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Crack Office 2007 activation without a crack

  • Sunday, February 3, 2008
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    For those who don't like confronting with Micro$oft
    For this procedure, you will need

    * Office 2007 that requires activation
    * A computer able to run Office 2007 (XP or higher required for Office 2007)
    * At least 3 minutes of time
    Instructions
    * Uninstall Office 2007 from your computer if you have it on there right now
    * Install Office 2007 IMPORTANT! When installing Office 2007, when it asks for a serial number, just click Continue and with the dialog that pops up, click No. Then continue with your installation.
    * Once Office 2007 is installed, you should be able to open Office apps and be prompted for activation. This is normal.
    * Close all open Office apps.
    * In Windows Explorer, browse to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller\Proof.en
    * In any plain text editor you want, open Proof.xml
    * Find:

    Code:

          </Feature> <Feature Id=”SetupXmlFiles” Cost=”1248″>
    <OptionRef Id=”AlwaysInstalled”/>
    </Feature>

    * Replace "AlwaysInstalled" to "neverInstalled" (make sure to get the casing right) so that it will look like the this:

    Code:

    </Feature> <Feature Id=”SetupXmlFiles” Cost=”1248″>
    <OptionRef Id=”neverInstalled”/>
    </Feature>
    * Save the XML file.
    * That's it! You're done. Next time you open an Office app, it will not rudely ask for a
    serial number. Thanks for taking the time to view this post. .

    1 Responses to “Crack Office 2007 activation without a crack”

    rusty said...
    May 4, 2009 at 9:31 AM

    Alas, this is not a permanent workaround. It prevents the asking for activation, however Office 2007 essentially turns into a "viewer" without proper activation (or other workaround). I performed the steps above, and it worked as advertised (did not ASK for activation) for 1-1/2 weeks, then the majority of the useful functions were greyed out. It still needs activation, even if it doesn't ask for it.


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