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Microsoft Office 2000 Premium LVP To RETAIL Without Patches
How to install a FULL RETAIL unpatched version of
Office 2000 Premium from Office 2000 Premium LVP discs.
You will need at a MINIMUM Disc 1 and Disc 2 of the complete 4 CD set.
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Microsoft Office 2000 Premium LVP To RETAIL Without Patches
How to install a FULL RETAIL unpatched version of
Office 2000 Premium from Office 2000 Premium LVP discs.
You will need at a MINIMUM Disc 1 and Disc 2 of the complete 4 CD set.
Q1: What is LVP?
A1: LVP stands for License Verification Program.
M$ introduced this with Office 2000 LVP. They are special
LVP CDs purchased cheaply by students ie. Academic versions.
They require not only valid CD keys, but a Confirmation Number
to be obtained from M$ on every install. You will have to
enter this Confirmation Number before the 50th launch of any
Office 2000 program in order to register Office 2000
. You will
not be able to run any Office 2000 program after the 50th la
unch
without registration. The LVP CDs have all the files of the full
retail package, but with this LVP scheme enabled. With a little
trick, and NOT a patch, the LVP version can be installed as the
FULL RETAIL Office 2000 Premium version.
For more LVP info, look at the Microsoft Office for Windows Glossary
http://support.microsoft.com/support/office/off2k/gloss.asp#lvp
Q2: How do I know if I have LVP CDs?
A2: Look at the AUTORUN.INF on Disc 1 of 4 of your
Office 2000 Premium and if you find
"DisplayName=Microsoft Office 2000 Premium LVP"
then you have them.
Q3: What are the discs in the complete Office 2000 Premium LVP packa
ge?
A3: CD 1 of 4: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook,
Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access,
Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
CD 2 of 4: Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Small Business Tools
Shared Clip Art
CD 3 of 4: Microsoft PhotoDraw Disc 1
Microsoft Office Server Extensions
CD 4 of 4: Microsoft PhotoDraw Disc 2
Insert this content disc while running PhotoDraw
Q4: The Disc 1 and 2 key GC6J3-GTQ62-FP876-94FBR-D3DX8
does not need registration?
A4: Yes, but if you try and install any updates such as
SR-1 or SR-1a from
http://office.microsoft.com, you
will soon find out that all Office 2000 programs will
exit immediately. The reason for this is that M$ has
blacklisted this key. See the following for more info
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q255/5/0
3.ASP
If you are happy with Office 2000 Premium without any updates,
then just use the above key.
Q5: There are patches available to fix this SR-1 problem?
A5: If you are happy with these timeout/nag patches to your
Office 2000 files, such as MsOfCrack.exe which patches
MSO9.DLL, then go with those, but be warned that any future
updates may need another patch. The procedure below will
work for all future updates, as it is NOT a patch in any
way, but uses a ProductID generated by the M$ Office 2000
install program itself which is a FULL RETAIL ProductID
generated from YOUR discs on YOUR machine.
Q6: What keys should I use then?
A6: Disc 1: DT3FT-BFH4M-GYYH8-PG9C3-8K2FJ
Disc 2: DT3FT-BFH4M-GYYH8-PG9C3-8K2FJ
Disc 3: 100-0000000
Disc 4: <none required>
The above Disc 1 and 2 key is from a full retail
version of Office 2000 Premium. You must follow
the procedure below to install a full retail
version of Office 2000 Premium with this key
using the Office 2000 Premium LVP discs. You
will need at MINIMUM both Disc 1 and Disc 2.
If you only have Disc 1, then you are out of
luck, and will have to be content with Q4/Q5
above. The reason being is that the Disc 2
installation program generates a FULL RETAIL
ProductID from YOUR disc set on YOUR computer.
Why I think M$ have done this is so that
the Confirmation Number nag screen will not
come up twice. In effect, Publisher 2000 is
installed with a FULL RETAIL ProductID and
no nags! What this REALLY means is that
there is a FULL RETAIL ProductID in plain
view in the registry. Thanks M$idiots!
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FULL RETAIL INSTALLATION
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1. Uninstall ALL current Office 2000 discs
COMPLETELY if any. Make sure you reboot
to a clean start. By this I mean that
Windows loads WITHOUT any "Configuring ..."
or similar messages on startup. This
usually means two or more Restarts after any
program or disc (un)installation, the first
reboot will have the "Configuring ..." box
and further Restarts will eventually just
load Windows normally. THIS APPLIES TO
ALL THE SEPERATE DISC INSTALLATIONS BELOW!
2. Install Disc 1 using SETUP.EXE.
Use the key: DT3FT-BFH4M-GYYH8-PG9C3-8K2FJ
DO NOT RUN ANY OFFICE PROGRAMS AFTER REBOOT(S).
