Microsoft Office 2003 Business Edition activation issues

I just got my MacBook Pro for college and I was trying to activate Microsoft Office 2003 on my Windows Vista Bootcamp partition and I ran into this issue. At first I tried activating it on Windows XP, it didn't work. I installed Vista, it gives the same error.
I've Google'd, Bing'd, and whatnot. Usually I can figure this stuff out, but I can't get it to activate.
Here's a pic of the error I get when I try to activate over the Internet:
http://i45.tinypic.com/69qjyd.png
I need to figure this out before tomorrow, as my "Big Presentation for my Senior Year" is due. Thanks.
Edit:
And for those wondering, I ran it on my desktop and it activated perfectly. No issues, even activated under Crossover on the Mac (But it has issues when it comes to Powerpoint).
Message was edited by: Smalls1652

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
might indeed be that you activated your Office one time too often.
Microsoft seems to only allow a limited number of online activation before they suspect some dishonest useage of their product.
Might be best to do what that error message proposes: to call Microsoft and explain to them your situation and ask for a new activation key.
Good luck (and also with your presentation)
Stefan

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