Office 2007 Ultimate Activation Code I bought an Office 2007 Ultimate package for a college class which which just expired and the link provided for what I have been told is a discounted permanent purchase code is no good.
I was recently given an 'old' system. The Win 7 Home Premium Product Key is still on the 'system box'. The hidden recovery partition also seems to be intact. MS Office 2007 Pro is installed. The donor doesn't have ANY installation disks.
He says that 'everything' came installed from the vendor. He also has no documentation except for the Product Key label for Win 7 on the system box. I have run several product key finder programs. Using the product key they have generated - all of which are the same - I have tried to download the installation files for Off 2007 Pro from MS.
I get an invalid product key error message and can't download. I may want to re-install Win 7, MS Works, and MS Off 2007 Pro because I cannot get Win 7 SP1 to install despite trying ALL of the recommendations on MS's KB. I feel fairly comfortable that the Product Key on the box is probably valid and that I will be able to re-install Win 7 Home Premium and MS Works. I would still very much like to first determine that the Product Key for Win 7 is valid. I have no comfort, however, about the MS Off 2007 Product Key and I can't even download the installation files anyway. How can I determine if the respective Product Keys are valid and receive a confirmation from MS to that effect?
I haven't found anything online where this can be checked with MS. One saving grace is that I saved an image of the HDD so that I should be able to restore to the current state if things go bad.
As Carey says, Office Pro Plus is a Volume License Only product - and is often pirated. In your situation the license is definitely not valid, and there is no publicly available download for it anyhow. The Windows Key appears to be a valid OEMSLP - which is only valid on machines installed using the manufacturer's Recovery media. Computers that come pre-installed with Windows from large manufacturers usually come with two Product Keys.
OEM SLP: This is the key that came in Windows (from the factory). It works by connecting to a BIOS flag (the SLIC table) found only on computers from that Manufacturer. It also checks for the existence of proper matching licenses in the OS itself. Once it sees both, it self-activates every time the machine is rebooted. COA SLP: This is the key seen on the sticker located on the side, bottom or in the battery compartment of your machine.
This key is for use if the OEM SLP self-activation stops working for whatever reason. Noel Paton Nil Carborundum Illegitemi No - I do not work for Microsoft, or any of its contractors. Not quite - it's only in Windows 8 where the OEM Product Key is actually stored in the BIOS.:) In Windows 7 the Product Key exists on the Recovery media, and relies on the proper certificates and license being present in the BIOS and media to self-activate at every boot. The proper reinstallation media is either the Recovery media (either created by the built-in app for the purpose, or purchased from the manufacturer) - in which case the Product Key isn't required - or using Retail media, in which case the Product Key from the COA sticker must be used. If the machine doesn't have a COA sticker, it is technically not licensed for Windows, unless you have a Retail Full license for whatever OS you install. Noel Paton Nil Carborundum Illegitemi No - I do not work for Microsoft, or any of its contractors. After doing some more reading, it appears that maybe I can be sure of Win 7 HP's PK since I can and have downloaded updates even though I can't install SP 1.
Am I correct about this point? If so, that leaves finding out:. If the PK rendered by the key finder programs for MS Off 2007 Pro is valid or not.
How that can be confirmed beyond relying on the error message I get when trying to download Off 2007 Pro installation files from MS. If the PK is not correct for Off 2007 Pro how can I determine it when the system is about 4 years old and the donor has NO documentation, CD case, installation disks, etc. Just to expand a little on previous answers. MGADiag will give details on activation and validation status for Windows XP, Vista, and 7, as well as Office versions from Office 2002 (Office XP) to Office 2007. Office versions 2010 and up have their own mechanisms, and questions regarding them should be posted in the appropriate Office Community forums starting here. Windows 8 activation/validation questions should be asked in the Windows Community forums, starting here. Noel Paton Nil Carborundum Illegitemi No - I do not work for Microsoft, or any of its contractors.
As Carey says, Office Pro Plus is a Volume License Only product - and is often pirated. In your situation the license is definitely not valid, and there is no publicly available download for it anyhow.
The Windows Key appears to be a valid OEMSLP - which is only valid on machines installed using the manufacturer's Recovery media. Computers that come pre-installed with Windows from large manufacturers usually come with two Product Keys. OEM SLP: This is the key that came in Windows (from the factory). It works by connecting to a BIOS flag (the SLIC table) found only on computers from that Manufacturer. It also checks for the existence of proper matching licenses in the OS itself. Once it sees both, it self-activates every time the machine is rebooted.
COA SLP: This is the key seen on the sticker located on the side, bottom or in the battery compartment of your machine. This key is for use if the OEM SLP self-activation stops working for whatever reason. Noel Paton Nil Carborundum Illegitemi No - I do not work for Microsoft, or any of its contractors. Remaining Questions: 1. If I try to re-install WIN 7 PRO, which PK do I use? I would have thought the one on the bottom of the laptop.
Suppose, I re-format the c: partition and then try to re-install, what PK do I use? The donor said that he bought the laptop 'as-is' (OFF 2007 Pro + installed) from the local branch of a medium size electronics/tech store. Let us assume that the store does not pirate software. Please also keep in mind that donor has NOTHING in the way of documentation (e.g., no sales slip, no disks, no jewel cases, etc.) and is not very computer savvy so that his memory of how OFF 2007 got onto his system might be unreliable. What are the chances that the store legitimately installed OFF? What are the chances that it would have a PK to give me for the system - assuming it can document the purchase from the donor from its own records?
I realize this is a stretch. Is MS Works likely to be on the hidden restore partition or would I lose that also if I re-installed WIN 7? Is there a way to check if MS Works' installation files are in the hidden restore partition?
The most important issue is re-installation of WIN 7 and the correct PK for doing so whether I re-partition c: or not. OFF 2007 PRO+ is nice to have on the system, but I could live without it.