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
    2013-09-09T16:04:28+00:00

    Hold down the Shift key and the right click to get the Run as Admin option.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-09-14T00:55:44+00:00

    Excellent fix. As soon as I ran the application as Administrator Office activated.

    Thanks,

    Mark H.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-10-02T23:08:39+00:00

    Changing to administrator worked for me also.  I suggest this information be included in the instructions somewhere.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-10-03T14:40:00+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

    Thanks, Mark.

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