Is there a way to change Office serial number?

[ToddAndMargo]

Hi All,



I am about to roll out several new Linux workstations

with Office Basic 2007 OEM installed on them. (Office

2007 runs very nicely under the Wine application

layer -- nothing else does.)



Hard drives are very easy to clone under Linux. Problem:

on the initial workstation, I already activated Office.

Is there a way to force Office to reactivate so I can

put in the correct license key on subsequent cloned

workstations?



Many thanks,

-T



p.s I suppose I could just uninstall Office and reinstall

it (probably miss some registry keys). Or, talk the

customer into a site license.

 

[20100208]

The manul method is as follows:



1> Close all Microsoft Office applications.

2> Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.

3> Locate the following registry subkey:



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration



4> Note You may also find another subkey that resembles the following

subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration\{91120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}



5> If you find additional subkeys that reference Microsoft 12.0

registration, open each subkey, and then identify the product by the

ProductName entry.

For example: ProductName=Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007



6> When you find the subkey for the product from which you want to

remove the existing product license key, delete the following entries:



DigitalProductID

ProductID



7> Exit Registry Editor.



8) Start any office product and you will be prompted to enter a new

serial number.



hth









ToddAndMargo wrote:



> Hi All,

>

> I am about to roll out several new Linux workstations

> with Office Basic 2007 OEM installed on them. (Office

> 2007 runs very nicely under the Wine application

> layer -- nothing else does.)

>

> Hard drives are very easy to clone under Linux. Problem:

> on the initial workstation, I already activated Office.

> Is there a way to force Office to reactivate so I can

> put in the correct license key on subsequent cloned

> workstations?

>

> Many thanks,

> -T

>

> p.s I suppose I could just uninstall Office and reinstall

> it (probably miss some registry keys). Or, talk the

> customer into a site license.

 

[ToddAndMargo]

On 02/07/2010 09:37 PM, 20100208 wrote:

> The manul method is as follows:

>

> 1> Close all Microsoft Office applications.

> 2> Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.

> 3> Locate the following registry subkey:

>

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration

>

> 4> Note You may also find another subkey that resembles the following

> subkey:

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration\{91120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}

>

>

> 5> If you find additional subkeys that reference Microsoft 12.0

> registration, open each subkey, and then identify the product by the

> ProductName entry.

> For example: ProductName=Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007

>

> 6> When you find the subkey for the product from which you want to

> remove the existing product license key, delete the following entries:

>

> DigitalProductID

> ProductID

>

> 7> Exit Registry Editor.

>

> 8) Start any office product and you will be prompted to enter a new

> serial number.

>

> hth

>

>

>

>

> ToddAndMargo wrote:

>

>> Hi All,

>>

>> I am about to roll out several new Linux workstations

>> with Office Basic 2007 OEM installed on them. (Office

>> 2007 runs very nicely under the Wine application

>> layer -- nothing else does.)

>>

>> Hard drives are very easy to clone under Linux. Problem:

>> on the initial workstation, I already activated Office.

>> Is there a way to force Office to reactivate so I can

>> put in the correct license key on subsequent cloned

>> workstations?

>>

>> Many thanks,

>> -T

>>

>> p.s I suppose I could just uninstall Office and reinstall

>> it (probably miss some registry keys). Or, talk the

>> customer into a site license.

>



Wow! Thank you!



-T