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Post by t-bob on Aug 31, 2011 18:53:55 GMT -5
One of my computers crashed, and I lost all the programs on the machine. Does anyone know how to locate a Product Key so I can re-install the program? No, I don't have the CD.
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Post by paulschlimm on Aug 31, 2011 19:25:47 GMT -5
You can buy a new one from Microsoft I believe, but it isn't cheap.
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Post by t-bob on Aug 31, 2011 19:29:10 GMT -5
I think I can call them and get the key, but I know it's hiding somewhere in my computer in the reg files. Just don't know how to find it.
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Post by paulschlimm on Aug 31, 2011 19:33:34 GMT -5
Somebody smarter than me has to tell you how to do that, Bob. I had to re-load Office when my motherboard fried. I can't remember what Microsoft was going to charge me for a new key, but it was sufficiently high enough that I tore my house apart and found the program case.
Have you Googled the question?
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Post by sekhmet on Aug 31, 2011 19:52:22 GMT -5
Stop using that trash and get the free one. It's virtually the same thing. I have Office 2000 and don't care if I ever use it again. Didn't even install it on this computer.
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Post by t-bob on Aug 31, 2011 19:52:57 GMT -5
I have indeed. The answer was so complicated that I closed the window. I can call them manana and force them to give me the key.  |
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Post by t-bob on Aug 31, 2011 19:54:05 GMT -5
Stop using that trash and get the free one. It's virtually the same thing. I have Office 2000 and don't care if I ever use it again. Didn't even install it on this computer. It's not for me. Estranged wife. |
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Post by sekhmet on Aug 31, 2011 21:54:53 GMT -5
ahhh. Then nothing will do but what she wants. I guess. For myself, the odd time that I require a word processor I use Star Office from Sun. Also the Excel clone. It looks the same to me.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2011 22:22:55 GMT -5
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Post by brucemacneill on Sept 1, 2011 5:16:42 GMT -5
I thought it would be in the registry but I just searched mine, I do have the CD and key, and didn't find it. It's either not stored there or it's not stored in legible form, maybe encrypted somehow. Damn Microsoft anyway. Good luck.
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Post by Marshall on Sept 1, 2011 7:01:56 GMT -5
Talk to Tramp. He's over in India. That's who you'll end up talking to.
"And how are you today?"
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Post by omaha on Sept 1, 2011 7:23:28 GMT -5
"Hello. This is Peggy."
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Post by omaha on Sept 1, 2011 7:25:57 GMT -5
FWIW, I've been using Google Docs for over a year now. Mostly for spreadsheets. Its not as full-featured as Excel, but its good enough.
I despise MS Office products. We have customers sending us artwork in Word all the time, and half the time there are viruses in the files that screw up our machines. I HATE THAT!
MS software is a virus. I HATE IT!
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Post by Marshall on Sept 1, 2011 7:45:12 GMT -5
Will Google docs open a Word 2010 file? Probably.
I had to update from 2003 to 2010 because some people send me files. But i keep both versions on the PC. I only use 2010 to read somebody's file. I hate working in it. In 2007 they changed the interface so now I can't find all the things I was familiar with doing. Irks the hell out of me. And 2010 takes almost a minute to boot up. 2003 comes up in about 5 seconds. Whenever I boot up a 2010 document, I go get a cup of coffee. I haven't had to do that since I was working on a Compaq 286 computer.
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Post by Supertramp78 on Sept 1, 2011 7:53:04 GMT -5
"Hello, my name is Bill. How may I be helping you today?"
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Post by Doug on Sept 1, 2011 8:19:58 GMT -5
Will Google docs open a Word 2010 file? Probably. I had to update from 2003 to 2010 because some people send me files. But i keep both versions on the PC. I only use 2010 to read somebody's file. I hate working in it. In 2007 they changed the interface so now I can't find all the things I was familiar with doing. Irks the hell out of me. And 2010 takes almost a minute to boot up. 2003 comes up in about 5 seconds. Whenever I boot up a 2010 document, I go get a cup of coffee. I haven't had to do that since I was working on a Compaq 286 computer. I'm with you. My Office is 2003. I have a copy of 2007 and hated it. I use the came with the computer Office 2010 for that reading and I haven't used it enough to get to the forced to buy part because like you I only use it for reading stuff someone sent with the new extension. |
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Post by John B on Sept 1, 2011 8:20:26 GMT -5
I love Office 2010. It didn't take me too long to figure out the new interface, and it's definitely more powerful. Of course, I was using either Word or Excel for 40+ hours a week, as they were the primary programs I used.
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Post by mccoyblues on Sept 1, 2011 8:24:45 GMT -5
Are you looking for the CD key for a program or the O/S? Most install files for programs that come pre installed are stored in a partitioned section of the drive. That way the manufacturer doesn't have to provide you with physical copies of the CD. Look and see if you have a small partition on the drive and your pre-installed software and the O/S should be stored in a recovery folder on that partition.
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Post by Doug on Sept 1, 2011 8:24:54 GMT -5
I love Office 2010. It didn't take me too long to figure out the new interface, and it's definitely more powerful. Of course, I was using either Word or Excel for 40+ hours a week, as they were the primary programs I used. Yeah but who needs more powerful. I could still be doing every thing I do in Word on Word Perfect 5.0 and I could so every thing I do in Excel in Lotus 123. |
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Post by sekhmet on Sept 1, 2011 8:34:40 GMT -5
LOL! Tramp.
"I think I see my supervisor on the floor, sorry but I must put you on hold for just ten minutes ... Sorry Sir for the wait, can you please tell me your name and how can I be helping you today? ... thank you sir but I must transfer you to our [other] department, so sorry sir, can you just hold on for just another minute? ... and that was when they transferred me to a Buick dealership somewhere in Utah. (Adobe customer service - endless useless loops)
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