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Office 2003 and Office 2007 Genuine Patch

And again one article from Steve Jobs’s blog. Well, since a few weeks, most of the known Office 2007 keys do not pass the Genuine test anymore. Most likely you will be able to use it as normal and update your Office 2007, however those downloads which require Genuine Validation won’t pass.
download - comments - 29.5.2007

Office 2003 and Office 2007 Genuine Patch

And again one article from Steve Jobs’s blog. Well, since a few weeks, most of the known Office 2007 keys do not pass the Genuine test anymore. Most likely you will be able to use it as normal and update your Office 2007, however those downloads which require Genuine Validation won’t pass.
download - comments - 29.5.2007

Office 2007 Genuine Advantage

Thanks to hwh1226 for this download. Office 2007 Genuine Advantage - 05/27/2007 This will make any Office 2003 or 2007 genuine! you will be able to update with any application of Office.
download - comments - 11.6.2007

Windows Vista, Office 2007, Exchange 2007 Business Launch

While it's not the retail launch date, today is the official business launch for the next generation of Microsoft's Windows operating system, Windows Vista.
windows - comments - 1.12.2006

Outlook 2007 users angry over Office 2007 HTML-e-mail changes

A quiet change Microsoft has made in the rendering engine used by Outlook 2007 is beginning to sink in among individuals who have gotten accustomed to having the Internet Explorer (IE) engine render HTML e-mail messages. And the reaction of many is one of anger and disbelief.
microsoft - comments - 13.1.2007

Windows Vista, 2007 Office System and Exchange Server 2007 Launched in The Netherlands

Today Microsoft launched Windows Vista, 2007 Office System and Exchange Server 2007 for Volume license businesses in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
microsoft - comments - 29.11.2006

Microsoft Plans Office Genuine Advantage

Despite the criticism leveled at Microsoft Corp. after its recent rollout -- and partial rollback -- of Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA), that tool was just the first phase in the company's latest antipiracy effort.
microsoft - comments - 28.7.2006

Office Genuine Advantage (OGA), Now Mandatory

If you don't like the mandatory anti-piracy checks that Microsoft now enforces for Windows, brace yourself. The Microsoft Office productivity and collaboration suite is about to get a similar program.
microsoft - comments - 27.10.2006

Microsoft confirms Office 12 will be Office 2007

Microsoft announced today the lineup for Microsoft Office Suites 2007.

Alongside the product branding, Microsoft has also revealed pricing for the different versions of Office 2007.
microsoft - comments - 16.2.2006

Microsoft Office 2007 to be released in 2007

Following on from the recent Windows Vista delays Microsoft has stated that it expects Microsoft Office 2007 to be available to businesses at year-end and OEM/Retail in early 2007.

Microsoft has a habbit of releasing products in one year but naming them a year ahead to keep them sounding up to date in the market.
microsoft - comments - 25.3.2006

Microsoft to add the Genuine Advantage nag to Office

Microsoft is set to begin a pilot of a new Genuine Advantage anti-piracy mechanism for Office that will add a “nag-like” feature, akin to what is now part of Windows Vista, to Office.
microsoft - comments - 9.4.2008

Office 12 NOT BRANDED Office 2007

Well I saw Office 12 demo's at IT Forum where the apps were named Office 2007, also as mentioned earlier on Bink.nu, the name change of all office apps now have the name Office in them. So "Microsoft Office Word" and not "Microsoft Word"
microsoft - comments - 25.1.2006

Office 2007 vs. Office 2008 – Packagings

Office 2008 is the equivalent of the Office 2007 System, but a product designed exclusively for the Mac platform, and the Mac OS X operating system, unlike its alternative for Windows.
microsoft - comments - 8.10.2007

Disable and Remove OGA Office Not Genuine Notifications Uninstall KB949810

After installing Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) Notifications (KB949810) from Windows Update, OGA Validation will perform genuine test on installed Microsoft Office XP, Office 2003, Office 2007 and Office 2010 software. If Office product is validated as not genuine, “This copy of Microsoft Office is not genuine” notification message will be displayed on notification area (system tray), at splash screen during Office program (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) startup, and at Office’s toolbar or ribbon with extra “Get Genuine Office” tab or element.
windows - comments - 18.10.2009

Uninstall Office Genuine Advantage Notifications Notifier (KB949810) with OGA Uninstaller

Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) is another initiative by Microsoft to stem the piracy and counterfeit copy of Microsoft Office business producitivity suite and applications.
download - comments - 12.10.2009

Office Genuine Advantage Notifications OGA KB949810 v2.0.48.0 Released To More Markets

