way around.
>
> Sorry ray-baby, but that is simply not true.
> Big oops!

Frank
OOo is functionally compatible with MS Office for the most part,
although the menus are considerably different.

For those who use the mouse the transition from Office 2003 to 2007's
ribbon interface was pretty steep. If you used keyboard shortcuts it was
pretty much the same for both versions.

I use both programs and actually prefer MS Office but you can't beat
OOo's price!

Bill

Bill Sharpe wrote:
>
> Frank wrote:
>> ray wrote:
>>> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:16:05 -0800, Frank wrote:
>>>
>>>> ray wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:11:15 -0800, Lawal Fatai wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I bought a new laptop acer which came with microsoft word and excel
>>>>>> installed but each time i try to open it, it always ask for the
>>>>>> product key for it to be effective now i cant modify on it. Pls help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
>>>>>> Silverlight 2 Beta 2 - Doing Data Part IV: Browser / Cookie
>>>>>> Interaction http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/9fea2d46-
>>>>> f10a-4152-92e0-4d6f4f5f7063/silverlight-2-beta-2---d.aspx
>>>>>
>>>>> Since that was probably a trial version, you're pretty much SOL.
>>>>> However, you can get virtually the same functionality by installing
>>>>> OpenOffice.org for free.
>>>> "Virtually" is the key word you used. Not to be confused with real or
>>>> total or exact or actual functionality. Oops!
>>>
>>> No 'oops' at all, frankie. I never claimed it was 100% compatible -
>>> but then MS Office isn't either - always problems encountered every
>>> time they up a version - trying to make everyone in the world upgrade
>>> to the latest version if they want to continue exchanging information.
>>
>> You're a lying snake, ray-baby!
>>>
>>> In it end, it is up to the individual to give it a shot and see if it
>>> meets his/her needs - most likely it will.
>>
>> Stop trying to push your assumptions off onto others.
>>
>> OpenOffice.org does a good job
>>> of importing and exporting MS office files and providing similar
>>> functionality - much better than the other way around.
>>
>> Sorry ray-baby, but that is simply not true.
>> Big oops!
>
> Frank
> OOo is functionally compatible with MS Office for the most part,
> although the menus are considerably different.

Functionality is similar, but one of the reasons I choose OOo recently
is because it's menus are much closer to the older versions of MS Office
(pre 2007).

>
> For those who use the mouse the transition from Office 2003 to 2007's
> ribbon interface was pretty steep. If you used keyboard shortcuts it was
> pretty much the same for both versions.
>
> I use both programs and actually prefer MS Office but you can't beat
> OOo's price!
>
> Bill

I use both also and prefer MS Office pre 2007 versions.

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"Frank" <> wrote in message news:4b5dd1d6$...
> ray wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:11:15 -0800, Lawal Fatai wrote:
>>
>>> I bought a new laptop acer which came with microsoft word and excel
>>> installed but each time i try to open it, it always ask for the product
>>> key for it to be effective now i cant modify on it. Pls help.
>>>
>>>
>>> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
>>> Silverlight 2 Beta 2 - Doing Data Part IV: Browser / Cookie Interaction
>>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/9fea2d46-
>> f10a-4152-92e0-4d6f4f5f7063/silverlight-2-beta-2---d.aspx
>>
>> Since that was probably a trial version, you're pretty much SOL. However,
>> you can get virtually the same functionality by installing OpenOffice.org
>> for free.
>
> "Virtually" is the key word you used.
> Not to be confused with real or total or exact or actual functionality.
> Oops!

Not much of an "Oops."

There is both "real" and "actual" functionality. It's not "total," or
"exact," but it's pretty close. Note we're talking functionality here, not
how to invoke that functionality. I use Word/Excel/etc. at work and
OpenOffice at home, including exchanging documents between the two, and have
been doing so for two years with no failures.

The worst I've encountered is actually having to open OO's help function to
see how to do something that I already knew how to do with the MS
equivalents. But then, in some of those cases, I'd also had to open MS's
help to find out how to do the same thing in Word or Excel.

To Lawal Fatai:

Assuming the problem really is that your trial versions have expired, you
can spend the money to buy the full versions. There may even be a discount
offered if you look around the trial version registration/product key
screens. You can also try OpenOffice. It works pretty well, and at a cost
of zero, it's worth a look. As another plus, on any machine I've put it on
then decided to remove it later, it's always uninstalled cleanly. One
caution, however. When it presents you with check boxes during install or
upgrades, read them carefully.

- Bill