Have you seen MS OFFICE XP Professional

[Fearlss1]

Anyone got to use this yet. I just built a customers machine and this was one of the packages on there. The MS Office SP Professional has a speaking/typing program built in.. like Drgaon Naturally Speaking. It also has the Draw to text feature. where you can draw anywhere and it will recreate it for you..
But oh Bill is cracking Down.. If you reformat more than Twice you have to call MS and get a new number.. Also in order to use MS office.. You haev to be online or call the registration in to the MS office Heaadquarters in order to open MS OFFICE..
It says soemthing like this
"In order to operate Ms Office for future use you need to active the registration via INternet or Phone""You have 42 more times to use MS office before the registration period is over."
Just wondering if yall think all this will be carcked soon?
-Nate

 

[shabby]

It already is, you just need a special serial number that disables that crap. And i've got one, bidding starts at 1 dollar...

 

[Panther]

<< You have 42 more times to use MS office before the registration period is over >>




so what happens after 42 times?

 

[piku]

<< so what happens after 42 times? >>


BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mikal]

Communist goosestepping bloatware. Just say NO!

 

[helloedchen]

after 42 u gotta buy another copy? total BS...

 

[Elledan]

<< after 42 u gotta buy another copy? total BS... >>


After 42 more times, you can't use the program until you sacrifice a young virgin to this hideous creature

 

[RGN]

<< after 42 u gotta buy another copy? total BS... >>



No you dork, you just register it. Read and think. :|

 

[pac1085]

My copy of XP didnt say that =o

 

[Ladi]

As a side note, if you don't register, Office remains completely functional except you can't save. Considering the &quot;bad evil activation procedure&quot; just asks you to select your country from a drop-down box and send, it doesn't seem quite too bad. A few people I'm aware of have installed it on multiple machines and activated with no problems (of course, keep this within reason). Personally, I've installed my copy on my desktop and laptop per licensing agreement (read it -- you can install both on your desktop and on a &quot;portable device&quot without any issues.

~Ladi

 

[StageLeft]

Neato. I saw it for $849 CAN today. For people like me if we can't get a hacked version we won't be getting any version. Frankly all I use the MS office suite for anyway is tinkering in Access (although since i have SQL there really isn't any point!) and typing up coverletters anyway

 

[kami]

I've had it for a month. Yeah, I'm admitting I'm a cheap wanker.

 

[Fearlss1]

Well I kinda figured there had to be some sort of serial number b/c when you call ms they would have to give you some specail instructions to reactivate the softwae..
-Nate

 

[Praetor]

I wonder how long it will take someone to:

A) Code a working keygen for Office 2000/XP (a two in one deal)
B) Discover and post the method used to register/active Office XP
C) Code a working keygen for activating Office XP

Hrm...

 

[Fearlss1]

Done
=)
Thnx

 

[RichieZ]

its called corporate edition, no activation required

it might just be the cd key tho, dunno

 

[Wedesdo]

i guess some of you guys never heard of a certain &quot;box&quot;...

 

[Praetor]

er-r... no, I haven't.

 

[konichiwa]

Praetor

Both B and C were made several months ago. You're late.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

The activation will most certainly hurt their sales on it. I'll edit what I'm about to say and just leave it at that.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Just bought it &amp; installed it, pretty slick, but I think I'm going to a linux OS soon, MS is getting too agressive in policing users.

 

[Doctorweir]

Huhu...Microsoft spent a lot of effort in developing this new hardware related key system and also attracted some disgusting reactions by their customers for it...

And what's the result? Some days after the release you find universal keys everywhere on the Web...

Microsoft, I just say , :Q and

 

[Demosthenes]

<< Some days after the release you find universal keys everywhere on the Web... >>



haha.. more like, you'll find universal keys everywhere on the web.. a quarter of a year before it's even out

 

[tim0thy]

thank god for my companies' corporate license... MSDN, Burgundy CDs, everything

 

[Doctorweir]

Just like any other MS product, lol