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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September 17th, 2008 19:48
the hack isnt really a hack at all. I have tried usng it and after a while the office programme still locks. whats the way around it or do i just unistall the office???
September 17th, 2008 15:38
What a Hack !!!!!. Thanks a ton Bro !!!!
September 17th, 2008 09:43
qual é a senha para a chave do produto Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 Trial Version
estou precisando muito
obrigado
September 16th, 2008 23:21
really great job you have done. Its really working.heads off to you.
September 16th, 2008 16:33
heh,I forgot the link…. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218
September 16th, 2008 16:26
momo..follow this instructions to completly remove office from you PC…
September 16th, 2008 05:25
The program locked after awhile, so I tried to delete it and it wouldn’t let me, probably because of some of the changes I made when trying to hack it.
How do I delete the whole program off my computer now?
September 15th, 2008 09:36
there isnt any proof.en file in the office folder…
is there anyone who cud tell me where can i loacate that file….
there isnt proof.xml file either….
guys helpppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 15th, 2008 05:29
unbelievable! it works indeed! great job, man
September 15th, 2008 05:16
excelente un 10…
September 14th, 2008 17:20
come here for couple a days and tell that this thing works..you will see that it doesn’t work..it only get rid of trial text but trial version remains ‘cos everything beaceme locked..
September 14th, 2008 06:07
Yeap. it works!.. thanks..
September 13th, 2008 20:43
Al of you who can’t get it work are idiots.The instructions are plain,doesn’t take more than 2 minutes.And yes it works.
Thanks for this.
September 13th, 2008 04:42
Sometimes it says “Office application version doesn’t match”. What’s this mean?
September 13th, 2008 02:23
I tried it and it works. Excellent. Thanks =)
September 12th, 2008 05:50
Thanks so much! I can’t believe that the computer I just bought only came with a trial version of office. I thought I’d have to use Word pad for all of my assignments.
Thanks again, Lizzi
September 11th, 2008 12:05
For everyone trying to figure out the last part of this “so-called” hack, I couldn’t figure out the last part but I found this easy way to save the xml.file. When you open the “proof.en” folder, either move the file or right click and export to desktop, when you attempt this, windows will ask you for admin permission, click ok. Once you get it on desktop do the whole right click “open with notepad” thing and do the always to never procedure and it will save. Then move the folder back to where it was previously, it will ask for admin permission again. This should work without messing with all the admin permission stuff. Just to let you know this isnt really a hack or whatever you want to call it. Still trying to figure out how to make MS Office work without any of this garbage hacking!
September 11th, 2008 10:12
hey! I followed all of your instructions, and it works and all, but so u know if it still expires after 60 days or not. how do u know when it will expire?(if it does). or does it only get rid of the trial version text.
September 10th, 2008 21:38
i have same problem..everything is locked, so this thing doesn’t work as it should..does anybody know some other way to hack office or how to fix this problem when everything became locked?
September 10th, 2008 19:28
actually when i have tried this soln.
its work but after that my all office application have been locked and toolbar does not allow to create new office file.
plz assit me for thats
as soon as possible
thx
manish
September 10th, 2008 09:33
microsoft can lick my bag
September 10th, 2008 08:42
Hey this works !!! Thnxx guys.
September 10th, 2008 02:00
It still locks up after after a bit.. I assumed it would work so i didn’t time it but i assume it worked for the same period as the trial was supposed to be functional..
September 9th, 2008 09:08
I cant save it! I tried playing around with security, but all i cant get is “special permissions”
September 8th, 2008 12:21
For any one having trouble doing the last part where you have to save, I have figured it out.
If you are unable to save the file after modifying it, you have to first right click on the proof.xml file and go to properties and then click on the security tab. You have to toy around with the users and permissions so you can have clearance to modify the file. Also make sure you are logged in as an Administrator. I just got it to work for my self after many trys, so don’t give up!