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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February 10th, 2010 03:21
hey i need a key for office 2007 pls. ty.
February 9th, 2010 12:01
For those who did not find the registry information as listed in the excellent article above, it may be because you are running 64-bit Windows. See the following for the location of your product key information in that case:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/895456
-ASB:
February 7th, 2010 19:26
I can’t find
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration
only:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\MsoExample
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\User Settings
January 21st, 2010 23:32
I can’t find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration
only:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\MsoExample
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\User Settings
January 21st, 2010 03:01
This totally worked, thanks so much!!!
**All you have to do is click on Microsoft word and when the product key pos up enter it with the caps on**
January 12th, 2010 04:22
its working perfect!!!thank you very much!!!who is saying that its not working,could be that you did not fallowed the instructions,i am so stupid on those things and i did it,not from first time,but i have it now!!!Super!
January 10th, 2010 12:49
THIS DOESNT WORK!
January 8th, 2010 10:25
Iv cocked it up, please help me. I carried out the steps, and it worked, by accident i then went and clicked cancel or sumin and didnt enter a new license kep, and now it dont work. i can view files in word but thats it. I cant uninstall either as the set up wizzard is corrupt or something. any help would be great
January 5th, 2010 22:06
I want to microsoft 2007 product keyu well please if you know datimil
January 5th, 2010 02:52
Good job man! It really helped me!. Your Google rank for this search is also #1!
January 4th, 2010 03:38
Now i’m to download ms. off.enterprise 2007. Can your helpme to giveme a product key number? Tq.
January 1st, 2010 08:13
Worked great, thanks. Rather than deleting the old reg values I’d recommend simply renaming the entries to “OLD_”. That way, you don’t have to bother with a backup and if there’s an issue you don’t have to do a restore – you’ll have the old values still there if you need to swap back for some reason.
December 30th, 2009 13:52
If you can’t afford it, use Open Office instead.
December 29th, 2009 05:43
OFFICE 2007 for 2006 release Disk the key HCFPT-K86VV-DCKH3-87CCR-FM6HW is to install the individual programs (word,excel) for professional the key is VB48G-H6VK9-WJ93D-9R6RM-VP7GT these keys will install office 2007 but you will receive a message later on that it is a corporate key and no longer valid but you can still use excel, word, ect.
December 27th, 2009 23:58
Hi:
I HAVE THE WINDOW 7 AND I WANT TO REMOVE THE KEY AUTHENTICATION OF OFFICE TO INSTALL ANOTHER ONE FOR TRIAL TO COME NOW I TRY TO MAKE UP THE STEPS TO APPEAR BUT WHEN I GET TO No Parking office (12.0 / REGISTRATION) I DO WANT TO FIX THAT PLEASE HELP …
December 23rd, 2009 02:15
For Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 – it will not let me activate over the internet says Product key is not valid – when I try to activate by telephone it asks for a CONFIRMATION CODE??? the Installation Code it is giving me is 062252-355500-080681-884722-542713-744075-5378800-208773 *Any assistance YOU can offer would be appreciated more than you know…I thank you
December 17th, 2009 05:53
Great Job! Write-Up was easy to follow and “on point”!
Worked like a charm!
December 11th, 2009 15:55
my installation code of ms office 07 enterprise is 016151-806183-340041-654513-483440-163280-508470-215104-900484 please provide me conformation code me email akarshjain_620@hotmail.com
December 11th, 2009 03:55
could any one help me i need ms office key i bought a laptop and it had ms office on it but its ran out and i havent got enought to pay for it and i have tryed every key on here and they dont work has any one got a product key
November 20th, 2009 11:19
dear sir i download ms office 2007 and does work because i need to product key so pleae sir give me product key early i am waiting
Thanks
November 18th, 2009 04:37
AngelDK:
You are awesome!!!! I spent 5 hours on my MS Home and Student activation today wasting time on trying various product keys. Your method is the only one that worked for me.
Thanks.
November 17th, 2009 02:08
burim: the 30120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE is not a microsoft product key – its a guid for microsoft office 12.
you need a valid key at the article explains, this article juet explanis how to change the key without fully uninstalling and reinstalling..
Great explanation by original author – saved me a headache on a terminal server when i used retail keys and not VA keys for office installation
Regards,
Henrik Ohm
November 15th, 2009 05:24
to BABURIN:
i tried every single step that you’ve posted in there but when it comes to put the 0’s (zeros) in it won’t let me it says: ‘0′is not a valid caracter for a product key.
please help!!!!
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