I brought an ACER Aspire laptop which comes with Windows Vista and Microsoft Office already installed. The office version is a trial and now it is asking me for a Product key? Do I need to purchase a full version of this now for $229??? The computer was brand new from Officeworks, and these programs were already on it, I never had to instal them via a CD.... Can someone please help me, I dont want to fork out this much money if I dont need to. Thanks all|||Yes. More vendors are installing trial versions of Microsoft Office on their new computers - theoretically, it lowers the price somewhat, since you're not paying for a new version of Office when you buy the computer - but once that trial period ends or you want to use some function that the trial version disables, you'll have to buy a whole new Office box in order to keep editing the files you created. It's just another example of the computer owning you, rather than you owning the computer. I'd suggest getting OpenOffice.org, which is a FOSS office suite with similar functionality to Microsoft Office, but some of your formatting, especially if you used proprietary MS stuff, may get screwy.|||*sigh* Yeah. go pirate that ****. Do a search on piratebay or some other file sharing service (limewire/kazaa) for "MS office key generator". Be careful what you download. You take the risk of installing a virus, so make sure to back up your files and set a restore point. Piratebay is a good bet. You also might want to try 4chan.org, and ask around on the "random" (/b/) board for a link to a "rapidshit" file. (Just remember: 4chan is not for the faint of heart. It can be a place of the lowest human scum to hide in anonymity)

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