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A year's trial, and this is awesome. Verified as costing £0.00 !

edit: keys generate for me just fine (I'm using Opera as it doesnt seem to work in IE7), and the downloads also work.

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I've also subscribed and subscription expiration says: 1/1/1900

Product keys don't seem to work though...

EDIT: I mean the site won't generate any keys for you.

Can anyone confirm this?

I can confirm that the downloads seem to work (but only in IE) but the keys do not work, you cannot generate any keys.

key generation works just fine for me in opera

I can confirm that the links and downloads do not seem to work.

Are you using the key against the installation media provided via TechNet? I've tried applying my MSDN keys with Windows Vista DVDs I've had laying about with no luck before, but then I burned the .iso provided by MS and it went off without a hitch.

Use internet explorer (never thought I'd say this). You need to accept an add-in called "MS transfer manager".

The site generates keys but seems a bit buggy, also can't verify which of these products need a key.

At least it generates a key for Applications > Office XP > Office XP Professional - CD (English) : JPXQJ-...

Some keys show up others don't, I'll upgrade my IE to 8, let's see what happens.

Edit: After update to IE8 I get a descent error warning: "An Error Has Occurred: There was an error error while trying to retrieve requsted key information and we cannot process your request.

You can try to:

- your browser and retry the operation again in a few minutes.

- Contact Support

- Read the On-Line Self Help

Reference Id: 19497582

This error has been logged with the reference number noted above. Please use this reference number if you contact support."

I did have a few keys that worked (Office XP, 2003) but most do not work.

Now all the keys and downloads are greyed out.

I just get an error saying that my information couldn't be verified:

We are unable to validate your customer information and proceed with your order at this time.

Which version of Opera are you using and on what OS?

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