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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June 14th, 2008 21:50
Phoebe, i think you modified something like proof.xml or other files. Try to restore original ones before applying #253.
Syahirah, the links work properly. If you use a download manager (like getright, flashget, etc.) disable it before downloading the files.
June 14th, 2008 19:53
Tomtom, response to post 469.
I have’t touched anything as far as I can remember.. Is there no way uninstalling it without the disc?
June 14th, 2008 19:46
TomTom
I’ve tried going to all the links you stated like rapidshare and megaupload, but none of them work for me because there’s some error or something. can you email me the file at wackyworld2002@hotmail.com. thanks.
June 14th, 2008 06:30
Hi
Any idea what to do if once you are on the bit where you activate by phone and input the zeros you are then told the confirmation code is not correct
Cheers
June 14th, 2008 04:13
Hi Pat. Yes, the best thing for you is to download a trial from microsoft website, install using a non-trial key and activate as explained in post #253.
June 14th, 2008 00:51
Hi Tomtom !
Same problem as Decal.
I have a pre-installed version of Office Pro 2007.
I follow the 12 steps of the article until Step 9. But, when I enter any of the keys u give, I get the message “The key is incorrect. Verify that you have the correct key, and then retype it”. And I cannot continue.
Should I uninstall this pre-installed version ? And install the Trial version from the Microsoft website ?
Thanks for ur help.
June 13th, 2008 23:38
Wobbe, the uninstall program should work without the office cd/dvd, unless some files have been modified. Did you modify proof.xml or something else?
June 13th, 2008 21:32
I have a question, may be a simple one.
How can I just uninstall Office 2007 without a disc? It’s really frustrating me that I can’t get it from my computer.
June 13th, 2008 16:17
Hi TomToms steps are great and it really works unfortunatly I have had to do a recovery and so I have redone all the steps however when it gets to the confirmation codes there are already codes listed above the empty that it says to input and when i put the zeros it says they are not valid.
any ideas much appreciated
H
June 13th, 2008 05:16
Hey.
I need to download the file from #253 as i’ve just installed sp1, however i can’t download it from the link. Can you help?
Kim
June 12th, 2008 13:29
TomTom,
Thanx a bunch!! worked fine!..thanx for the detailed steps.
June 12th, 2008 09:15
Wow, thanks Tomtom! Worked like a charm.
Anyone who is having trouble, just follow Tomtom’s very detailed instructions on post 253. If you have Home & Student, use the key he gave in post 258. I am by far NOT a techie and I did it just fine.
June 12th, 2008 01:47
Ben, the thing is very simple. You have to replace your key with a non-trial one (see the txt file FROM HERE) by following the 12 steps of the article. Then activate with the method presented in post #253.
June 11th, 2008 23:45
Decal and TomTom
Exact question I have too. I realize there are 2 sets of keys to enter - one for the trial version (for those who have it pre-installed) and the other for those who click on activate (convert trial to full version) - so does anyone have a actual working key to convert from trial to full? thanx in advance.
June 11th, 2008 22:48
For Decal and Ben. I just downloaded office 2007 professional from ms site. I pasted this serial WRWWX-G9MMD-X4B8X-7JQP3-CMD93 and the window title says “Microsoft Office Professional 2007″ (without “Trial”), so it’s a non-trial serial.
June 11th, 2008 21:13
Tomtom,
Let me get this straight; the licenses that are list in #253 are those trial versions or full versions. if they are trial versions then we just follow the rest of the steps and it should make it a full version?
June 11th, 2008 18:09
TomTom, thanx for your reply. i have office 2007 (i think it’s the pro version) pre-installed on my hp vista home premium laptop. all was fine, till yesterday…it just grayed out! now, i tried one of the many keygens here and this worked fine (for the trial):
XHG6Q-DMJWD-97PYB-Y4CMG-MQ2CG
but after entering this, word 2007 was still gray. i started word 2007 again and a pop-up activation window appeared…please guide/help me on what to do next? i followed your detailed steps above, found those keys and deleted them. started word 2007 again, but none of the keys i have worked, except for the one i pasted above. so, i stuck again! would appreciate your help. thanx in advance.
June 11th, 2008 16:37
ben, do you block at step 7 or previous?
June 11th, 2008 15:22
i’m using office 2007 system on vista home premium…i folloed your steps above, but i can’t locate the productid and digitalproduct id? could you please help me, as all the product keys i enter are invalid! thanx in advance.
June 10th, 2008 20:55
Tomtom,
I reinstalled Office professional 2007 and non of the product keys listed works. is it ok to copy and past the product key or should I type it in? Do you have a working license for Office professional 2007
June 10th, 2008 18:15
Heya TomTom ,>
How s Goin Buddy ?!
June 10th, 2008 17:19
Heather, you can replace your product key with a non-trial one by following the 12 steps described in this article. Then apply post #253.
June 10th, 2008 10:07
I’m losing my mind - PLEASE HELP!! I tried to use the directions in post #253, but I had already dropped in some random activation code for the trial version so it didn’t work (radio button for telephone registry grayed out). I can’t uninstall and reinstall because I have no disc to do so. Going to throw my new computer thru the window - help!
June 10th, 2008 04:39
Hi Decal. Have you already tried to activate office with the method of post #253?
June 9th, 2008 23:44
Hey Tomtom,
Do you have a key for Office 2007 Ultimate? The one that’s listed says that it has been used to many times.
Thanks,