This may be a little bit late, but last week i registred my first Office 2013 OEM version. I checked that I really buy a keycard and nothing else. No download link + registration key, no i want a keycard, i want to hold a thing in my hands i know i paid for. I want to decide myself what i register and where i register it. I maybe even want to sell it someday?!
Anyways, i bought this super cool keycard and installed Office 2013. While opening the Office 2013 box i took a deep breath and was slightly afraid of what i will find inside, BUT it was a keycard like i remember them from all the old Office versions. No CD included but okay, i can live with that as long as i atleast have a keycard. So i installed Office 2013 and it asked me to login with my Live ID. Live ID?! Ahhh screw you, in very tiny letters there was a second link “click here if you want to register with a product key instead”, and so i did. No windows live id, you wont get my freedom Microsoft! I inserted the Key and a big green arrow show’d me that Microsoft agreed with my keycard. So everything is fine, Office is registred and the show can start. Lets open Word,….ring ring WHAT?! Some wild message appeared asking me to register my Copy with the Windows Live ID attached to the keycard code. Wh…what?! I didnt registered the key to any live ID. What the hell do you want? Ah anyways…lets type some random E-Mail into. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND it doesnt work~ wow, really? i registred this copy with a legit key and still need a live id? wow….
So i did some research and found out i really have to create a Windows Live ID, register my key there and then type these credentials into my Office Programm. Wow, so i guess i’m not able to sell my keycard anymore huh? Thanks Microsoft, that was one nice troll you did here.
I guess i will try to get a legit 2010 copy then. Where keycard still were keycards….
TheRealBarra 