Porthos
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You have to look up the actual phone number as it will not display any longer in the GUI. They will do it on the phone.
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Every 2007 reactivation I try fails.
There is no way to activate and if you call Microsoft they dont want to know about it.
Just sayin...
There is no way to activate and if you call Microsoft they dont want to know about it.
Just sayin...
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Would be a false positive. I have used that site for a while and no issues.
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Correct. I tried one about a month ago same deal. Not sure on 2010.
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From a case a couple of weeks ago...
| - install MS Office Home & Student 2007; get Product key from old hard drive: activate |
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Which is what "end of support" should really mean. Software has a finite shelf life and the makers of same have every right to pull the plug as far as "setting it up again like it was being newly installed" when support ends.
Deactivation of an existing install - no. Activation of a brand new install (or reinstall) - no.
You're entirely on your own after end of support.
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Quicken for Windows does this too -- refuses to activate an old version of Quicken for Windows -- and I feel cheated by it doing so. I paid for the software but am denied use of it because my hard drive died after they withdrew support. Yeah, it's no doubt covered in their terms but is still feels like planned obsolescence and wrong to me when the product worked perfectly fine prior to the need to re-install/reactivate. It seems to me they should let you accept the risks of using unsupported software, not denying you that right.
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Not that I don't agree with that, and I'd even say they should just have a "it activates" without all the hoops policy, if that's what the maker wants to do.
But it costs a boatload of money to keep the infrastructure in place to activate and track activation of software. And I can understand why makers do not wish to do this.
To me, it's no different than automobiles. There is a legal period where the makers are required to provide replacement parts and other support for the product, but after that, you're on your own entirely. If you so happen to have purchased a product like a Ford Mustang or Chevrolet Corvette or any other car that had a huge market, there will be an aftermarket that's supporting you because they can make money doing so. But if you bought something like, say, a Checker Marathon or you own a Studebaker or Delorean or similar, you are on your own as far as sourcing NOS if such exists or having custom made when it doesn't. It's not up to the makers to support you in perpetuity.
But allowing software to activate "in perpetuity" likely also carries certain legal risks and obligations with it. It should be considered much more like milk, that sours after a certain point. I personally don't think our industry at large has done ourselves, or our clients, any favors by, over the years, trying to extend the life of out-of-support software indefinitely. I hope that practice is changing.
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Quicken has gone subscription and will not reactivate old perpetual versions.
I have warned my users that if something happens to the computer, they will have to start paying a sub.
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