i have an office xp disk but i lost the product id key or w/e and it wont let me install. i just a new comp and need to. anyway i could find the key??
2007-09-06 09:08:01 · 7 answers · asked by Devin 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Call Microsoft. Or search for one online. Its that simple. The tough and legal way or the easy and illegal way. Its up to you.
2007-09-06 09:13:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
1) Office XP (or any other software CD for that matter) do not have some internal database storing all the legitimate keys. Instead, when you enter a CD Key, they run complex algorithms to check if the key you entered generates a code that WOULD HAVE been generated by a valid key.
In other words, the CD just contains the software itself. You need to get a valid key from the publisher / vendor of the software.
2) There are utilities that can extract CD Keys that were used to install Windows / Office on a machine. If you installed Office on another computer, you can find the key using a utility such as CD Key Reader.
http://skaro.net/
3) Remember though that you can not use Office / Windows XP on more than one machine. (Technically you can install, but you won't be able to Activate it and it will eventually get disabled.)
4) Also, OEM versions of software are bundled with PCs and they may not even install on another brand / hardware machine. Retails versions are portable (but again subject to being used on one machine at a time).
If this information contributes towards resolving (or increasing your understanding of) your problem / issue , please post back a reply for others' benefit as to what worked. While you are at it, rate the answer(s) as well !
2007-09-06 16:28:25 · answer #2 · answered by your_z_truly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got the key for office xp 2003.
2007-09-06 17:26:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is still installed on the old computer you can download Belarc Advisor, run the program on the old computer and where the software is listed should be the key codes for microsoft software.
2007-09-07 06:13:03 · answer #4 · answered by PCSTech 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOPE , you can call microsoft but i doubt theyd belive you either , the key is on the sleeve the disk came in , you have the disk but nothing to put it in? cmon know how many people try to get things like this for free?????????TOO MANY
2007-09-06 16:20:11 · answer #5 · answered by boonie2 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you have the old computer that it was loaded onto, you can download KEYFINDER and it will tell you the code.
If you don't and truly have the CD, get hold of Microsoft and they they should help you.
GOOD luck
2007-09-06 16:32:51 · answer #6 · answered by Dan Bueno 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.siia.net/piracy/report.asp
2007-09-06 16:15:29 · answer #7 · answered by malachi_1616 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