Microsoft Office 13 Preview won't activate

I downloaded the preview of Office 13 from Microsoft's website, and installed it. It worked at first, but when I restarted the computer, Office tried to activate the program, and told me it couldn't connect to the internet when the co puter is connected to the internet. I have no idea what would cause this to happen, but it has been quite frustrating. I have both Windows 7 and 8 installed on my computer, office 13 is installed on the Windows 8 partition. No antivirus programs were blocking Office from connecting to the internet or anything.

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asked Aug 01 '12 at 20:25

ck263
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edited Aug 01 '12 at 20:30

Windows 8 is all up-to-date, and I even tried to reinstall Office, didn't work

(Aug 05 '12 at 23:45) ck263

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do you have an office account ???

first 2 rules one must use official win 7 , or official win 8 preview and log into your office account, Internet access required ..

"Best for families who want Office on up to 5 household PCs or tablets Sign in to your Office account for full access to services, including:

offices is a cloud program this is a free preview you need a office365 account just a thought there is a really good likelyhood it will not work with anyuthing but the exploer browser too as you must have win 7 or 8 to use the service ..

i am on linux there is not even a preview version I can down load :P

answered Aug 06 '12 at 00:26

jadtechnic
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edited Aug 06 '12 at 00:33

Yes I do have an account and a working internet connection.

(Aug 06 '12 at 00:34) ck263

well knowing microsoft the trail expired on reboot :)

justa drive thru preview don't blink

(Aug 06 '12 at 01:15) jadtechnic

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