does anyone know how to get the free product key for the microsoft offcie 2003 download?

Question

or if you know how to download for free this would also be appreciated!

Answer 1

This is a commercial product. Obtaining and using the software for free is illegal.

That said, try www.isohunt.com and www.astalavista.com

Or, download open office from http://www.openoffice.org which works just fine and is compatible with MS files, and best of all, is completely free.

Answer 2

Not going to happen. I'll give you two things -- what Windows does when you install, and a link to a program called "Open Office" which is recommended by many users here, is comparable to Office, and is free.

Install Problems – What Windows Does –Install on Another Computer – Product Key – 25-character code

When you buy Windows XP in a shrink-wrapped box, you are allowed to install one copy on one PC. When Windows comes pre-installed on a new PC, it stays with the PC. You cannot transfer it from the bundled machine to a different machine. MS uses a technique called “BIOS locking” to make sure the copy stays ties to that specific PC forever.

Windows installer makes you type the 25-character code that’s printed on the case. The Product Activation program looks at various serial numbers inside your PC – the processor, network card, disk drives, etc. – mixes them together, and produces a second 25 character code that identifies your PC. These 50 characters, together, are called the Installation ID.

When you activate XP, you give MS the 50-character Installaton ID. If nobody else activated that 25-character code or if it has been activated with that specific Installation ID (which means you activated this particular copy of XP from the same PC twice) MS send back a 42-character Confirmation ID. The Installation ID and the Confirmation ID are stored on our PC.

If that 25-character code has been already been used on a different PC you will be notified that the number of times you can activate Windows with this product key has been exceeded.

Source: paraphrased from p. 18, Windows Gigabook for Dummies, by Peter Weverka et al.

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