How to Reset or Change Microsoft Office 2007 Product License Key or Volume License Key (VLK)
You may need to alter or change Microsoft Office 2007 (aka 2007 Microsoft Office System programs and suites) product license key or volume license key (VLK) which also known as serial number or CD key. You can modify or change product key for 2007 Microsoft Office programs or suites by first uninstall or remove Microsoft Office and then reinstalling the business productivity suite. However, you can follow the following steps in order to reset and change the Microsoft Office 2007 product serial key without the need to uninstall or reinstall 2007 Office system suites.
Note: The following steps involve modification of registry key values, which may corrupt your Windows if done incorrectly. Backup registry first before performing the workaround.
- Close all Microsoft Office programs.
- Click on Start button, then click on Run.
- Type “regedit” (without quotes) in the Run text box, and click OK or press Enter.
- Locate and then click the following subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration
Inside, you will find another subkey that resembles the following subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration\{30120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}
- Optional: Backup this registry branch by exporting the Registration subkey to a file, just in case the new product key does not work and you have to restore back the old product key. To export the registry, right click on the Registration subkey and click on Export, and follow the on-screen prompt to enter a file name for the registry file and choose a location to store it.
- Under the Registration subkey, there may be several Globally Unique Identifiers (GUID) subkey that contain a combination of alphanumeric characters. Each GUID is specific to a program that is installed on your computer.
If you find additional subkeys that reference Microsoft 12.0 registration, then click and open each GUID subkey to view and identify the Office product version by the ProductName registry entry in the right pane. For example:
ProductName=Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
- After you find the GUID subkey that contains your Office product or program which you want to remove the existing product license key or registration details, delete the following registry entries by right clicking on the registry entry in the GUID subkey, click Delete, and then click Yes:
• DigitalProductID
• ProductID - Exit Registry Editor.
- Run or open an Office application program, such as Microsoft Word or Excel or Outlook. Office 2007 will prompt you to enter a new 25-character product key.
- Type in the valid and genuine product key, and then click OK.
- Then when prompted to choose your preferred type of Microsoft Office 2007 installation, press on “Install Now”.
- Microsoft Office 2007 will be updated with new product CD key or volume license key, and ready for activation (if it’s a non-VLK serial) or use.
Note: If you’re having problem with your new Office 2007 product key, simply double click on the backup registry .reg file created at the optional step above to restore the registry settings of the Registration subkey so that the original value can be imported back to the registry.
You may need to reset to change Office 2007 product key with the above steps if you don’t want to uninstall or reinstall Microsoft Office 2007 again in many scenarios, such as you have just bought a retail version of Office 2007, or receive Office 2007 as a gift, or win MS Office 2007 as a prize, or just get your MSN product key for Office 2007, or having problem with activation process online or via phone, or unable to step-up or convert evaluation copy of Office 2007 to full-use version, or having problem with Office Genuine Advantage (OG) validation.
On the other hand, if you manage to find a valid and genuine volume license key or VLK, you can change the product key of Microsoft Office 2007 with the VLK serial in order to bypass the Office 2007 activation process (as Office 2007 still using WPA 1.0 where corporate users need not to activate), without the need of crack or hack for Office 2007, for full use for unlimited period as long as you’re not caught by OGA.
The 2007 Microsoft Office System product key changing instruction and step-by-step guide tutorial is applicable to Microsoft Office Basic 2007 all editions and all individual programs or suites of Microsoft Office 2007 including Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, Microsoft Office Professional 2007, Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007, Microsoft Office Standard 2007, Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007, Microsoft Office Access 2007, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007, Microsoft Office OneNote 2007, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007, Microsoft Office Publisher 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007, Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007, Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007 and Microsoft Office Word 2007.
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July 6th, 2008 16:25
hey tomtom
i was just wondering if your method works for my scenario.
i have 2007 microsoft office student teacher edition. trial version?
and i have installed it with the serial that came with my computer, and now i have another week or so to activate it with a product key.
So, i was just wondering if i used ur method, will it work with my edition? and will i still be able to do microsoft updates on my vista.
because i had some experiences where it would stop me from getting updates.
thanks.
July 4th, 2008 16:57
LieDetector, try to uninstall by following the steps on the article i linked to in comment 476.
July 4th, 2008 13:33
ok, i did this yesterday and now wish i had not.
i want to uninstall all my ms office 07 components and start over again. i have now a “REAL” ms office 07 edition from bestbuy. when i got to contorl panel / remove programs, it says:
“setup cannot continue because a required file is either corrupted or not available. Run setup again from the original source disc or download location.”
please help… i just want this off my system.
July 4th, 2008 10:57
Thanks again TomTom!!
July 4th, 2008 09:38
Wow it finally worked!!! Thank you soooo much Tomtom!!! You’re the best!! Amen to Sansan, the steps from #236 and #253 worked perfectly for the Home and Student version! Yayy, and last week I was thinking of going to the local shop to buy the full version for $200 because the trial was over…Thanks again Tomtom, the all powerful wiz!
July 3rd, 2008 16:47
Hi SanSan. Just service packs screw up office activation because they overwrite mso.dll with a new one. But don’t worry, there’s patched mso.dll for sp1 (see #253). So, if you install sp1 update, simply replace mso.dll again with the patched one.
July 3rd, 2008 14:14
Hi Again TomTom
One quick question. My system installs updates automatically. If I do updates, with that screw up my activation? Should I avoid updates?
July 3rd, 2008 09:03
Dear TomTom,
Oh Great and Powerful Oz! I was just about to post a plea for more of you amazing knowledge when I thought I would give it one more try….and SHAZAM! It finally worked! I used steps from #236 & #253. I was at it for HOURS yesterday and it never worked, but for some reason when I tried it this evening it worked like a charm. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!
July 1st, 2008 04:23
tomtom,
I got it work with the Enterprise version. Thanks a lot! However, the volume license key has been blacklisted, I think.