It sounds like you are stuck in the Setup Assistant loop. Registration is
not required so forget that. It is not Activation.
See this page for help with the error:
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/error/install_update.html#fails2>
If this is not your problem follow the directions for "Fix when you have
modified files"
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/error/install_update.html#fails1>
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Diane
"eriswim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" wrote:
> Version: 2008
> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
>
> I've been using Office 2008 for 2-3 months, but it no longer lets me
open it.
>
> Before this problem occurred, it began bugging me to update Office. So I
> finally did. After the update, I tried running Excel, but it asked me to
> register online. So I tried. But it asked me for my PID (Product ID),
which I
> don't have written down and I cannot find it. The registration page said
I can
> find it by opening Excel and viewing Help / About.
>
> BUT IT WON"T LET ME OPEN EXCEL WITHOUT REGISTERING!!! So I am stuck in
this
> vicious cycle. How maddening is that!!?
>
> I turned off my computer, restarted it, and tried to open Excel again,
but the
> same problem keeps occurring. It wants me to register with the PID, but
I
> can't open Excel to view it.
>
> WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DO. Had I known this update process was
going
> to be so idiotic, I wouldn't have done it.
>
> Microsoft? What am I supposed to do?
>
> Erika in California
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