Hacking Office 2007 Trial Version

Nice article available here.

Basically, there's 2 ways for making trial version to become a full version. The trial version (hybrid image of Office 2007 Professional) can be executed 25 times or 60 days, whichever comes first.

The best and fastest way is to do the following steps:

1. Install Office 2007 without Product Key
2. Navigate to C:\Program Files > Common Files > Microsoft Shared > OFFICE12 > Office Setup Controller > Proof.en
3. Use Notepad to open Proof.XML
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the Proof.XML to locate the following lines:
   

   </Feature> <Feature Id=”SetupXmlFiles” Cost=”1248″>
   <OptionRef Id=”AlwaysInstalled”/>
   </Feature>

5. Change the AlwaysInstalled to neverInstalled so that the line looks like following:
   

   <OptionRef Id=”neverInstalled”/>

6. Save the file. (In Vista, you'd need to run the Command Prompt as Administrator mode in order to be able to save the XML file)

If you have already installed a product key, please read the article from the link above on how to remove the appropriate registry key before re-installing the Office 2007.

As always, the "by-passed" version does not qualify for updates.

Cheers!

Office Home and Student Edition 2007

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