I had to reload my laptop and installed Office 2007 Beta 2.
When trying to activate I keep getting a "The Activation Wizard is unable to
find a connection to the internet." error. I am using a direct internet
connection, no proxy, no firewall (even tried to activate over dial up).
The strange thing is I also installed Viso 2007 Beta 2 and it has no problem
activating!
This has been going on for 2 days.
Any suggestions?

ccoates

I have the same problem.

"Chris Coates" wrote:

> I had to reload my laptop and installed Office 2007 Beta 2.
> When trying to activate I keep getting a "The Activation Wizard is unable to
> find a connection to the internet." error. I am using a direct internet
> connection, no proxy, no firewall (even tried to activate over dial up).
> The strange thing is I also installed Viso 2007 Beta 2 and it has no problem
> activating!
> This has been going on for 2 days.
> Any suggestions?
>
> ccoates
>
>
>

I've been trying to activate today and I'm also getting blocked. My attempts
[over the last 8 hours] generate the response that the site is down for
routine maintenance so I should try again in a "few minutes". I suspect
that they have a server problem and the activation sequence is just trying
its best to interpret the lack of response as best it can.

"Hil" wrote:

> I have the same problem.
>
> "Chris Coates" wrote:
>
> > I had to reload my laptop and installed Office 2007 Beta 2.
> > When trying to activate I keep getting a "The Activation Wizard is unable to
> > find a connection to the internet." error. I am using a direct internet
> > connection, no proxy, no firewall (even tried to activate over dial up).
> > The strange thing is I also installed Viso 2007 Beta 2 and it has no problem
> > activating!
> > This has been going on for 2 days.
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > ccoates
> >
> >
> >

I'm waiting out the storm too.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling with a new key. No luck though. Same
activation error.

// Dave



"Hil" wrote:

> I have the same problem.
>
> "Chris Coates" wrote:
>
> > I had to reload my laptop and installed Office 2007 Beta 2.
> > When trying to activate I keep getting a "The Activation Wizard is unable to
> > find a connection to the internet." error. I am using a direct internet
> > connection, no proxy, no firewall (even tried to activate over dial up).
> > The strange thing is I also installed Viso 2007 Beta 2 and it has no problem
> > activating!
> > This has been going on for 2 days.
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > ccoates
> >
> >
> >

I'm getting the same error - it is insanely frustrating. I went so far as to
call microsoft and the simple answer was they see no issue with the
activation servers. So, unfortunately, I'm not confident they are even aware
there is an issue.

"Hil" wrote:

> I have the same problem.
>
> "Chris Coates" wrote:
>
> > I had to reload my laptop and installed Office 2007 Beta 2.
> > When trying to activate I keep getting a "The Activation Wizard is unable to
> > find a connection to the internet." error. I am using a direct internet
> > connection, no proxy, no firewall (even tried to activate over dial up).
> > The strange thing is I also installed Viso 2007 Beta 2 and it has no problem
> > activating!
> > This has been going on for 2 days.
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > ccoates
> >
> >
> >

Firewall interfering perhaps?

Daniel Haskell wrote:

> I'm getting the same error - it is insanely frustrating. I went so far as to
> call microsoft and the simple answer was they see no issue with the
> activation servers. So, unfortunately, I'm not confident they are even aware
> there is an issue.
>
> "Hil" wrote:
>
>
>>I have the same problem.
>>
>>"Chris Coates" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I had to reload my laptop and installed Office 2007 Beta 2.
>>>When trying to activate I keep getting a "The Activation Wizard is unable to
>>>find a connection to the internet." error. I am using a direct internet
>>>connection, no proxy, no firewall (even tried to activate over dial up).
>>>The strange thing is I also installed Viso 2007 Beta 2 and it has no problem
>>>activating!
>>>This has been going on for 2 days.
>>>Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>ccoates
>>>
>>>
>>>

I wish. The machine is 110% completely open to the internet. I've activated
the beta on many other machines in the office with no problem. This one
machine refuses to activate. I'm under the impression its an issue with
microsoft since I activated the other boxes days before this one.

I tried replacing the nic, using a wireless adapter... everything. Insanely
frustrating. I know its just a beta, but a workaround to manually activate
would be fantastic at this point.

"Bob I" wrote:

> Firewall interfering perhaps?
>
> Daniel Haskell wrote:
>
> > I'm getting the same error - it is insanely frustrating. I went so far as to
> > call microsoft and the simple answer was they see no issue with the
> > activation servers. So, unfortunately, I'm not confident they are even aware
> > there is an issue.
> >
> > "Hil" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I have the same problem.
> >>
> >>"Chris Coates" wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I had to reload my laptop and installed Office 2007 Beta 2.
> >>>When trying to activate I keep getting a "The Activation Wizard is unable to
> >>>find a connection to the internet." error. I am using a direct internet
> >>>connection, no proxy, no firewall (even tried to activate over dial up).
> >>>The strange thing is I also installed Viso 2007 Beta 2 and it has no problem
> >>>activating!
> >>>This has been going on for 2 days.
> >>>Any suggestions?
> >>>
> >>>ccoates
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
>
>

I have installed Office 2007 beta 2 and the TR on a computer with Win XP
Home. It worked fine for about 8 hours and now when I start Excel 2007 it
immediately asks me to activate. I have tried about a dozen times, always the
same message: "The product activation system is temporarily offline for
maintenance. Please retry...". If I select cancel, Excel is completely
disabled and I have to exit with Task Manager. My internet connectivity is
good, and I have tried it with firewalls and virus products disabled. It
looks like a timeout error to me. Can anyone help?
--
Thank You.

