Well today is my first day as a beta tester and I have downloaded and installed office 2007 beta with no problem however I am not sure if I need to activate the product or not If I try it says it cannot find a connection however Outlook is running fine and has no problems with connection. I uninstalled IE7 beta just in case it was the cause, it made no difference. At the risk of making myself look silly should the activation work,? It does have a licence. Take care Dave