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 25th, 2008 07:54
Ahh help. I just got my laptop and I’m using Vista, trying to work MS Ultimate 2007.
Under OFFICE12, I do not have MSO.dll to replace. All that’s in there is …
- msoshext.dll
- msoxev.dll
- msoxmlmf.dll
And under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\ there is no Registration folder for me.
Now what? :S
It still needs to be activated.
July 25th, 2008 01:19
Dynamo, read post 522.
July 24th, 2008 23:21
Hi tomtom,
I really need a confirmation code (sorry i cant spell). please email me at hansmuhammed@yahoo.co.uk
many thanks
July 24th, 2008 17:10
For Victoria. Unfortunately we are not able to calculate the confirmation code, so to activate office you have to download the file cited on comment #411 or follow the simple instructions of comment #253 and following.
For kent. Well, once you’ve found HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration\{91120000-0031-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE} in the registry editor look at the right part of the window and you’ll see a list of keys and values, DigitalProductID and ProductID are there. But just changing the product id won’t make your office activated. To activate it see post #253 and #411.
July 24th, 2008 13:34
hi tomtom i have office 2007 pro in my laptop.i have 16 times to open it left. i followed the above article but i could not find the
• DigitalProductID
• ProductID
when told to delete it. in my registration folder, there is only HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Registration\{91120000-0031-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}
could u tell me how to locate the
digitalproductid and productid for me to delete it? THANKS
July 24th, 2008 09:50
hey do u have any idea how i can get a confirmation code for microsoft office student and home edition 2007… email me please.. vicky_martinez14@hotmail.com
July 23rd, 2008 23:19
hellos. Thanks t Tomtom, I got my Office Ultimate activated full =) Actually I was wanting Office Student, but to no avail, I couldnt get it done. Thou’ Ultimate has stuffs that I dont need. But its better than nothing.
=)
July 22nd, 2008 03:14
Thank you Tomtom for your support. It work like a charm. However, just to verify, when I open MS office like MS Word, the templete screen is grey. Is this how it suppose to be? I have never used office 2007 before so i don’t know. Also, when needed, will i be able to or should I do updates from Microsoft website for any updates.
Thank you again for your support guys, specially Tomtom, U rock man.
July 21st, 2008 22:53
Does this really work?(I’m asking so there wont be any viruses)
July 21st, 2008 18:59
Can we get a non-shit download link for the modified dll please?
July 21st, 2008 17:41
Hi kyal. You can download office ultimate from here. To install and activate follow the steps on post #253 or download the zip file downloadable from the link on post #411.
July 21st, 2008 10:42
First of all thanks to all the guys who is helping out with office products activation. Wounderful job guys.
I am new to this application programms installing and activating procedures. Well, to be short, could anyone tell me where I can download MS Office Ultimate 2007, get the key, get activate key and install the whole office ultimate full version and activated. I just bought new PC and it did not come with any office products. Please help me.
Thanks guys
July 18th, 2008 01:37
martin, i suppose you have a trial version of the home and student edition (to verify follow instructions on this page).
If so, you can try to activate office by following the method in the file i linked in post #411 (it describes the same procedure of #253, but with working serials). Getting updates is not guaranteed.
July 18th, 2008 01:34
Hi Patchy Problem, the link works and the file isn’t corrupted. Perhaps you have some download manager enabled, if so disable it. I also uploaded mso.dll’s to megaupload, you can try to download from there (see link in post 411).
July 17th, 2008 19:28
Hey Tomtom, I tried download the MSO_sp1 from rapidshare, but for some reason the file is like corrupted when I do that. I dunno if it’s just me or does anyone else have the problem… but the file with the sp1 won’t work.
http://rs271.rapidshare.com/files/98467704/MSO_sp1.zip
can someone please download it if it works for them and reupload it somewhere else??
July 9th, 2008 07:24
Hey TomTom,
Question. I installed professional 07 and I followed the directions, everthing worked as planned but I cannot use any of the templates. Did I do something wrong? It just says that I am using a cracked version
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.