Are you sure about this? I downloaded it , used the key and the activation window pops up telling me that I need to activate it with "X" number of uses left. Can't connect though and according to the MS Office discussion group there are a lot of people who can't activate their copy either. Just like WinXP and other WinOSes MSO2007 has so called corporate serials. If you have a corporate serial, then you don't have to activate it, on the other hand, if your key is just a key given to beta testers and for public use given out by microsoft, then you have to activate it or your MSO2007 will be crippled.