Getting error 0x8007005 Office 2013 H&B activation key

Anonymous
2013-02-17T10:21:11+00:00

MS Office 2013 guru's

Does anyone have the fix to the following:  Activation for Office 2013 Excel, Word etc.

 How do you want to activate your software?

  • I want to activate the software over the internet. (recommended)

Here is the error: Microsoft Excel

We're sorry, something went wrong and we can't do this for you right now. Please try again later. (0x80070005)

thanks

David

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | Windows

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Anonymous
2013-04-18T11:24:54+00:00

Hi David,

In case you haven't already found the solution right click on Excel 2013 (or any other Office 2013 application) and select 'Run as Administrator' then follow the steps to activate online

Regards

Mark

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-04-03T02:08:22+00:00

    Hey JeffBro & others -

    Out of curiosity, did you have any other software installed before installing Office?  Antivirus software / system tools?  Was your machine clean, or existing for a while?

    I'm wondering if these things have any correlation with the error.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-04-06T20:27:28+00:00

    Ah Duh. Dude, you are awesome. Why didn't I think of that. "Run as administrator" seems to be the new "control, alt, delete".

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-04-18T14:50:18+00:00

    I am having this problem 0x8007005 Were sorry something is wrong we cant do this right now when I click on my word document this error comes up and I have fixed Office in the control panel but it is still coming up and how do I do the run as administrator everyone is talking about..where do i go to do that on the Word document I have created or is it in the control panel area thanks

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-23T01:13:18+00:00

    I realize this is somewhat old. But i also had difficulty with the right click menu.

    For the shortcuts office 2013 gives you, you cannot right-click to "run as administrator".

    You must hold down shift and then right click.

    Option2:  is to navigate through the 2013 Office directory.

    C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\winword.exe (or other office program)

    Option 3: would be searching for winword.exe in your computer.

    Once you have located that file, you can right click it and you will find the "run as admin" option 

    Hope this helps someone.

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