I owe an apology to The Nagging Entity
It turns out I am, if not a liar, a thief and a slut, at least the owner of undoumented software. Let me let Misfit tell it:
“Unfortunately, the product key you provided is not a genuine Office product key. Note that the report says you have an invalid VLK, which means that your computer has a Volume Licensing edition of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 installed. An “invalid” VLK is one that was not issued by Microsoft, rather software pirates use a program that reverse engineers the Product Key algorithm and then uses it to generate new “keygen” product Keys that will install the product but will not pass activation and/or validation, sicne they are not Microsoft-generated Product Keys.
“As an individual consumer you should never have been sold Volume Licensing materials such as a VL CD, and you certainly should not have received an invaid Product Key.
“Your first course of action is to confront your seller with this information and demand either a full refund or to receive the genuine software you paid for.
“If the seller refuses to help, please file a piracy report at www.microsoft.com/piracy. Also, depending upon whether you received “high quality” counterfeit maerials, you may qualify for the Office Complimentary Offer. Please see the FAQ here: http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/downloads/FAQ.aspx?displaylang=en#ID0EONAC”
As directed, I have e-mailed the seller via Amazon’s site. However, in doing so, I noticed the person has apparently not been active on Amazon since last March. Oh-oh.
