On 21/11/2007, ccornell - OpenOffice.org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip>
> If I try to open an attachment using thoes > > programs, I get the pop up screen that asks for my "Administrative > Rights > > & wants 25 character product keycode" from back of cd. > > This sounds like you are using MS Vista, and have the "Trial" version of > the new MS Office installed. If you use this trial version of Office, > it expires after a fixed period and you have to pay a lot of money to > get the license key to get back into your documents. > > This will never happen with OpenOffice.org. <snip> This is a good thought which never occurred to me. I'm sure it explains the request for a 25-character key which is the usual Microsoft format. Hopefully you will be able to uninstall this trial version without having to know the key although I suppose it won't do much harm to leave it there - just a blot on the virtual landscape and some wasted disk space. If you do try to uninstall it and run into problems, this might help: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301 -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
