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Links: Product Activation Bug Hits Businesses Running MS Office 2000
Posted by James Grimmelmann on Friday, April 18 @ 11:03:51 EDT Consumers
Software bugs are one thing. But what happens when the security features in the software on your computer are buggy? Well, corporate customers of Microsoft running a particular configuration of Office 2000 are being asked to register Office again . . . and again . . . and again. The recommended 23-step workaround includes uninstalling and reinstalling Office.

Of course, if this had happened to Office XP, with its machine-specific product activation system, there might not be a workaround . . .

 
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