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Have you ever entered a pirated product key into your Microsoft Office? It can sometimes disable you from receiving critical updates, and support from Microsoft. A product key is a specific software-based key for a certain program. It is used to identify that the copy of the program is original. Product keys consist of a series of numbers or letters. This sequence is typically entered by the user during the installation of computer software, and is then passed to a verification function in the program. If you wish to acquire a licensed copy of Microsoft Office, you must change its product key to a genuine one.
Steps
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Right-click on the start button and select Run .
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Type regedit into the field, and click on OKAdvertisement
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Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Office > 11.0 > Registration
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Click on the item, composed of a combination of numbers and letters.
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Hold Ctrl on your keyboard, and click on DigitalProductID and ProductID .
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Press Delete and click on Yes .
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Right-click on the start button and select Run .
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Type regedit into the field, and click on OK
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Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Office > 12.0 > Registration
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Click on the item, composed of a combination of numbers and letters.
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Hold Ctrl on your keyboard, and click on DigitalProductID and ProductID .
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Press Delete and click on Yes .
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Click on the Windows icon and select Run .
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Type regedit into the field, and click on OK
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Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Office > 10.0 > Registration
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Click on the item, composed of a combination of numbers and letters.
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Hold Ctrl on your keyboard, and click on DigitalProductID and ProductID .
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Press Delete and click on Yes .
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Tips
- Consider Open Source alternatives for all proprietary software: OpenOffice.org is an office suite comparable or superior to the "Pro" versions of Microsoft Office, yet is free, as in both freedom and beer.Thanks
- Write down the changes and initial values. You may later need to restore the Registry as it was.Thanks
- Create a System Restore Point before trying out these instructions. It will allow you to restore your operating system, if anything goes wrong with the Registry .Thanks
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Warnings
- Do not delete anything other than what is needed. You should back up the registry beforehand.Thanks
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- Some associations in the Registry, if removed, will crash other functioning programs or Windows itself.Thanks
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