Office-XP re-activation

[J741]

I installed Office XP on Windows XP Pro. All was good. Recently I upgraded the hard drive from 40GB to 60GB (using Partition Magic Pro 7 to copy the drive contents). All seemed good until I tried to access the system via Remote Desktop from another PC over the internet.

What happens is that When I attempt to use any Office XP component it informs me that it has detected a hardware change and asks me to re-insert my office XP CD to re-activate the product. As I am not at home, but am accessing the PC remotely, I can not insert the CD. Whn I get home and open the same Office XP application, the re-activation message does not occur, and no request to insert the CD appears. When I am at work, and log in to my home machine with Remote Desktop, the Office-XP re-activation promt shows up again.

This is very frustrating. What can I do about it?

- James.

 

[Guest_imported]

Seems kinda simple - have someone at home insert the CD!

 

[J741]

That would be a good idea if anyone was at home when I'm not.

 

[DPitt]

I havn't tried this but it just might work. If the program asks that the CD be inserted and there is an OK button to click on after inserting, then... Put the CD in before you leave home. When the autorun feature is executed, cancel the install and just leave the CD in the computer. At work access the program and when the notice pops up, click on OK and see if the machine finds the CD. If you use a dialup line and have access to a laptop and an extra phone line, then connect the laptop and dialup the other number to your computer, and when the program asks for the CD, just walk over and put it in.

Good Luck

 

[J741]

Good thinking. I'll try that!