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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November 16th, 2008 13:20
This doesot work at all… in a day all the progemas you downloaded will stop, dont delete the previous word if it is loded on your computer… just out and buy it :/ hudge waste of time
November 11th, 2008 13:29
This only works for awhile until u get the document to lock up and which u cnt edit it anymore.
I have installed the version of home and student 2007 package and followed this step to unistalled it.
1. changed the Proof.xml file back to AlwaysInstalled (make sure it spelt the same way!) then u can uninstalled the software. –> C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller\Proof.en\
If u dnt have access to changed the file then do this.
Right-clicked on the proof.xml file and choose properties –> in the security tab, click on the user group that ur logd on 2 then hit the edit button –> give the user full control and save.
I then downloaded the 60 trails from the website http://trial.trymicrosoftoffice.com/trialnewzealand/default.aspx?re_ms=oo&culture=en-NZ
–> pick a product, I choose the pro version –> click on the download now, if might ask u to register so just do that
–> download both of the files
–> then u have to download these cracks to replace the files from http://rapidshare.com/files/95093505/MS_office_2007_ultimate_RTM_and_SP1_Activation.zip.html
–> read instruction first b4 installing it
Cheers,
Dj.Sok
November 11th, 2008 00:40
thx man for this help… it really works! Good Job
November 10th, 2008 04:26
Had it working for a good 4-5 months but today all of a sudden stopped working.. Think they might have patched it or something?
November 9th, 2008 20:36
I’m having problems too… All office programs are blocked!
November 9th, 2008 07:46
thanx man, this really worked!
Now i have MSO 07, and it works perfect;
-No asking for activation with product key
-Work full functionally
I dont know why people are having problems.
The post that says it only works for a day;I have mine for a week now (and going).
November 9th, 2008 06:55
Same with me.. the only thing it did for me was to remove the question asking me if i want to activate Office.. But i still can’t type or change any files… Anyone has any solutions ?
November 6th, 2008 12:15
How would i make this work with a preinstalled trial that came with computer and it has already expired?
November 5th, 2008 05:33
awesom.. man…
it really works..
some problem occurs if u r using vista to change the owner ship..
to resolve the change ownership problem do this
go to
CONTROL PANEL
> > USER ACCOUNT
> > > TURN USER ACCOUNT CONTROL ON OFF
> > > > DISABLE UAC
> > > > > RESTART OS
November 5th, 2008 03:41
i cant save it
November 4th, 2008 08:01
It worked for a day, then quit and became a file reader. Sorta got excited and then disappointed. I think MS has already corrected this hack in newer versions of the download trail versions. Had to go through the long complicated process of the online MS Office 2007 uninstall instructions since couldn’t uninstall any other way. If you do have to do this, I solved my reinstall of old Office version by doing a system restore.
November 3rd, 2008 09:00
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God bless you sir/maam lol
November 3rd, 2008 06:58
It works. Thanks!
November 2nd, 2008 23:07
it works!!!!!!!!!…..Thanks
November 2nd, 2008 21:12
Hey, your tips do work
November 1st, 2008 21:19
Hey this number thingy(\{91120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE
is not the same as my number,what should I do now?
November 1st, 2008 15:12
Merci beaucoup / Thank you so much
November 1st, 2008 13:11
Nah, this is not actually working, yeah it stopped from asking activation but the office wont work anymore after it expires. All the features will be locked and cannot be use anymore and it makes you hard to uninstall the application afterwards.
November 1st, 2008 05:55
I think you wont be able to remove MS Office if this file has been modified.
SO i recomend you save this info to change the file again in case you need to uninstall.
If you are no able to type, this hack wont work, i think is after it expires.
October 31st, 2008 23:30
Wow, it works! Thanks a lot man!
October 31st, 2008 19:07
Grazie mille!
October 31st, 2008 17:52
arg, i can’t get it to work…
October 31st, 2008 11:30
Worked like charm…..I was so irritated when I installed and tried to edit a document…You made my life so easy….
Thanks a lot….
October 30th, 2008 09:34
wow i took off the productID and the digitalproductID and now this doesnt even work… so i just messed up my computer and gto jack shit from it. damn, i guess this doesnt work for me
October 30th, 2008 09:30
As a matter of fact, i cant even type in anything, and i cant access any of the accesories on the top of the page.
is it supposed to be like this? cus everyone is saying “worked like a charm” “you da man”