Hummm I activated my MS Office 3 times and it still comes up with a notice that it is not a legal version. I have called and they tell me not to worry about it it will continue to work, and it does. I still have the packaging from Frys and MS assures me the program is legal, but for some reason my new computer doesn't like the activation thing so I'm stuck with a dialog that opens EVERY time I use the program. Activation sucks.