[MacTUG] Help, Donald Rumsfeld has taken over Office 2008!!!

[Glenn Anderson]

The error message "You have exceeded the number of users for this  
license" sounds like a valid one. Although it should not be happening  
with the license code from UW (unless we have the wrong type of code).

For what it is worth, I have Office 2008 installed and have no  
problems with using it either wired or wireless.

On 23-Apr-08, at 10:40 AM, Don Duff-McCracken wrote:

> A user has had Office 2008 installed by us (using a CHIP disk) for a
> few weeks now. Over a week ago he came in and said that he could not
> use Office 2008 because a dialog box comes up saying something like (I
> am afraid I did not write down the exact wording)
>   "You have exceeded the number of users for this license, last user,
> Donald Rumsfeld"
>
> (I have asked him to email me the exact text when it happens again.)
>
> What makes this a bit harder to track down is that it is a bit
> sporadic, and it seems that if he turns off Airport he can restart
> Office and get it to work. Additionally there are plenty of times when
> it does not complain when Airport is on. Sounds like it is doing a bit
> of an 'ET phone home' thing. I am not sure where the Donald Rumsfeld
> is coming from -- maybe he is a Mac user, Rush Limbaugh is so why not
> Donny ;-) Most likely I am guessing that someone on campus has entered
> that as a joke (I checked, there are not unfortunate souls on campus
> named Donald Rumsfeld -- not that I have a problem with the first  
> name!)
>
> Has anyone seen anything like this? I have uninstalled and reinstalled
> 2008 to no avail.
>
> Any suggestions (other than goofy ones like emailing the Pentagon)?
> ------------------------------------
> Donald Duff-McCracken
> Technical Services Manager
> Mapping, Analysis & Design
> Faculty of Environmental Studies
> University of Waterloo
> (519) 888-4567 x32151
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Glenn Anderson
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University of Waterloo
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