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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August 18th, 2008 10:53
tomtom!
thank you so much! as of now it’s working… i just wanted to ask- can i run updates on this also? does it involve anything special?
thank you again, life saver!!
August 17th, 2008 04:58
jordan, once you have deleted DigitalProductID and ProductID, close regedit and start an office application. You will prompted to insert a serial number, well insert there the serial of post #553.
August 17th, 2008 03:57
mike
My daughter needs a genuine product key code for microsoft office home and student 2007 for the fall semester not the trial. I would really appreaciate any help mike_8117_2026@yahoo.com
August 17th, 2008 00:04
tomtom!
ok, call me slow, but isn’t the regedit trick just deleting digiralproductID and productID?
where do i use the serial you gave on 552?
thanks again..
August 16th, 2008 04:50
Hi jordan. Look at what i said to james hollins in post 552. Let us know if this worked…
August 16th, 2008 02:56
hi guys!
i understand tomtom is the authority here regarding office 2007… i followed 19, granted myself permissions and all, but now, not only does my office (home @ student, 60 day trial) say “modification is not allowed because the selection is locked”, but when i want to use one of your serials and go to activation, the keys won’t work and i can’t even get to the activation screen!
should i do system restore and try all over again? should i uninstall and download a new version from somewhere? (from where?) which advice here should i follow? because i’ve been reading and only getting more confused.. please help me!!
thank you
August 15th, 2008 21:50
Hey
for those who have Home & Student 2007, try post 437 by Sam, you should be happy after doing this !
thanky J
August 15th, 2008 11:11
tomtom, i just followd your directions on 253 and they were easy to follow and it works. thanks bro
August 15th, 2008 10:46
Tomtom, ive been reading these posts and i understand that you’re the man. can you please help me out. i have ms office enterprise 2007. i havent done any of this stuff before so i dont know what mso.dll means or how to do it. i used the product key in post 258. now it tells me to register by internet or by phone. i put the “000000″ in but it tells me to reenter the confirmation id. can you help me out?
how come the vlk product key for ms enterprise 2007 wont work?
thanks
August 15th, 2008 01:01
Rich, search on emule…
August 14th, 2008 22:08
Can anyone tell me how to get a prodcut key for publisher 2007?
August 13th, 2008 04:18
Thanks a lot tomtom.. Its past 4am here in the Philippines and I am not yet done with my work.. Hahaha.. Well, thanks again..
August 13th, 2008 04:09
kristine, try to uninstall office using these instructions.
August 13th, 2008 03:01
what happened to my computer?? i cannot uninstall nor reinstall the ms office..
August 13th, 2008 01:45
Hello kristine, you can find serial numbers in the file linked in post 411.
August 12th, 2008 23:02
I’ll just reinstall it.. Cud i just ask for serial numbers?
August 12th, 2008 22:06
Kristine, just follow instructions on post #253 or #411.
August 12th, 2008 22:00
tomtom
hello.. how do i reactivate my office 2007?? i followed the instructions on the comment 19.. it worked but then, after four days, its not working again.. what should i do?? i need an answer asap coz i have to finish some assignments.. thanks..
August 11th, 2008 14:54
I HAVE KEYS FOR OPERATING SYSTEMS, OFFICE SUITES, ADOBE, & MORE !!! EMAIL ME AT rllturn@yahoo.com IF YOU NEED A SERIAL/KEY FOR A PRODUCT !!!
August 11th, 2008 00:55
Tomtom, you are a pure legend. I can’t describe how much I want to thank you.
If you ever come to London, UK. I’ll buy you a beer
August 9th, 2008 17:01
Karen, the update you installed is probably the service pack 1 (sp1) for office 2007. You have to replace the mso.dll file with the one downloadable from the second link of comment #253 (step 6).
August 9th, 2008 04:34
Tomtom, I forgot what password I used so I can’t log onto your site. Can you help me remember it?
Of more concern, everything was working with my office professional 2007. Then my machine got an update from Microsoft and it rebooted. Now I can’t use Word 2007 again. It says: Microsoft Office has not been installed for the current user. Please run setup to install the application.
What should I do now? Thanks. Karen
August 8th, 2008 01:37
ur tha man Tomtom
August 7th, 2008 18:41
idefikir, did you finally manage to activate office?
Hi james hollins. Well, first of all change back “NeverInstalled” to “AlwaysInstalled” and reboot your pc. Then repeat the regedit trick using this serial DDY79-433JV-2RXGX-MQFQP-PFDH8.
Finally, for the activation, follow the steps of post #253 or download the activation procedure from the link in post #411.
Hope this help!!! Let me know…
August 7th, 2008 04:46
hey Tomtom you´re the man..you are the man !!!
Thank you so much,god bless you from phillipines :*