Microsoft KB Archive/297263

= How to activate a Product Trial Program license for Visio 2002 =

Article ID: 297263

Article Last Modified on 7/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional Edition

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SUMMARY
This article describes how to activate the Product Trial Program version of Microsoft Visio 2002.



MORE INFORMATION
The Product Trial Program version has a finite subscription period. The subscription period begins when you activate your product and continues for one month. When the license expires you must uninstall the product and the Trial cannot be installed and activated on the same computer again.

When you start the Visio program for the first time after you install Visio, the Microsoft Activation Wizard automatically runs. You are prompted to activate it by using the Internet, or you can choose to activate Visio at a later time. NOTE: You cannot activate the Product Trial Program by telephone. You need an Internet connection to activate this version successfully. When you select the Activate by using the Internet option, the Activation Wizard automatically contacts the Microsoft licensing servers through your Internet connection. If you are using a valid product key that has not been used previously, your product is activated immediately.

After you activate your product, you will have a license to use Visio for a period of at least 30 days. The 30 day count begins after the last day of the month in which you activate your license.

You can run Visio up to five times without activating it. If you fail to activate the product, the program will begin running in reduced-functionality mode. In reduced-functionality mode, you cannot save modifications to documents or create a new document, and additional functionality may be reduced.

No existing Visio files or drawings will be harmed, and you can easily change Visio out of reduced-functionality mode by following the instructions that are outlined in the screens presented.

Activation by Using the Internet
Activating Visio by using the Internet is very easy. To activate your product this way, start the Visio program, and then follow these steps:
 * 1) In the Activation Wizard, select the Activate by using the Internet option, and then click Next.
 * 2) Read the Microsoft Office Privacy Policy page, and then click Next.
 * 3) On the Customer Information page, type your personal information. The only field that you are required to complete is the Country/Region option. Select the appropriate country from the list, type any other information that you want, and then click Next.
 * 4) On the Special Offers page, you have three choices for obtaining information and offers from Microsoft. None of these options is selected by default. If you want to receive the information or offers from Microsoft, select the options that you want, type your e-mail address, and then click Submit.

When you click Submit, your information is sent to the Microsoft licensing servers. When your information is validated, the Activation Complete page appears, and you can use Visio until the date specified on this page.
 * 1) Click Finish.

Skip Activation
If you do not want to activate your copy of Visio, you can click Activate Later on any page of the Activation Wizard. The wizard warns you that you have a specified number of times (the maximum is five) to run the product before you are required to activate it. Click Exit to close the wizard.

NOTE: If you decide to activate your license at a later time, the activation counter decrements each time that you start the Visio program. If the counter reaches zero, the Visio program begins to run in reduced-functionality mode.

How to Determine the Expiration Date
To find out when your version expires, start the Visio program, and then click Activate Product on the Help menu. The expiration notice appears.

Expiration Notice
Code that runs every time you start the Visio program is built into Visio 2002. This code detects when your product license expires and automatically provides reminders about pending expiration dates, well in advance of expiration. As the expiration date approaches, the reminders increase in frequency. The following table shows the frequency of the reminders for the Product Trial Program version.

  Length of time until expiration          Reminder appears 10 days                                 Once 7 days                                  Once Between 5 and 2 days                    Daily 2 days before expiration                Every time you start the Visio program If you wait for your license to expire, you can start the Visio program a total of five times before it begins running in reduced-functionality mode.

How to Continue Using Visio
The license for the Product Trial Program version of Visio is not renewable or extendable. If you want to continue to use Visio after the Product Trial Program version expires, you must uninstall the Product Trial Program version and then install a new Retail version of Visio.

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