Hack to Activate Microsoft Office 2007 Evaluation Trial Version
Most suites or programs of Microsoft Office 2007 allows user to evaluate the product. The trial version of 2007 Microsoft Office system can be installed by using a 25-character trial product key available from Microsoft while you download the free Office software, and you can use the Microsoft Office 2007 suite or program with full functionality for 60 days.
You may have the Office 2007 CD and are able to install Office 2007 without entering product key. However, Office 2007 will work in reduced functionality mode, where it’s effectively just a viewer for Office documents. Beside, if you forget the trial product key, or don’t wish to register a Windows Live ID to get the trial key, here’s the trick to activate Office 2007, or more correctly, bypass the activation of Office 2007 60 days trial, and making the “trial” word disappear from the Office title at the top and suppress activation and trial expiry prompt.
Note that to use Microsoft Office 2007 beyond 60 days trial period, you need to purchase a valid license for it, available from Amazon
To use this hack to crack activation on Office 2007, you need to install Office 2007 without any serial number or product key. If you have installed Office 2007 with a product key or serial number, do the following to clean remove Office 2007 of product key:
- Close all Microsoft Office applications.
- Run Register Editor by clicking on Start -> Run, and then type “regedit” in the Open box and press Enter key.
- Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration
Note that inside the registry key, there should be another subkey that resembles the following:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration\{90120000-0030-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE
or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration\{91120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE
- If there is more than one registry entries or subkeys that reference Microsoft 12.0 registration, open up each subkey, and then identify the product by the ProductName value data until you locate the subkey for the product which you want to remove the existing product license key.
For example:
ProductName=Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
ProductName=Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 - Once found the correct registry subkey, delete the following values:
DigitalProductID
ProductID - Close Registry Editor.
Once Microsoft Office 2007 has been installed with no product key, proceed with the following steps:
- In Windows Explorer, brose to the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller\Proof.en\
- Right click on Proof.XML file, select “Open With…” in the right click menu.
- In the “Open With” window, select Notepad to be used to open the XML file. In Vista, if you can’t see the Notepad option, simply double click the “Other Programs” to unhide it.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the Proof.XML to locate the following lines:
</Feature> <Feature Id=”SetupXmlFiles” Cost=”1248″>
<OptionRef Id=”AlwaysInstalled”/>
</Feature> - Change the AlwaysInsalled to neverInstalled so that the line looks like following:
<OptionRef Id=”neverInstalled”/>
- Save the Proof.xml file. In Windows Vista, you may need to take ownership and grant full access permission to yourself before able to modify the file.
- You can now launch Microsoft Office 2007 application such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook and etc without prompting for activation.
As usual, as it’s a hack, and before you purchase a valid product key for it, you won’t be able to AND can’t access any updates or Microsoft Office Online.
Note: The hack may work for 60 days only. To make this hack fully working, try to delete additional file below, probably has to be deleted every two months:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\OFFICE\DATA\opa12.dat
Or,
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\OFFICE\DATA (for Windows 7 and Vista)
Disclaimer: This article is for educational and informational purpose only.
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August 28th, 2008 02:42
Thank you very much, that’s it what I was looking for!
August 26th, 2008 22:32
thanks a lot bro!!! hope to learn more HACKS form you… hehehe
August 26th, 2008 11:06
In Vista, totally works!
Once you open the file in your browser, right click on Proof. Scroll down to properties. Then go to security. Click on USERS then click EDIT. Once you’ve done that, give yourself permission to everything. It okay.
Then open that link in notepad, change the part talked about in the article and… ‘poof!’ totally works!
THANKS! With a teachers salary, you saved me over $100!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 26th, 2008 05:26
Thanks it seems to have worked
I’ll just have to wait until the trial is up to see if it did though.
August 25th, 2008 19:38
hellou
August 25th, 2008 01:40
You’re The BOMB!
August 24th, 2008 15:05
made it work =P those people who can’t save, scroll up =P go to properties -> security -> then edit to allow yourself full access to modify the file
August 24th, 2008 13:51
HOLY CRAP THANKS ALOT BRO !!!!!
August 21st, 2008 22:09
Gracias me funciono de lujo…….
Toda una joya.je
August 21st, 2008 03:18
THX brooo…works perfectly
August 20th, 2008 06:17
hey guys, just so everyone knows, I found out through work cutty-like that Microsoft will be making SP1 on Office mandatory in about 4-6 months so its probably worth it to download sp1 before you do all this. otherwise you have to do it over again. heads up cuz this place is awesome
August 20th, 2008 06:14
Thank you! Thanks for the info.
August 19th, 2008 00:38
i follow all this step
but i still can’t edit and type anything
my trial was over a week ago
please help what i must to do?
August 18th, 2008 20:45
Works perfect. thanks
August 18th, 2008 18:17
After editing notepad “neverInstalled”, cannot save changes, error about wrong file path etc, I am using Vista??
August 18th, 2008 12:25
mano muchisimas gracias
:):):):)
August 17th, 2008 17:06
just completed it with your instruction, thanks heaps office works with no probs at all…
August 15th, 2008 12:24
It worked for a while, but then it locked down. Then I couldn’t uninstall it.
In order to uninstall it, I needed to get the stuff that I deleted back. So this is what I did:
1. I clicked on the Microsoft Office Button in Word (the round button on the top left hand side).
2. Then I clicked ‘Word Options’.
3. On the list that pops up, I chose ‘run Microsoft Office Diagnostics’.
I let it do its thing, and it reinstalled the verification (original Proof.en) on my computer. Now I’m able to uninstall.
Hope this helps!
August 15th, 2008 01:55
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August 14th, 2008 00:46
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August 13th, 2008 18:39
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August 13th, 2008 10:30
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August 13th, 2008 07:35
hey, that fix my office, but today
i want to print something, 4 the school
and the word said me that
i don’t have a real copy of office 2007
what can i do?
i already have the key
but i can’t use any program.
The “proof.xml” file, was erased!
i want to uninstall the office, but the PC said me that
i’m missing a file, one of them
i think is the “proof”
please help me!
it’s too urgent
because i use that for school
help me please.
thanks for all
see you!
ciao!
August 13th, 2008 07:27
hola, oye la verdad a mi si me funciono
pero hoy
quise modificar unos documentos, y me dice que mi office esta bloquead, que necesito una copia de Office 2007
y luego busqué donde estaba el archivo “proof.en” y ya se habia eliminado la carpeta, ahora no puedo hacer nada, quiero desinstalarlo, pero me dice que no se puede, que falta un archivo, entonces que puedo hacer??
me urge, esque tengo que hacer unas presentaciones para la escuela.
Gracias.
August 12th, 2008 16:48
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