I've seen several old posts on the OneNote board related to this issue
but none seemed to offer a solution. I figured I'd try my post here
as well...

I downloaded the OneNote demo but cannot activate it through our
Internet Connection proxy. The option to activate by telephone is
greyed out in the demo version. Until I activate it, the limited
functionality renders the software pretty much useless!

Any suggestions?

-Dave

The OneNote newsgroup would be the best source for an answer, Dave. Members
of the OneNote team from Microsoft read that newsgroup.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - www.sandpoint.net/creations
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Dave Brenan" <davebrennan1975********.com> wrote in message
news:5dd58df3.0404060838.40274037@posting.google.c om...
> I've seen several old posts on the OneNote board related to this issue
> but none seemed to offer a solution. I figured I'd try my post here
> as well...
>
> I downloaded the OneNote demo but cannot activate it through our
> Internet Connection proxy. The option to activate by telephone is
> greyed out in the demo version. Until I activate it, the limited
> functionality renders the software pretty much useless!
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> -Dave

For the sake of closure, a reader on the OneNote group posted a
response with a work-around that solved the problem. I assume this
wasn't an intended design feature when they coded OneNote.

from microsoft.public.onenote...

"I ran into this and spent I good time on this issue and finally gave
up. Then, I was playing around with the help from the Help drop down,
and I noticed that the table of contents is dynamically built by
accessing Microsoft's site. So, I clicked the "table of contents"
link, then our proxy server asked for my username and password and
then I got the table of contents. Then, I immediately tried to
activate the product and it worked. Not so glamorous, but it worked.
Hope this helps.

lbarnes"



"Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message news:<#CGgdWDHEHA.324@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> The OneNote newsgroup would be the best source for an answer, Dave. Members
> of the OneNote team from Microsoft read that newsgroup.
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - www.sandpoint.net/creations
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
> "Dave Brenan" <davebrennan1975********.com> wrote in message
> news:5dd58df3.0404060838.40274037@posting.google.c om...
> > I've seen several old posts on the OneNote board related to this issue
> > but none seemed to offer a solution. I figured I'd try my post here
> > as well...
> >
> > I downloaded the OneNote demo but cannot activate it through our
> > Internet Connection proxy. The option to activate by telephone is
> > greyed out in the demo version. Until I activate it, the limited
> > functionality renders the software pretty much useless!
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > -Dave

Thanks for posting the workaround! Will surely help someone else when
they hit the same wall.

John

On 7 Apr 2004 05:55:46 -0700, davebrennan1975********.com (Dave
Brenan) wrote:

>For the sake of closure, a reader on the OneNote group posted a
>response with a work-around that solved the problem. I assume this
>wasn't an intended design feature when they coded OneNote.
>
>from microsoft.public.onenote...
>
>"I ran into this and spent I good time on this issue and finally gave
>up. Then, I was playing around with the help from the Help drop down,
>and I noticed that the table of contents is dynamically built by
>accessing Microsoft's site. So, I clicked the "table of contents"
>link, then our proxy server asked for my username and password and
>then I got the table of contents. Then, I immediately tried to
>activate the product and it worked. Not so glamorous, but it worked.
>Hope this helps.
>
>lbarnes"
>
>
>
>"Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message news:<#CGgdWDHEHA.324@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
>> The OneNote newsgroup would be the best source for an answer, Dave. Members
>> of the OneNote team from Microsoft read that newsgroup.
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - www.sandpoint.net/creations
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>> "Dave Brenan" <davebrennan1975********.com> wrote in message
>> news:5dd58df3.0404060838.40274037@posting.google.c om...
>> > I've seen several old posts on the OneNote board related to this issue
>> > but none seemed to offer a solution. I figured I'd try my post here
>> > as well...
>> >
>> > I downloaded the OneNote demo but cannot activate it through our
>> > Internet Connection proxy. The option to activate by telephone is
>> > greyed out in the demo version. Until I activate it, the limited
>> > functionality renders the software pretty much useless!
>> >
>> > Any suggestions?
>> >
>> > -Dave