OFF2000: CD Key Overwritten After Pressing Backspace to Correct a Mistake

ID: Q217530

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you type your CD key in the Welcome to Microsoft Office 2000 dialog box, you may accidentally overwrite part of the CD key.


CAUSE

This problem may occur when you use BACKPSACE to correct a mistake while you type the CD key. When you use BACKSPACE to clear the contents of one of the CD Key boxes, the characters in the previous box may be selected. If you type the next characters in the CD key sequence, the cursor does not advance to the next box. Instead, the selected characters are overwritten.


WORKAROUND

Press TAB to advance the cursor to the next CD Key box.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: OFF2000 product 


Keywords          : kbdta 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999