office 2010 beta regedit hack

by Nguyen Trung Hoa Sun 22 Aug 2010, 9:26 am

how you doing guys

alright. straight to the point

for those who have downloaded office 2010 BETA edition, check that, BETA, not technical preview; and are getting the pop up box every time you open up word or access, i have a solution for you to fix it up, so that you have 2010 for longer periods of time.

1. open up regedit (start>run> type: regedit
2. then go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE> SOFTWARE> Microsoft> OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform> Plugins> Objects> msft:rm/algorithm/pkey/2005

3. Now, go to: ModuleID, right click, choose modify.
4. Change the last digit from '8' to a '7'
5. Exit, Restart and Your Set.

When you open any of the office applications, you should be able to see that the dialog box that pops up is now gone, and that the title (up the top) should be accompanied with 'unlicenced product' This doesnt mean anything (i think)

There you go, hope this help

PS: BETA not Technical Preview. And when i said longer periods of time, i dont exactly know how long, but yeah, you should be fine from there. If you guys are facing problems, just post a reply here, and ill see what i can do. Oh and one last thing, I did NOT create this solution, and im not sure if there is a similar topic. So ill say sorry in advance if there is a similar topic, and all credit goes to the creator of this hack (or whatever this is).