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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March 19th, 2008 09:47
Hej Tomtom youre the best
Now its all fixed for me and my sister
Thank you so much!!!
khepani try activating by phone by opening excel or a microsoft office application you did not open yet…. we had to open excel and we could then choose phone activation because we allways used word!!!!
March 19th, 2008 08:01
hey! tomtom, i can not select the “phone activation” option, how should i do?
March 19th, 2008 06:27
Thank you so much tomtom, I followed your advise from previous comments and my office is working perfectly now.
March 19th, 2008 03:35
Hey for those of u who have the prob with ur applacations being locked here is wat u need to do!!!!! change the neverinstalled back to alwaysinstalled an den open up a MS applaction an to get the activation window an then u enter a code to get the full version of MS Office!! if u need any more help jus E-mail me @ myss_tweetie_01@hotmail.com
Hugs, Tweetie
March 18th, 2008 22:30
drystan, change “NeverInstalled” to “AlwaysInstalled” in proof.xml. Is the serial you used after the regedit method a non-trial product key? If so, try now to activate with the method described at post 253. If not, use the serial of post 258 and try to activate with post 253 method.
March 18th, 2008 21:29
Im not a hacher so i do not understand a lot of computering………
I had a trial version for Home and Student Office 2007 and I did the regedit (delete product ID etc…) and changed the “alwaysinstalled” to “neverinstalled” but now i can’t modify my files because it says ity is looked for some reason
i think that my laptop looked up for updates while getting new pilots…………
i looked through some posts but I did not find a solution to my problem and when i try to activate MO no activation window pops up…………
Can someone please tell me what to do???
now even my sister has the same problem
March 18th, 2008 03:42
Thank you SO much tomtom, one of the activation keys you gave worked for me. Excellent!
March 17th, 2008 22:47
mike, i suggest you to install the final (rtm) version…for professional edition you can use this serial M2QKF-KDQ4R-YHQKD-M4YYK-GPWVD.
March 17th, 2008 15:57
Tomtom! You are a legend! Your method got my Office Ultimate activated and working, and the trial lock removed(Neverinstalled method failed on me)! Office actually has a product ID now! Cheers mate. Thanks heaps again.
March 17th, 2008 13:28
hi tomtom
u r a real genius. i did all the steps told by u and my office2007 started to work completely thanks for ur help. u wer like a saviour for me who prevented me to shell out money and time to activate office frm microsoft website.
thans once again
March 17th, 2008 08:31
Tomtom i downloaded microsoft office professional plus 2007 (Beta) from Limewire i think, and im not sure what to do. None of the Activation keys for the Professional version work… can u help me?
March 17th, 2008 05:33
Works beautifully!!
Using this method and the extra detail in post 253 and the Key in post 258 I managed to activate my student edition successfully.
Thanks TomTom, Genius!
March 17th, 2008 04:09
Thanks TomTom… You are the best!
March 16th, 2008 23:54
GC, i am absolutely not a hacker (…i had to search on google to understand your leet language) I found the link to the patched mso.dll on a forum… then i just accidentally discovered that the 0’s confirmation code works perfectly for activating office!
i don’t speak english very well. What do you mean by “pwnt MS Office for DAMN sure”?
March 16th, 2008 14:45
Ok Kids! Here’s a big Woohoo to TomTom for an excellent work around! (If it works, you must bow to THE TomTom, l33t sup4 H4×0r he is)
Me:
MS Office Home/Student 2007 (originally trial)
Process:
Dropped in one of the trial keys. It then (after restart) asked for second “Full Version” key on upgrade, dropped in the one TomTom provided to Helen (#258) DDY79-433JV-2RXGX-MQFQP-PFDH8.
I then shut it down, swapped to the other MSO.DLL, restarted Office, and then selected “By Phone”, and dropped in all 0’s, and she is activated!
You might literally have to give up and do a FAQ/Walkthru for these other people. Tom, you are l33t, and pwnt MS Office for DAMN sure.
March 16th, 2008 07:36
Hi Tomtom.
Great job, the instructions for activate the MS Office Professional Plus by mso.dll, does working perfectly. Thanks so much.
March 16th, 2008 05:31
dar, you must click the text “THIS ONE” (it’s a link to download a zip archive containing the new file mso.dll). After downloading, extract mso.dll to this folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12 (overwriting the original file).
March 16th, 2008 05:15
had a trial version for Home and Student Office 2007 and did the regedit and alwaysinstalled hacks but now i can’t modify my files
i think that my laptop looked up for updates while getting new pilots…………
i looked through some posts but did not find a solution to my problem and when i try to activate it no activation window pops up…………
March 16th, 2008 03:16
Thank you Tomtom!!!
Instruction worked perfectly.
mso.dll crack is the best, especially when office is expired.
March 16th, 2008 01:55
Tomtom
go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12 and replace the file mso.dll with THIS ONE
I need MO home and student 2007 and I have problem with this part of #253
Can you email me this new file I need please dariusz94@yahoo.com
Thank You
March 15th, 2008 22:26
For john paul. The files exist. If you use a download manager (like getright, flashget, etc.) try to disable it before downloading from rapidshare.
For Laura. You don’t have to be a member. But remember that free users can download a limited number of files per day.
For Orion. Did you apply the proof.xml hack? If so, your proof.xml should contain these lines:
Well, rechange “NeverInstalled” to “AlwaysInstalled”, save the file and retry to activate.
For gyan. You first have to change your trial product key with a non-trial one. Follow the 12 steps explained on top of this page (use this non-trial product key M2QKF-KDQ4R-YHQKD-M4YYK-GPWVD). After that activate office with the method of answer 253.
March 15th, 2008 20:42
brandi, just copy and paste (or drag and drop) the new file into C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12
March 15th, 2008 20:06
matty, thanks so much for your help. Youre sweet…. and IM STUPID!! how exactly would i “replace” the file? do i uninstall the one i have, reinstall using one of Tomtoms codes, and right click to properties on the mso.dll file to replace?…help me! im soo embarrassed! people please dont laugh.
March 15th, 2008 20:05
hi tomtom
i hav office2007 professional preinstalled on my laptop.
March 15th, 2008 18:20
Tomtom, I am using Home and Student but I want to have Ultimate. I tried the mso.dll file but it won’t let me enter the Ultimate product key. It says it’s invalid. Is there any way to download a trial Ultimate or another way to fix this? Thanks.