Tip: Copy all files to a temporary directory
on your hard disk first. It is much faster!
3. Install Disc 2 using SETUP.EXE.
Use the key: DT3FT-BFH4M-GYYH8-PG9C3-8K2FJ
DO NOT RUN ANY OFFICE PROGRAMS AFTER REBOOT(S).
Tip: Copy all files to a temporary directory
on your hard disk first. It is much faster!
4. [OPTIONAL] Install Disc 3 using AUTORUN.EXE.
Use the key: 100-0000000
DO NOT RUN ANY OFFICE PROGRAMS AFTER REBOOT(S).
Tip: Copy all files to a temporary directory
on your hard disk first. It is much faster!
5. If you have not run any office programs as instructed,
you will most likely have a nearly empty registry branch at
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\User information]
Microsoft stores its user data here for use with the
Registration Wizard executed by "REGWIZ.EXE /R".
Use the Registry Editor REGEDIT.EXE to view the registry.
BE CAREFUL!! Careless use of REGEDIT can trash your system.
If by chance you have started an Office program, you
will have got the Confirmation Number nag request
saying that there are 50 launches left. If you were
at this screen, you should click the "Register Later"
button. Either way, it is not important. Why would
you go through it and send M$ all your info anyhow?
The branch above will be filled with any data you
provided, ready for sending to M$ once you provide
a valid Confirmation Number. NONE OF THIS IS NECESSARY!
6. This is the fun bit. It uses REGEDIT, and as mentioned
above, careless use of REGEDIT can trash your system.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! If you have not used REGEDIT
before or do not know how to start REGEDIT then I am
NOT about to start a long how-to tutorial. Get someone
who knows. Run REGEDIT.EXE. Navigate to branch
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall]
You will see two branches near the top
{00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-0
8;6097C998E7}
{00040409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006&
#48;97C998E7}
These are GUIDs for Disc 1 and Disc 2 respectively.
Each GUID branch has many fields, two being "DisplayName" and "Pr
oductID".
For example:
Disc 1 {00000409-78E1-11D2-B60
;F-006097C998E7} fields:
"DisplayName"="Microsoft Office 2000 Premium"
"ProductID"="50637-000-000071
6-02075"
Disc 2 {00040409-78E1-11D2-B60F-0
06097C998E7} fields:
"DisplayName"="Microsoft Office 2000 Disc 2"
"ProductID"="50158-000-00007&
#49;6-02314"
What we have here are two ProductIDs, the first for
Disc 1 "50637-000-0000716-02&
#48;75" is the one which will
give you a nag screen for Confirmation Number and a
50 time limit timeout. WE DO NOT WANT THIS LVP CRAP!
Ahhh! But the second is a FULL RETAIL ProductID which
will NOT have any nags or timeout limits. Could it
be as simple as copying the Disc 2 ProductID to the
Disc 1 ProductID? Well, hell yes!! Use Ctrl-C to copy
the Disc 2 ProductID field value, and Ctrl-V to paste
it in the Disc 1 ProductID field value.
You should end up with the same Disc 2 ProductID for
both Disc 1 and Disc 2 GUIDs. For example:
Disc 1 {00000409-78E1-11D2-B60
;F-006097C998E7} fields:
"DisplayName"="Microsoft Office 2000 Premium"
"ProductID"="50158-000-00007&
#49;6-02314"
Disc 2 {00040409-78E1-11D2-B60F-0
06097C998E7} fields:
"DisplayName"="Microsoft Office 2000 Disc 2"
"ProductID"="50158-000-00007&
#49;6-02314"
After you are sure of what you have done, use
the REGEDIT menu Registry then Exit to save changes
to the Registry and exit REGEDIT.
The above procedure can be used in any M$ operating
system. The principle is the same in all, simply
copy the Disc 2 ProductID into the Disc 1 ProductID
using the appropriate OS Registry Editor.
7. Close all programs and Restart the computer clean.
Run any or all of your Office 2000 Premium programs
to configure them etc. and you will NEVER get a nag or
timeout. Use the web
http://office.microsoft.com to
get your SR-1, SR-1a, SR-2, etc. updates for your
now FULL RETAIL version of Office 2000 Premium
without any troubles or required patches.
If you ever have a problem in future with updates,
the most likely cause will be that, for example,
an SR-3 update may have BLACKLISTED the key
DT3FT-BFH4M-GYYH8-PG9C3-8K2FJ. I doubt this will
happen, but if it does, use the above procedure
with another known FULL RETAIL M$ Office 2000 Premium
key and all should be well unless you happen to find
another M$ BLACKLISTED key.
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Enjoy!
