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Mac Forum / Applications / MS Office / January 2006mixed up product keys and product ID's
I have 14 legal office 2004 boxed cds of which 11 have been installed on my network of computers. I now need to install the other 3 but someone has deleted the file i wrote noting which product keys I had already installed. I now do not know which three keys to use and when you go to 'about' in any of the programs they only give you the product ID code which bares no relation to the product keys! How can I tell what keys I have already used? or is it possible to re- enter the product keys for all of the macs that I have already installed? k > How can I tell what keys I have already used? or is it possible to re- > enter the product keys for all of the macs that I have already > installed? AFAIK, the Product ID is a one-way hash from the CD Key, so you can't figure out which key is associated with which ID. However, it's fairly straightforward to change/reenter the CD Keys: http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/office/pid.html Thankyou for that - worked perfectly. Whenever I start a copy of Word or Excel etc. I get the greeting that this copy is registered to <Name> followed by the serial number. Unfortunately it stays on the the screen for only a short time so you may have to take a quick screen shot, or use your phone camera perhaps. Hi, that number is the product key, *not* the registration key, or serial number. The product key is based on the serial number, but it's not the same thing. So that method won't help the OP. By the way, that same product key can also be found when you go to Word>About Word. On 26.01.06 8:50, in article 1138265431.967417.217750@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, "enigmatic" <steveaccount@gmail.com> wrote: > Whenever I start a copy of Word or Excel etc. I get the greeting that > this copy is registered to <Name> followed by the serial number. > Unfortunately it stays on the the screen for only a short time so you > may have to take a quick screen shot, or use your phone camera perhaps. Actually, it's the product ID in that dialog. MS in infinite wisdom decided to label the serial number/license number/installation code/cd key a "product key", just to help confuse everyone and make it more difficult to keep straight. Idiocy. > Hi, > that number is the product key, *not* the registration key, or serial [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> Unfortunately it stays on the the screen for only a short time so you >> may have to take a quick screen shot, or use your phone camera perhaps.  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/ The product keys should be on the cd cases as that is where they are for all versions of Office for MAC > I have 14 legal office 2004 boxed cds of which 11 have been installed > on my network of computers. I now need to install the other 3 but [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > k |
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