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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January 8th, 2009 21:32
nyc
January 7th, 2009 04:45
I have ypur method on my laptop it worked perfectly, however on my vista comp, it wont let me save the proof.en file.
January 6th, 2009 02:08
you dumbass, 30 days left and now i cant uninstall it..
to anyone else; would it cause a prob. if i shift + del it from C folder?
January 5th, 2009 11:39
FYI.
it works, yes.
but it does ask you if for a product key, even thoe it is not required.
butt…..
it will only let you run it up to 25 times before you can no longer use it w/o a product key.
click the ? on the bottom left when it askes you for the key.
January 5th, 2009 03:06
Great it works!
But nly the registry way worked and only after removing the values from BOTH reg keys as mentioned THANKS.
[The Proof.en doesnt have "cost=1248" maybe because it's not an English office, but still I found 2 places to change it and it did not work when I put "NeverInstalled" at the right places.]
January 4th, 2009 17:32
it worked but now(almost after 30days) it doesn’t- i change the proof. en part back to “AlwaysInstalled” and it still will not unistall?
January 4th, 2009 01:44
Great now it cannot be uninstalled. You should have your ass kicked.
January 3rd, 2009 08:05
Didn’t work…It takes off the the word trial and all that stuff but…After 60 day inspires it is freezing…So author u can easily delete this thread or whatever
January 3rd, 2009 06:54
if u get a thing that wont let u save it simpley……
in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller\Proof.en\ folder right-click on proof ,then, click security , click your name than click edit, then click full control click apily, and edit the file,anyway, that HACK WORKS!!!! but i have a ? why is 1note on my bigrig (big computer) but not on my laptop??
January 2nd, 2009 13:39
it worked to remove the notification to activate it & enter the product key message but did not able to unlock the features,so it opens with reduced functionality………so not a great job at all.
January 1st, 2009 23:43
very usefull, thanks a lot
January 1st, 2009 00:49
i downloaded office 2007 trial edition and have a genuine CD key but the genuine CD key is not recognized as being valid – any suggestons?
December 31st, 2008 03:47
to uninstall… make to proof file into the old thing… thats “alwaysinstalled” and then uninstall…. for vista users copy the proof file into the desktop then edit it and then paste it back…
December 29th, 2008 01:56
“Guys, this will corrupt the installation after a short time. You won’t be able to uninstall it, and all it does is remove the word “trial” its still only a 60 day trial”.
Exectly said John is right.
December 28th, 2008 00:26
Ohh… i saved the note to my desktop and edited it and saved it 2 my desktop again then i put it back in the proof.en folder hope it says ok…
December 28th, 2008 00:22
i couldnt save the proof file again… so i deleted the whole proof file… dunno whats gonna happen but i used word a few times and its been ok…
December 27th, 2008 15:43
Guys, this will corrupt the installation after a short time. You won’t be able to uninstall it, and all it does is remove the word “trial” its still only a 60 day trial.
December 26th, 2008 14:04
After changing from “alwaysinstalled” to “neverinstalled”, it wouldnt let me save it. can anyone tell me exactly what I have to do to make it save??
December 24th, 2008 08:48
it worked for a while but then i opened powerpoint today and it didnt work at all nither did office or excel..please help fix
December 24th, 2008 08:08
Sweet stuff..worked like a charm!! Just hoping there won’t be any problems later on like other people. Thanks for the post.
December 23rd, 2008 15:08
waaaaaaaaaaaaaa BEBSI COLA!!!! Helllua!!!!
This one make very good friend! This one make Very nice!!!
I take a shhit on microsoft…. Apple is muccccch better! This work like great!!!!
Microsoft is SHHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 22nd, 2008 18:01
hello
thanks
but activation option is disable.
but all office product not working.
all product is off.
plz help
rimpu singla
9785612008
December 22nd, 2008 15:17
Thanks a lot man…. This hack works greate.
Microsoft should put you in jail…
Thanks a lot man….
December 22nd, 2008 11:03
heyyyy
its worked……
but i didnt read the lest line and i access an update and i dont know what i have to do to make office make worke again…
please halp me…..
please
December 19th, 2008 07:05
U rock man, worked!!!
nice and smoth…
thxxx