For users who are installing Microsoft Office 2007 productivity suite with Office 2007 Blue Edition or other illegal and pirated Office downloads, which make use of volume licensing product key (VLK) to activate (or bypass activation requirement of) Office 2007, beware of KB949810 Office Genuine Advantage Notifications update, which will inactivate Office applications and display the nagging “not genuine” notification messages.
download - comments - 26.8.2009

Windows Seven and Office 14 Just as Big as Windows Vista and Office 2007

Microsoft has reiterated its commitment to the desktop. Building on its co-founder Bill Gates' vision of a PC on every desk in every home, Microsoft will continue to focus on delivering desktop products. And in this context, nothing will change when it comes down to the development of the company's main cash cows.
windows - comments - 12.7.2007

First Microsoft Genuine Office Validation Download on Download Center

Microsoft has posted the first Office download which has Genuine Office Validation (not required yet). It is sounds.exe the download enables sound in Office 2000,XP and 2003.
microsoft - comments - 28.4.2006

Office 2007 activation

A lot of people are searching for some solutions, for example "How activate Office 2007?" or "How to crack Office 2007". I will prepare the most searching phrases to discuss.
microsoft - comments - 7.1.2007

Office 2007 Crack

Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System will be released to the general public on January 29, 2007. However, both Microsoft products have been pirated extensively following their respective release to manufacturing.
microsoft - comments - 30.4.2007

More Office 2007 Demos

Here are download links to more Office 2007 applications Demos.
download - comments - 10.5.2007

Office 2007 SP2

We’re pleased to announce that Service Pack 2 (SP2) for the 2007 Microsoft Office system is expected to be released in the near future. Although we aren’t yet announcing the exact release date, it will fall between February and April of 2009.
download - comments - 1.4.2009

Office 2007: Users Wary of Changes

While Microsoft faces a host of challenges in maintaining its market share numbers and persuading customers to upgrade to its 2007 Office System suite of products when released in the second half of this year, its competitors face an equally daunting task of winning users away from Office 2007 and growing their numbers.

Heading the list of challenges facing Microsoft is the fact that Office 2007 has a new user interface, which could require extensive staff retraining at a significant cost, as well as a new file format, which has the potential to create compatibility issues, analysts such as Joe Wilcox of Jupiter Research, told eWEEK.
microsoft - comments - 3.3.2006

SmartArt in Microsoft Office 2007

Jensen Harris discusses a new feature coming with the 2007 Microsoft Office System called SmartArt.
microsoft - comments - 21.5.2006

Office 2007 to Go 'Gold' This Month

Microsoft is winding down the beta program for Office 2007 as it prepares for a release to manufacturing before the end of the month. On October 25, Microsoft will close its Office Preview site and stop allowing downloads of the beta.
microsoft - comments - 9.10.2006

Office 2007 RTM download

The 2007 Microsoft Office System, also known as Microsoft Office 2007, is the most recent version of its productivity suite.
download - comments - 12.11.2006

Microsoft Office 2007 - Review

Releases of Microsoft Office over the past 6 years have been considered evolutionary upgrades, delivering new features with each new version making life a bit easier for authors of Office documents.
microsoft - comments - 16.11.2006

Office 2007 'Stun Switch' Nothing New

There doesn't seem to be as much confusion over what this thing does as over what to call it: With a name that sounds straight out of "1984," what exactly is Reduced Functionality Mode (RFM) in Office 2007?
microsoft - comments - 21.11.2006

Office 2007: From bloated to sleek

Life has a funny symmetry, don't you think? When you're born, you're short, toothless and bald. You spend the first part of your life gaining height, teeth and hair--and the last part losing them again.
microsoft - comments - 22.1.2007

More Buyers home in on Office 2007

Before you get right down to the numbers regarding Office 2007 outselling Office 2003 (so far), I’ll tell you why I think this is.
microsoft - comments - 14.2.2007

MS Office Validation Now Mandatory

Want to use the extra features within Office? Be prepared to verify that your copy of the productivity suite is genuine. While the so-called Office Genuine Advantage has been around since April, Microsoft did not make it mandatory until Friday...
betanews.com - 28.10.2006

Microsoft prepares Genuine Software initiative

The recently rolled out Office Genuine Advantage, along with its widely known Windows counterpart, seems to have made Microsoft decide to protect all of its paying software using a Genuine Advantage initiative.

