PROBLEM
I just bought this brand spankin' new laptop and it has Vista on it... then the MS Office Home/Student 2007 and that kept asking me for a Prod Key... I tried the one on the laptop. Asked my gurus and no luck.
SOLUTION
Follow these insrtuctions and you will not need a product key at all! TRUST ME, I just did this and it works. AMAZING!
Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
Locate the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration
Note You may also find another subkey that resembles the following subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration\{91120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}
If you find additional subkeys that reference Microsoft 12.0 registration, open each subkey, and then identify the product by the ProductName entry.
For example: ProductName=Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
When you find the subkey for the product from which you want to remove the existing product license key, delete the following entries:
DigitalProductID
ProductID
once you have done this procedure you must when it asks to put in your new product key click the x button on the top this will enable you to use microsoft office without the product key. cool but dont get any office updates! you can forever use this but dont enter your product key because it will make your register
and you will have to start again.
Its simple, please pass on the good fortune
Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
Locate the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration
Note You may also find another subkey that resembles the following subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration\{91120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}
If you find additional subkeys that reference Microsoft 12.0 registration, open each subkey, and then identify the product by the ProductName entry.
For example: ProductName=Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
When you find the subkey for the product from which you want to remove the existing product license key, delete the following entries:
DigitalProductID
ProductID
once you have done this procedure you must when it asks to put in your new product key click the x button on the top this will enable you to use microsoft office without the product key. cool but dont get any office updates! you can forever use this but dont enter your product key because it will make your register
and you will have to start again.
Its simple, please pass on the good fortune