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 or most computer retail store.

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:

  1. Close all Microsoft Office applications.
  2. Run Register Editor by clicking on Start -> Run, and then type “regedit” in the Open box and press Enter key.
  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Once found the correct registry subkey, delete the following values:

    DigitalProductID
    ProductID

  6. Close Registry Editor.

Once Microsoft Office 2007 has been installed with no product key, proceed with the following steps:

  1. In Windows Explorer, brose to the following folder:

    C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller\Proof.en\

  2. Right click on Proof.XML file, select “Open With…” in the right click menu.
  3. 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.
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the Proof.XML to locate the following lines:

    </Feature> <Feature Id=”SetupXmlFiles” Cost=”1248″>
    <OptionRef Id=”AlwaysInstalled”/>
    </Feature>

  5. Change the AlwaysInsalled to neverInstalled so that the line looks like following:

    <OptionRef Id=”neverInstalled”/>

  6. 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.
  7. 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.

Disclaimer: This article is for educational and informational purpose only.

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471 Responses to “Hack to Activate Microsoft Office 2007 Evaluation Trial Version”

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  1. Al
    February 4th, 2008 05:05
    225

    I used microsoft explorer to find the file and this is where I found some folders with the file and the same name:

    C:\WORKSSETUP\OffHST07Trial\Proofing.en-us

    now the question is which one I pick and then what do I do with it??

  2. yak
    February 4th, 2008 03:57
    224

    Wow, it totally worked, and I use Vista. Suggestion for other Vista users: even though my permissions were set to full access, Vista wouldn’t let me save the Proof XML file in its original folder after I’d changed it.

    So I just saved it on the desktop, then dragged the new file to the folder where the original was. When Vista warned me that another file existed there with the same name, I just told it to replace the old file and delete the old one.

    Then I just closed out the window and opened the program. Everything works fine! Thanks!

  3. Al
    February 4th, 2008 02:45
    223

    I did, I went through each folder as he said and that file is not there….

  4. Hanna G
    February 4th, 2008 02:15
    222

    Try looking in the right place DS

  5. Al
    February 4th, 2008 01:42
    221

    I dont have the file Proof.XML so what do I do?

  6. John
    February 3rd, 2008 22:03
    220

    To unistall Office 2007 after you have deleted the registry subkeys, go to

    C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller\Proof.en\

    open “Proof.XML” and change

    back to

  7. jodi
    February 2nd, 2008 11:17
    219

    can someone help??? mine is locked also, i can uninstall or anything

  8. ALx
    February 1st, 2008 12:50
    218

    those 2 files that it asked for are not listed in my regestery… any thoughts?

  9. lars
    February 1st, 2008 11:09
    217

    it works omg i didnt think it was going to work

  10. Al
    February 1st, 2008 05:05
    216

    Hey hey, did I miss something?, what was it that Frank said and now is working???

  11. CCS
    February 1st, 2008 04:26
    215

    Hey Clef

    You have to change the permission of the file to open it that way.

    you asked………..

    December 12th, 2007 07:36 145did everything but when i try to save the proof.xml file it says cannot create “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller\Proof.en\Proof.xml file. Make sure the path and file name are correct.” What am i Doing wrong

  12. VD
    February 1st, 2008 04:02
    214

    Hey

    Is it possible that you uninstall the trail version after expiry, then move to you cpmputer to restore your computer to earlier form,
    then download new trial copy and

    TRY!

    Hey do you think it will work?

  13. imp
    February 1st, 2008 01:33
    213

    Oh, dude!!! WORKED WONDERS!!! I didn’t even had to uninstall. I just did it and it is not locked anymore.

    Article writer, will you have my babies?

  14. me
    January 31st, 2008 15:06
    212

    Hey guys, still works now. Just follow all the instructions, and make sure to uninstall EVERYTHING first using what FrankC said (don’t just use uninstall programs)

    Cheers and thanks

  15. Al
    January 30th, 2008 05:13
    211

    CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THIS I JUST WANNA GET RID OF THIS PROBLEM ONCE IT FOR ALL

  16. horsedrowner
    January 29th, 2008 23:23
    210

    I’m reinstalling now. So if I’m right, I:

    - make backups of the registry
    - turn off Windows update
    - don’t enter a serial
    - deny internet access to Office

    THEN I use the hack.

    Did I forget anything?

  17. Maiden
    January 29th, 2008 10:12
    209

    Wow! Thank you!! That was very helpful. ^_^

  18. Al
    January 27th, 2008 05:34
    208

    I thought of the same but i have a lot of information in my computer and it will be a pain in the a@# passing it all to another hardrive or DVDs, i would be very, but very very greatful if someone has a solution to this, all i want to do is uninstall it and then ill buy the damn progrma, I’m tired of all this BS

  19. To J
    January 26th, 2008 01:57
    207

    I just ran into that same PROBLEM - this whole process is BS and it can and will (obvioulsy) cause many people problems. After calls to Microsoft, HP and Toshiba I had to use my Toshiba discs and restore it back to the originalthat it had when I purchased my Toshiba laptop in November

  20. J
    January 26th, 2008 01:09
    206

    i went through this a few months ago and it worked for a time. it’s now locked again and i want to uninstall EVERYTHING related to MS Office but it won’t let me. I tried to uninstall by going through the Add/Remove Programs function but it said there was an error and that I should consult the original installation software, which I no longer have. I also ran a diagnostic and it “corrected” one problem, but still no change. If I install a different version of MS Office, will these old components be removed? It’s useless clutter. HELP!

  21. Toni
    January 25th, 2008 07:13
    205

    I re-installed the trial after doing EVERYTHING you said, and its STILL locked. So I give up. I’ll just buy the damn thing one day

  22. Toni
    January 25th, 2008 05:34
    204

    So, Frank, now that I have deleted Office and the Registry and turned off updates…just start a new trial and repeat the steps?

  23. Al
    January 21st, 2008 02:14
    203

    So how can i fix it, oh and the other thing is that i cant uninstall it, whrn i try ti di it it just diesnt di anythung and stays the same, so what can i do???

  24. Greg
    January 21st, 2008 02:13
    202

    I have the Home and Student Editon of Word 2007 - does this make a difference in what I do to hack ?

  25. FrankC
    January 20th, 2008 17:13
    201

    At a guess you updated something.

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