November 2001 Archives

So you excitedly got your hands on a copy of Office X and in your haste to see this app in all it's Aqua glory, you made a typo on the registration.

Although one could potentially re-install the entire suite, a more mac-hack friendly solution is presented below.

1. Use a utility like file buddy to make the file "OfficePID" visible.

   This is usually located in /Applications/Office v.X/Office/OfficePID

2. Move this file to the trash.

3. For each user who has run office, remove the following preference files:

   Carbon Registration Database

   Office Registration Cache X

   Microsoft Office Settings (10)

   These are all located in $HOME\Library\Preferences\Microsoft

4. Re-launch any of the Office v.X apps and you will prompted to re-register them. Make sure you have your serial number handy at this point.

Thanks to the enterprising efforts of Master David, the colour of the Aqua Blue used as the base background in OS X is now known

As HSV

H: 217

S: 62

B: 67

As RGB

R: 65

G: 105

B: 170

As Web Colour

#4169AA

The question now remains, where is this set? and how is this changed?

I suspect it is an aspect of the window manager. Possibly even earlier in the boot process.

Suggestions as always are welcome