Failure to Activate Office 2003 after Windows XP Reinstall

[Guest Eaglet Sam]

I had to reinstall my Windows XP recently due to a critical malfunction. The

reinstalled XP was activated without any trouble. But attempt to activate the

reinstalled Office 2003, by internet, failed with an error mesage saying that

maximum number of activation has been done!

 

This may indeed be the case, but it never occurred to me that reactivation

would be difficult on the same machine. I then tried telephone activation.

Now, I was given a set of two 11-digit numbers, which obviously did not match

the set of nine 6-digit numbers required by the Activation Wizard. I was

therefore left quite confused! To complicate matters, I have not backed up

the entire system before the crash!

 

I would very much appreciate if someone could suggest how I may be delivered

before my Office Suit begins to degrade!