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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April 8th, 2009 17:14
thanks a lot didn’t know it was so easy to do
April 8th, 2009 05:48
Hi,
I try this and it works for the normal office programs but not in onenote 2007!
there’s also the request to activate the product in internet or per telephone.
Any ideas?
thanks!
April 7th, 2009 23:30
thank you so much!
April 7th, 2009 11:42
im having the same problem as comment 1004
April 7th, 2009 10:28
omg thank you it works awesome guide. =)
April 7th, 2009 08:53
It worked with my Vista OS.Amazing. Those that are getting an error message. Please refer to his other link http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/25/how-to-take-ownership-and-grant-permissions-in-windows-vista/
April 7th, 2009 06:02
it worked perfectly. thank you!
April 7th, 2009 05:10
Worked great. Thanks.
April 6th, 2009 23:11
I tried this but I am getting an error when trying to save the Proof.en file: Cannot create the C:\Progam files\common files\microsoft shared\OFFICE12\office setup conroller\proof.en\proof.xml file. Make sure the path and file name are correct. Any ideas on how to get around this or what I may be doing wrong? Thanks!!
April 6th, 2009 21:31
Can anyone answer my question about what the files could be called?
April 6th, 2009 20:42
Uh, ignore the typos in my prev post
April 6th, 2009 20:36
It used to work but today after I startes Word, I encountered the same error as 1004. Checked everything, the reg keys are deleted, the file is modified yet I get the “locked” message.
April 6th, 2009 20:05
Could it be these two files?:
DPCfile
PSS
April 6th, 2009 19:57
I cannot find the two files you have to delete within the subkey-file:
DigitalProductID
ProductID
They aren’t there, so what should I do?
April 6th, 2009 19:26
amazing thank u
April 6th, 2009 19:06
hi thanks for the instruction works 100% i am very greatful
April 6th, 2009 11:33
I have the same issue as comment 1004
I didn’t edit the registry first though, & it worked for a short while but in the middle of editing a document it locked on me & now I cannot do anything to it! Suggestions? I’ve tried going back into the registry and deleting those 2 values but they aren’t there?
April 6th, 2009 08:21
how is simply but effective and working 100%
THANX MATE!!!
April 6th, 2009 04:50
Heyyy thnx,,its working for me 2007 enterprise
it accepts updates and templates
very greatfull
thnxxxxxxxxxxx
April 6th, 2009 03:47
i have the same thing as Add (comment 1004)
so what to do?
April 5th, 2009 18:47
@ rivebise – thanks, I had trouble locating the file as Im using Vista as well, now my turn to help you.
To save the file (cos I then had the same problem as you) you need to right click on the Proof.en file, go into properties, and click on the security tab. Have a look at your user name in the list (there’s administrator etc) and see if you have modify rights. Most likely not, so just click on the edit button, give yourself rights to modify. I didn’t even bother closing down the proof.en file while I made the changes, just went back and saved it and voila!
April 5th, 2009 01:45
This didn’t work for me on Office 2007.
It no longer asks for a product key, but if I try to type anything it says ‘This modification is not allowed because the selection is locked’.
Any suggestions? the search continues..
April 4th, 2009 06:29
hey.thanks for posting this. However, i run windows vista, so my pathfile is program86 and not programs files. I found the file alright, however, when i try to save the modifications, it says “cannot find file” ?…
please help me.
thank you.
April 4th, 2009 02:00
It does work. Thank you.
April 3rd, 2009 15:12
i deleted another red file in that folder by mistake and its does not work to me
and i neither can unstall it.
what should i do?
please help people!