I'm so pleased I could just shit!

[Seamus]

@Robert and Croc especially, who spent time and effort helping me with my port forward problem. It's now fixed and all connections are working spiffingly!

As I mentioned the issue itself was not important in itself in daily activity. However,it was an irritation which became a challenge.

Thanks guys.

Words are not enough,I have therefore decided to admit you both to 'The Order Of The Golden Bilby" (Please PM me with the name you would like to appear your certificates of membership)

The Order was founded in 2006. There is only one criteria for membership.The recipient must be deemed to be worth his or her weight in cocky shit (parrot or cow cocky)

There are no membership restrictions of any kind*. There are no meetings, rules,dues,fees or responsibilities. Donations are neither sought nor accepted.

Members are encouraged to ridicule humbuggery and to occasionally decline to take themselves seriously.

Members are also encouraged to support the protection of endangered species everywhere,such as the Bilby.


Tangent: For those who don't care to support the Spring Solstice fertility rites of Easter by buying eggs or rabbits,the Haigh (superior) and Darell Lea (crap) people produce a chocolate Bilby, (really)

http://www.easterbilby.com.au/save_bilby/chocolate.asp



*Politicians , clergy, TV journalists, Car Salesmen and other members of the criminal classes MAY join but are not encouraged.

[Fearless]

Ha ha, Seamus, I'm glad you got it sorted... but really, laxatives sometimes help just as well.

[Godless Ray]

Now your sorted out.. How does one get rid of that annoying little blue star (Get genuine office) at bottom left of screen. Now I have two of the buggers.


Godless

[Sir Patrick Crocodile]

Now your sorted out.. How does one get rid of that annoying little blue star (Get genuine office) at bottom left of screen. Now I have two of the buggers.


GodlessUninstall it and OpenOffice.org instead?
Another neat trick is to call Microsoft to activate it by phone.

[GenericBox]

Now your sorted out.. How does one get rid of that annoying little blue star (Get genuine office) at bottom left of screen. Now I have two of the buggers.


Godless

My Computer > Windows > System 32

And delete (or just move to a different location if you worry about deleting things from sys32.) ::

OGAAddin.dll
OGACheckControl.dll
OGAVerify.exe
WgaLogon.dll
WGATray.exe

Harmless and it removes all the notifications, from both Windows taskbar and inside the Office programs themselves.

But, ahem, what you really want to do is buy a Genuine Office and/or activate the one you have.

This is merely a suggestion on how you can hide those alerts, until such a time as you do activate a genuine copy ;)

[Sir Patrick Crocodile]

Alternatively there was the WGA Removal Tool (you have to do some serious googling as it seems to have been removed by Microfost from the original site) and that should take care of it too. :)

[Sir Patrick Crocodile]

Ha ha, Seamus, I'm glad you got it sorted... but really, laxatives sometimes help just as well.Unfortunately they may not provide much happiness. ;)

[robertkd]

@Seamus

cheers :p