Go to Start menu and click on "My Computer."
Step 2
Double-click on the "Program Files" folder and then double-click the "Common Files" folder.
Step 3
Double-click "Microsoft," then double-click the "OFFICE 12" folder, and then do the same for the "Office Setup Controller."
Step 4
Double-click to open the "Proof.en" folder and right-click on the "Proof.xml" file.
Step 5
Click on "Open With..." option and select "Notepad" as the program for opening the file.
Step 6
Scroll down to the following lines:
/Feature Feature Id="SetupXmlFiles" Cost="1248"
OptionRef Id="AlwaysInstalled"/
/Feature
Step 7
Highlight "AlwaysInstalled" and type "neverinstalled."
Step 8
Click on "File" menu in the Notepad toolbar and select the "Save" option to save the file. Make sure that the file is saved in the same location as described above with the .xml extension.
Step 9
Start any Microsoft Office application and begin work without having to go through the activation process.
