No..  It's some of the security features (and other things) that MS implemented. 
 You would need to follow MS' advice to get full functionality, or reinstall the 
app.  It may think it has been pirated.  It isn't a matter of fooling the computer. 
 If the operating system was an OEM version and now is running on a different machine, 
flags go up as to authenticity and ownership so the application is having the issue. 
 OEM versions aren't legally allowed to switch machines, even in Win 9X.  :-(







On Saturday, September 8, 2007 at 1:37 pm, Marshell Dent wrote:

>My neice gave me her old Gateway PC, but before long the motherboard died. So I 
swapped 

>her hard drive (Windows ME) into a similar year Dell Optiplex I bought for $25 with 

>bad hard drive. It worked - I'm using it on line right now, but there's one problem. 

>When I try to use "Word", the Office Wizard pops up and says "Due to a major configuration 

>change it is "locked for edit - operating in reduced functionality mode". No changes 

>or new documents can be made till the disk "Office with Front Page" is inserted 
to 

>re-initialize.

>Needless to say, I don't have operating system disks for either of these old computers.

>My question is this - how do I fool the computer into letting me write a letter 
in 

>Word?

>Can reduced functionality somehow be turned off?

>Marshall.  

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