The new tool, named simply Genuine Advantage Initiative, is aimed at protecting all Microsoft retail desktop software other than Windows and Office, which will both remain under their own Genuine Advantage. It is based on the Office version, but the changes it adds from this version is currently unknown.


jcxp.net - 28.07.2006

Microsoft to add the Genuine Advantage ‘nag' to Office

Microsoft is set to begin a pilot of a new Genuine Advantage anti-piracy mechanism for Office that will add a “nag-like” feature, akin to what is now part of Windows Vista, to Office.

Office already currently includes an Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) validation mechanism (for Office XP and Office 2007), but Microsoft doesn’t do a whole lot to “punish” those it deems to be running non-Genuine versions of Office. However, as part of a new OGA notifications pilot program — which Microsoft is launching in Chile, Italy, Spain and Turkey, according to an April 8 announcement buried in a Q&A on Microsoft’s Web site — Microsoft is set to turn up the unpleasantness a notch.


neowin.net - 09.04.2008

Office 2007 System now available on MSDN

MSDN Subscribers can now get their hands on Office 2007 Professional, it has just been made available.

Office Professional 2007 includes the following Microsoft Office system programs: Microsoft Office Access 2007, Microsoft Office Excel® 2007, Microsoft Office Outlook® 2007 with Business Contact Manager, Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2007, Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 and Microsoft Office Word 2007.

Additionally the following applications have been added under "Office 2007 Desktop Programs" and they include: Office Groove 2007, Office InfoPath 2007, Office OneNote 2007, Office Project 2007 and Office Visio 2007.


neowin.net - 13.11.2006

Microsoft Kills Windows Validation and Office Validation Anti-Piracy Efforts

Microsoft's anti-piracy efforts will undertake a major overhauling. The Redmond company plans to take down both the Windows Validation Assistant and the Office Validation Assistant.

However, Microsoft is going to fill in the empty spaces left by the discontinuing of WVA and OVA with Windows Comparison Guide (WCG) and the Office Comparison Guide (OCG). Additionally there is also the old trust Windows Genuine Advantage and Office Genuine Advantage that will survive the anti-piracy cancelled services. Still, this is not the end of the upgrades in stored for the Microsoft anti-piracy programs. Feature updates and additions are also planned to be introduced.

"We're finally taking down both the Windows Validation Assistant and the Office Validation Assistant. The WVA was a prototype for WGA; it was the first tool launched that offered a web-based validation that could help find evidence that a copy wasn't genuine that otherwise might be hard for the average person to find (such as bad or leaked product keys, etc.) The good news is that we're replacing the WVA with the Windows Comparison Guide (WCG) and the Office Comparison Guide (OCG). These guides offer much of the same functionality as the WVA did by walking users through a quiz that helps them match the anti-piracy features of the products they have, but without the web-based validation. For that we're pointing people directly to WGA," revealed Alex Kochis, a senior licensing manager on the WGA team. ..
winbeta.org - 04.07.2007

22% of Windows Installs Non-Genuine

Microsoft disclosed Monday that over one in five Windows installations were deemed non-genuine through the company's Windows Genuine Advantage program, which requires users to validate their operating system before downloading updates from the company...
betanews.com - 23.01.2007

Safety First: Beefing Up Anti-Piracy Features in Microsoft Office

As the piracy trade becomes more sophisticated, the Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage program adopts an end-to-end approach to protect Office customers from the risks of counterfeit software...
microsoft.com/presspass - 25.08.2009

Office Genuine Advantage (OGA), Now Mandatory

If you don't like the mandatory anti-piracy checks that Microsoft now enforces for Windows, brace yourself. The Microsoft Office productivity and collaboration suite is about to get a similar program.

The company's Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) program will require mandatory validation of Office software starting October 27, the software vendor quietly disclosed today. After that date, any Office Online templates downloaded from within the Office 2007 Microsoft Office System applications will require validation of legitimacy.

Similarly, starting in January, users of Office Update will have to validate the legitimacy of their Office software before they can use the service, Microsoft added.

Users absolutely hated the first iteration of the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program, and their protests pressured the company into revising it about a year after it launched in July 2005.

