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Is my office genuine

  • 11-08-2011 11:51am
    #1
    HarryGorman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭


    Quick question... how do I know if my office 2007 is genuine? I seem to remember doing a test on microsofts website years ago when I got office 2003... but cant seem to find a test for this one :confused:

    thanks


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  • #2
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Open any office application and open the help menu. I'm pretty sure there's an option to check.


  • #3
    HarryGorman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭HarryGorman


    chin_grin wrote: »
    Open any office application and open the help menu. I'm pretty sure there's an option to check.


    hmm Im not seeing it to be honest :confused::(

    Are you talking about the help box you get when you press f1.. :confused:

    The only thing i can find in there is instructions on activating.... I follow them... and it tells me instantly that Im activated...

    Is that the same as being genuine do you think...???? :confused:


  • #4
    fionny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭fionny


    Have a read of this?

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/benefits-of-genuine-office-HA010205597.aspx


  • #5
    subway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    your office is genuine when you have a COA

    its going to look something like this and will be either on the box or stuck on the PC
    coa.gif
    http://www.localpcbuilder.com/images/coa.gif

    anything else and its not genuine / you are not correctly licensed to use it

    //edit
    there are ways you could have office and not have a COA, but you would know about them as you would have, at a minimum, an email from microsfot with your license or agreement details


  • #6
    subway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    i think you replied while i was editing. how did i know that boards wouldnt let me away with it!


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  • #7
    fionny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭fionny


    subway wrote: »
    i think you replied while i was editing. how did i know that boards wouldnt let me away with it!

    Aye saw your edit and deleted my post :P


  • #8
    MapForJ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭MapForJ


    subway wrote: »
    your office is genuine when you have a COA

    its going to look something like this and will be either on the box or stuck on the PC
    coa.gif
    http://www.localpcbuilder.com/images/coa.gif

    anything else and its not genuine / you are not correctly licensed to use it

    //edit
    there are ways you could have office and not have a COA, but you would know about them as you would have, at a minimum, an email from microsfot with your license or agreement details
    oops mistake sorry


  • #9
    HarryGorman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭HarryGorman


    Guys honestly Im still none the wiser. computers isnt my best subject. Is there no online test I can take like I did with office 2003.. :confused: that was so simple to work and no messing.

    And subway theres no stickers on the laptop at all. I can see markings where there was stickers.... but they;re all peeled off.

    Can anyone tell me what does it mean by activated...? Does that mean its above board...?


  • #10
    MapForJ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭MapForJ


    HarryGorman wrote: »

    Can anyone tell me what does it mean by activated...? Does that mean its above board...?
    activated by ms, sounds genuine


  • #11
    HelpWithIT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭HelpWithIT


    Did you buy it?
    Then it's genuine...if you have the seriel number as in pics above then it will work..don't get me wrong..Microsoft are robbing b******s ...use Open Office instead...free and really good product


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  • #12
    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    Open excel-hit the office button (top left)-excel options-resources-about.


  • #13
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    I'm pretty sure Microsoft put some software checker in one of their updates, I've had to update some SP1 versions of XP recently and I think the name of it is "genuine advantage" or something. I would think you'd be getting constant reminders that your software is unlicensed if it was.


  • #14
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    The Office Genuine Advantage program is no longer supported by Microsoft, so afaik there is no automated way to check it.

    Nick

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  • #15
    HarryGorman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭HarryGorman


    I bought the laptop secondhand and office was on it when I got it. I have 10 days (well 9 now) to take the laptop back if I have any issues.

    I told the chap at the counter that its very important the office isnt going to lock after a month or two, like what happened the brother in law. He said he'd be suprised if it did, but he said Id have to check it myself as his guarantee wont cover software after the 10 days.

    In a month or two if it locks up Im gonna be pretty screwed. Im wondering if I change the laptops time and date forward a couple of months do you think that would be a good indication?


  • #16
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    HarryGorman wrote: »
    I bought the laptop secondhand and office was on it when I got it. I have 10 days (well 9 now) to take the laptop back if I have any issues.

    I told the chap at the counter that its very important the office isnt going to lock after a month or two, like what happened the brother in law. He said he'd be suprised if it did, but he said Id have to check it myself as his guarantee wont cover software after the 10 days.

    In a month or two if it locks up Im gonna be pretty screwed. Im wondering if I change the laptops time and date forward a couple of months do you think that would be a good indication?
    What version of Office is it? I mean does it include everything like Access, Publisher, or just the basics? If it has full bells and whistles, and you didnt pay €500+ for the privaledge well it likely to be pirated, if you just have Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Onenote I think it is its possibly the home & student release, which is cheap enough and could have been included.
    Also you should have got a Microsoft Office restore disc (not with some newer versions) but at the very least a certificate of auntenticity, if you got nothing it could be a pirated copy. If it was a shop sold you this Microsoft would be very interested in knowing and may give you a free license in exchange ;)

    Nick

    My Beer Glass collection site 🍺

    My Irish Callcards site



  • #17
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    HarryGorman wrote: »
    I bought the laptop secondhand and office was on it when I got it. I have 10 days (well 9 now) to take the laptop back if I have any issues.

    I told the chap at the counter that its very important the office isnt going to lock after a month or two, like what happened the brother in law. He said he'd be suprised if it did, but he said Id have to check it myself as his guarantee wont cover software after the 10 days.

    In a month or two if it locks up Im gonna be pretty screwed. Im wondering if I change the laptops time and date forward a couple of months do you think that would be a good indication?
    Take it back. His Guarantee should still cover the software inside those 10 days, and if he sold it to you on the understanding that it wouldn't expire, he should get it validated for you. Now to be fair to him if he wasn't sure about it (and it doesnt sound like he was) that wasn't much of a guarantee. Still, you're entitled to swap it out or haggle them about it.


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