Sincerely,
Financial Reporting, Inc.
John Helmer
President


"Daniel Haskell" wrote:

> I wish. The machine is 110% completely open to the internet. I've activated
> the beta on many other machines in the office with no problem. This one
> machine refuses to activate. I'm under the impression its an issue with
> microsoft since I activated the other boxes days before this one.
>
> I tried replacing the nic, using a wireless adapter... everything. Insanely
> frustrating. I know its just a beta, but a workaround to manually activate
> would be fantastic at this point.
>
> "Bob I" wrote:
>
> > Firewall interfering perhaps?
> >
> > Daniel Haskell wrote:
> >
> > > I'm getting the same error - it is insanely frustrating. I went so far as to
> > > call microsoft and the simple answer was they see no issue with the
> > > activation servers. So, unfortunately, I'm not confident they are even aware
> > > there is an issue.
> > >
> > > "Hil" wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>I have the same problem.
> > >>
> > >>"Chris Coates" wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>I had to reload my laptop and installed Office 2007 Beta 2.
> > >>>When trying to activate I keep getting a "The Activation Wizard is unable to
> > >>>find a connection to the internet." error. I am using a direct internet
> > >>>connection, no proxy, no firewall (even tried to activate over dial up).
> > >>>The strange thing is I also installed Viso 2007 Beta 2 and it has no problem
> > >>>activating!
> > >>>This has been going on for 2 days.
> > >>>Any suggestions?
> > >>>
> > >>>ccoates
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> >
> >

I have the exact same problem. Visio works, Office doesn't. Microsoft: anyone
listening?

"Hil" wrote:

> I have the same problem.
>
> "Chris Coates" wrote:
>
> > I had to reload my laptop and installed Office 2007 Beta 2.
> > When trying to activate I keep getting a "The Activation Wizard is unable to
> > find a connection to the internet." error. I am using a direct internet
> > connection, no proxy, no firewall (even tried to activate over dial up).
> > The strange thing is I also installed Viso 2007 Beta 2 and it has no problem
> > activating!
> > This has been going on for 2 days.
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > ccoates
> >
> >
> >

OK... I finally got a hold of someone at Microsoft and she has written an
e-mail to her manager who will hopefully escalate it since she is not the
person who can. Hopefully they will read these posts as well and fix the
issue.

"RonS" wrote:

> I have the exact same problem. Visio works, Office doesn't. Microsoft: anyone
> listening?
>
> "Hil" wrote:
>
> > I have the same problem.
> >
> > "Chris Coates" wrote:
> >
> > > I had to reload my laptop and installed Office 2007 Beta 2.
> > > When trying to activate I keep getting a "The Activation Wizard is unable to
> > > find a connection to the internet." error. I am using a direct internet
> > > connection, no proxy, no firewall (even tried to activate over dial up).
> > > The strange thing is I also installed Viso 2007 Beta 2 and it has no problem
> > > activating!
> > > This has been going on for 2 days.
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > ccoates
> > >
> > >
> > >

I have the same problem.

"Chris Coates" wrote:

> I had to reload my laptop and installed Office 2007 Beta 2.
> When trying to activate I keep getting a "The Activation Wizard is unable to
> find a connection to the internet." error. I am using a direct internet
> connection, no proxy, no firewall (even tried to activate over dial up).
> The strange thing is I also installed Viso 2007 Beta 2 and it has no problem
> activating!
> This has been going on for 2 days.
> Any suggestions?
>
> ccoates
>
>
>

I have just managed to activate at last [Sunday at 05:20 GMT].
--
Graham Lyons


"Orly" wrote:

> I have the same problem.
>
> "Chris Coates" wrote:
>
> > I had to reload my laptop and installed Office 2007 Beta 2.
> > When trying to activate I keep getting a "The Activation Wizard is unable to
> > find a connection to the internet." error. I am using a direct internet
> > connection, no proxy, no firewall (even tried to activate over dial up).
> > The strange thing is I also installed Viso 2007 Beta 2 and it has no problem
> > activating!
> > This has been going on for 2 days.
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > ccoates
> >
> >
> >

Hello all,

It's good (and bad) to see others sharing the same trouble as me... I
still haven't been able to activate yet :(.


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"Graham Lyons" wrote:

> I have just managed to activate at last [Sunday at 05:20 GMT].
> --
> Graham Lyons
>
>
> "Orly" wrote:
>
> > I have the same problem.
> >
> > "Chris Coates" wrote:
> >
> > > I had to reload my laptop and installed Office 2007 Beta 2.
> > > When trying to activate I keep getting a "The Activation Wizard is unable to
> > > find a connection to the internet." error. I am using a direct internet
> > > connection, no proxy, no firewall (even tried to activate over dial up).
> > > The strange thing is I also installed Viso 2007 Beta 2 and it has no problem
> > > activating!
> > > This has been going on for 2 days.
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > ccoates
> > >
> > >
> > >

So sorry about the blank post. I got so excited to see that someone had
actually managed to activate that I didn't see that this was where my query
was to go.

Did you do anything in particular to get activation, Graham? Perpetual
clicking? Incantations?

Thanks,
Kelly
Still desperate to activate, as my remaining number of attempts fritter
away....


"Graham Lyons" wrote:

> I have just managed to activate at last [Sunday at 05:20 GMT].
> --
> Graham Lyons