For example, you can upgrade to Adobe Creative Suite 5.5,* upgrade to Microsoft Office 2011 * (get the Business Edition if you want Outlook), upgrade to FileMaker Pro (but don’t rush out to do that– I would not bet on the current version working on Day One). In some cases, solutions exist but they all cost money. Adobe Creative Suite CS2 or earlier (Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, InDesign CS2, etc.) won’t run at all.FileMaker Pro 7 or earlier (won’t run at all– and later versions have issues).Quicken (any version other than “Quicken Essentials”).Microsoft Office 2008 (installer and auto-updater are PPC).Microsoft Office 2004 (won’t run at all).Here is a partial list of software that I know you will have trouble with after installing Mac OS X Lion. While you’re waiting, do your homework: find out whether your printer will work with 10.7, and whether your scanner will work with 10.7, and whether your programs will work with 10.7. You might end up with a better operating system, but you might also end up with a printer that doesn’t print, a scanner that doesn’t scan, installers that don’t install, and programs that won’t launch. With Apple’s new Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) coming out tomorrow and for only $29.99 it’s oh-so-tempting to download it as soon as possible. It is now apparent that the problem was triggered by a file permissions conflict, and by transferring the licensing files back-and-forth on my Mac, I restored permissions to their proper setting.We all like new stuff.

Voilà! Success! Office 2011 started up in a normal fashion without asking for the software product key. Undaunted, I decided to see what would happen if I moved those same three licensing files back to their original locations (hint: Don’t empty the trash!), reentering my admin password in order to complete the process. After I moved the files, Office 2011 would not start nor did the program ask me to enter my product key again. I was required to enter my admin password to trash the first two files but not the third. One suggestion was to move three licensing files from the Mac’s Library folder to the trash:Ĭom.plist Microsoft offers several methods for resolving this type of error. Microsoft’s support site states that the error could be triggered because the licensing file is either missing or corrupted or because the Installation ID for the license does not match the installation ID of the computer on which Office for Mac is installed. Encountered a situation recently where I had to reenter my product key whenever I opened a Microsoft Office 2011 application, even though my software was already licensed.

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