[dba-Tech] Office Key

Thanks Jim.  Couple of good options there.

Rocky
 

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 10:57 AM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office Key

Hi Rocky:

If you can get to the original computer that has the Office loaded, you can
use 'keyfinder' from MagicJellyBean. Use:
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder so you can document the keys of
your Windows and Office products in the unlikely event that you lose access
to your product keys... I general make a complete file of a client's office
products and store or save that list in the event of data crash or loss.

I carry it with me at all times on my USB stick. 

At the very worst he could just download a copy of OpenOffice:
http://download.openoffice.org and continue on. It reads all the MS Office
formats. Some of my clients who either had lost their original disks, had
pirated copies or who just wanted to try something different went that route
and after a couple of weeks noticed no difference in functionality or
features. Note: That this is only so with the spreadsheet and word
products... I have no experience with the other components. 

Jim
  

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 8:53 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; List
Subject: [dba-Tech] Office Key

Dear List(s):

My son Max's HD in his Dell LT crapped out about a month ago. Dell replaced
the drive.  Of course, he had no backups.  I told him to send the drive to
me to see if I could recover some of the irreplaceable files.  Which I was
able to do.

When I bought him this system I also got him Office 2007.  OF course, he
can't find the original install disk, but he got a copy from someone which
is working but in a few days it's going to stop working because it's not
registered. 

So my question is - is the key stored in the registry somewhere?  If so, and
I could find it on the old HD, I could email it to him, he could register
the copy he's using.

MTIA,

 

Rocky Smolin

Beach Access Software

858-259-4334

www.e-z-mrp.com <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/> 

www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/> 

 

 


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