Microsoft said in a press statement that the validation process will be "quick and simple" for users. The OGA program, currently in the testing phase, is now available in 26 languages worldwide. OGA is a sibling program to WGA; both automatically check a user's version of Microsoft software to ensure it is not counterfeit or pirated.


neowin.net - 27.10.2006

Microsoft Debuts New Licensing Program to Enable Resellers to Help Enterprises That Are Victims of Counterfeit Software

Q&A: Cori Hartje, director of Microsoft's Genuine Software Initiative, discusses the Get Genuine Windows Agreement and other efforts the company has put in place to help customers become properly licensed and acquire genuine Microsoft software...
microsoft.com/presspass - 02.10.2007

Microsofts Genuine Software Initiative Makes Steady Progress on Protecting Customers

Q&A: Cori Hartje, Worldwide Director, Microsoft Genuine Software Initiative, discusses Microsofts continued investments to help customers and partners realize the value of genuine software...
microsoft.com/presspass - 08.04.2008

Office 2007 Goes Gold

Microsoft on Monday said it had released the Office 2007 code to manufacturing, concluding the largest beta program for the productivity suite in its history. The company is still on track to release the new Office to businesses November 30, with general availability in early 2007...
betanews.com - 06.11.2006

Office 12 Christened Office 2007

Microsoft is now referring to the next version of its desktop office suite, code-named "Office 12," as "Office 2007." Microsoft watcher Steven Bink is reporting that Microsoft officials used the Office 2007 name at IT Forum.

He also points to an Office Online page that uses the same terminology. Microsoft officials have held fast to the company line that Office 12 will ship towards the end of calendar 2006. But one member of the Office family, Exchange 12, already is on its way to becoming a 2007 deliverable. Will Office 12 slip into 2007? We'll keep you posted.


jcxp.net - 26.01.2006

Microsoft Delays Office 2007 Slightly

Microsoft on Thursday acknowledged that it was pushing back Office 2007 from its scheduled October release to manufacturing. The company also backed away from promising a public launch in January, simply saying Office 2007 would arrive in "early 2007."..
betanews.com - 30.06.2006

Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications (v1.8.0031.0)

Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications is a tool to help reduce software piracy. This tool will confirm that the copy of Windows installed on the PC is genuine and properly licensed. If it is not genuine, the tool will provide periodic reminders to help you take the appropriate action.



This is the most current release of Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications. We encourage you to upgrade to this version. This release includes enhanced features that reflect ongoing input from customers, as well as Microsofts continually improving anti-piracy technology.




winbeta.org - 27.08.2008

Office 2007 Gets Visual Studio Tools

In sync with today's public release of the Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh, the Developer Tools division at Microsoft has made available the first public beta of the second edition of Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005. Users will now be able to use VS2005 to develop managed code add-ins for Office 2003 and Office 2007 apps...
betanews.com - 15.09.2006

Office 2010 to expand antipiracy features

In an effort to protect customers from pirated software (and protect the companys bottom line) Microsoft has announced that it is to expand Office Genuine Advantage and Software Protection Platform.



Heres the meat of the announcement made by Keith Beeman general manager or Genuine Software Initiative...




winbeta.org - 27.08.2009

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Enters Public Beta

Microsoft's first experimental foray into the click-to-call field of VoIP - its Office Communications Server 2007, due to replace Office Live Communications Server 2005 - has been opened to public beta tests today. Its aim is to integrate voice communication with other Office users as well as with the server itself, directly into Office 2007 applications...
betanews.com - 27.03.2007

Windows Mobile gets Office 2007 format support

Version 6.1 of Office Mobile finally brings support for Microsoft's Open Office XML document formats, over a year after Office 2007 was released to businesses...
betanews.com - 04.12.2007

Heck, I'm Son of a Software Pirate

Joe Wilcox: About a year ago, Microsoft brandished my mom a software pirate. Now, I've been nabbed, too.



She professed her innocence, as did I. A Microsoft support technician spent about four hours fixing mom's problem. A corrupt file trigged the piracy validation failure. I used it as evidence that Windows Genuine Advantage does indeed generate false positives. But Microsoft disagreed, saying there was no false positive. Mom was always legal; the system worked. Say what?



I never thought Microsoft would come after me? On Friday night, my copy of Office 2007 Ultimate failed to validate. Shoot, that makes me a pirate, too. Weeks earlier, Office 2007 activated just fine, so I was surprised by the sudden non-genuine status. I re-ran the validation mechanism several times and once for Windows Vista. The operating system validated just fine.




winbeta.org - 17.12.2007

Microsoft changes 'Windows Genuine Advantage' name

Microsoft will be changing to name of it's activation and validation system from "Windows Genuine Advantage" to "Windows Activation Technologies" according to a report by Mary-Jo Foley. However, the "Genuine" brand isn't completely disappearing. A press release states that Microsoft will continue to deliver genuine updates and notifications for XP users. The program has been criticized for its punishment tactics and false-positive results, even though Microsoft has fixed some of these problems in Vista SP1. According to Microsoft, Windows 7's activation will be built on the same software protection platform that was part of Vista, with some minor tweaks made for Windows 7.

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neowin.net - 08.05.2009