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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Thank you, it helped me a lot.
tnks
Hi,
Thanks for this. How would you adapt on Win7 64 + Office 2007 ?
I found 4 reg keys with “REG_NINARY” binaries “set to 01″, should I set these to zero ??
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\Winners\amd64_microsoft-windows-c..er-office.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_fr-fr_9788d4ef934ad6a5
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\Winners\amd64_microsoft-windows-content-filter-office_31bf3856ad364e35_none_fb95b943c9594085
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\Winners\x86_microsoft-windows-c..er-office.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_fr-fr_3b6a396bdaed656f
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\Winners\x86_microsoft-windows-content-filter-office_31bf3856ad364e35_none_9f771dc010fbcf4f
XML File still exist in X86ProgramFiles directory, but new Programs directory is created now, with different tree (no proof, only 4 files into Office12 : 3 DLLS, ans 1 exe – msoshest.dll, MSOSEV.DLL, MSOSMSMF.DLL, MSOSMLED.EXE).
=> Will the modification of Proof.xml sufficient in this context ?
Regards,
Phil
@ Phil and all others with Win 7 x64 and Office 2007
You are right, in the explained tree are only theese 4 datas (3x *.dll and 1x *.exe) to be found. Also the Registration-Folder is not to be found in registration editor!
So if you use x64 based System, you have to make sure to get into this direction:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller\Proof.en\
and change the Proof.xml in the explained way.
it even works for x64 based systems! for sure!
Yes, I did when I posted and get no problem since. Great job & many thanks Freddy !
You rule dude, thank you
Shut it Bill or I will haunt you….
I am not too pleased people…. Buy my software… Cheap Asses….
you’re not bill gates, are you?
I am 90 percent sure you’re not bill gates
doesnt work. none of those files even come up when i follow the path.
okay sorted that problem but now it just locks when i open it instead of coming up with the product key option it just all goes grey
hey, it says the file type is wrong when i try to save it and when i try to save it in the microsoft setup file it says contact the administrator but i am on the administrator account. any help would be much appreciated
it didn’t worked for me. tho the trial thing disappeared at the top still the system says the features are still locked
((
Just here to confirm that this does actually work. Thanks a lot.
Realy vorks…thnx
Nice……….good work…..
i’ve done all the instructions but i can’t modify the xml…text . ..NB i’m using windows 7..help me please
@john–have you tried running Notepad as Administrator? I always forget to do that, especially when I edit my registry, but it sure does pay off!
Good luck, man!
and how can I do that? tnx in advance:)
Right-click Notepad, and click Run as Administrator.
Bravo!! et merci!!
Mais bien sûr, je vais acheter de ce pas une clé valide
Thanks, man, it worked perfectly. I only wish more folks had the stones to publish this stuff, openly, to help others out. The warez and hack sites only have virus files and crap on them. As always, I only used your info for informational and educational purposes.
Hey I deleted this Opa thing and MS office is still not functioning
Like Destroyer I have the same problem. Today I was busy working in word, and a couple of hours later I couldn’t type anymore. I can still open and read documents but I can’t change anything anymore.
Deleting Opa12.dat is possible but from the moment I open word again, Opa12.dat just reappears again.
Is this permanent or fixable?
Anyone got an idea?
Great job dude , it worked for me
thanks a lot
about OPA12.BAK . should i delete this backup file ?