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Mac Forum / Applications / MS Office / March 2005Reinstalling Office X
I am reinstalling Office X on some computers at work and I am coming across problems with Product Keys. 2 CDs will let me install them with 2 different product keys but they generate different product id's. I'm not sure why this is. Does anyone know why? Also, I have an upgrade disk for Office X and it generates the same Product ID number as another disk that I have. I'm confused. Help. Denise I don't totally understand your explanation, so I'll just offer what I think happens, and hope it helps. The CD isn't really relevant, only the Product Key. You could install off the same CD 10 times as long as you have separate 10 product keys. Each separate product key generates a separate product ID. A Product Key should generate a new Product ID every time you install it. However, the first 15 numbers of the Product ID will always be the same--only the last 5 digits will change when you use the same Product Key twice. > I am reinstalling Office X on some computers at work and I am coming > across problems with Product Keys. 2 CDs will let me install them with > 2 different product keys but they generate different product id's. So that is supposed to happen. >Also, I have an upgrade > disk for Office X and it generates the same Product ID number as > another disk that I have. This sounds quite odd--though if you install an upgrade version over an existing version, it's possible that it uses the previous product key or product ID, maybe? If you use the same Product Key more than once on a network, you won't be able to run both instances of Office at the same time. Are you running into that problem?  SignatureDaiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: <http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/> What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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