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.

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 097 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.
>
> 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