Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Stevensville, MT
Posts: 142

XP Activation

I know this has nothing to do with Freespace, Volition or anything of the sort but i need to know:

Where is the Windows/Office XP Activation number stored after the software is activated. The reason I ask is mainly becasue I dont wish to deal with Microsofts tech support any further. Oh yeah, I also need to make my copy of office work on my new PC.

P.S. I'm not asking anyone to give me anything illegal (I think), I just want to know where to find the number (on my computer) S so I dont have to buy a new license.

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Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Mizzou (thats the university of Missouri-Columbia)
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um, on my dell its on the side of the tower. If you bought it separately from your computer (I.E. from a computer store) there should be a card with the stuff on it...its all shrink wrapped and has foil stamped on it...looks all fancy and ****...

About the office thing...the ONLY version of Office that will work on XP is Office XP...

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Registered: Jun 2002
Location: West Sussex, England
Posts: 85

Not quite, Miraxis. I run WinXP Pro and I use Office 2000. As for the activation number, you have to phone them up and write it down as they read it out to you. I didn't do that and I can still kick myself for not doing that (receives a nice juicy boot in the backside), as I may need to re-install windows from scratch (eg. formatting the disk for a clean start) and don't want to go through the hassle of phoning Micro-sod again.

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Registered: Jul 2000
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I use Office 97 on Windows XP.

I think far too many people think that Office XP is Windows XP only. Its not at all, it works on the original Win98. And vice versa, old versions of Office work perfectly well on the new OS.

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Registered: Jul 2001
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It's only called Office XP so's people think they have to upgrade to it when they get Windows XP.

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Registered: Jul 2002
Location: australia
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its in the registry, under local machine/software/microsoft/windows/current version i think its under... but i got that off the top of my head..

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Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Scandinavia
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Originally posted by aldo_14
It's only called Office XP so's people think they have to upgrade to it when they get Windows XP.

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