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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October 7th, 2008 22:54
Hi phil. Magical jelly bean keyfinder is ok for retrieving product keys.
October 7th, 2008 20:14
thanks tomtom,
out of curiosity, how can I find the vlk from my work computer?
October 7th, 2008 16:41
Hello phil. You can try these keys
VK626-MQWCC-FXXWY-W2H6F-KVKQQ
WRWWX-G9MMD-X4B8X-7JQP3-CMD93
KGFVY-7733B-8WCK9-KTG64-BC7D8
DBXYD-TF477-46YM4-W74MH-6YDQ8
October 7th, 2008 02:38
hi tomtom,
i used magic jelly bean keyfinder to get the VLK product key from my work version of Office enterprise 2007. I installed a trial version of office enterprise at home, but the vlk key doesn’t seem to work. i tried to do the registry edit above, but i couldn’t find any entries for digitalproductID or productID on my trial version.
how can i get my work VLK key to activate my trial version?
October 5th, 2008 13:59
this worked!! YAY ^_^
October 5th, 2008 13:43
Hi Tomtom,
it worked with a key that was for the full version. its working now! Thanks to u. u r great!
Kedar
October 5th, 2008 09:32
Hi Tomtom,
i tried ur crack using MSO.dll. but its saying that the phone activation is not available for trial version. Please tell me that to do. thanks
Kedar
October 3rd, 2008 12:09
If I understand well proof.xml editing is needed only when turning already installed trial to full version.
I installed clean Ultimate and I did not find any registry entries in office registration.
Genuine test informed me it is not genuine. So I and replaced OGACheckControl.dll and made Genuine test happy.
Then I replaced MSO.dll and did the activation through telephone and used 0 for all fields(see 253.
Then I updated Office SP1 and used your MSO.dll. Then I run Windows update and install more Office updates without any troubles and working OK.
For the all time I have not changed anything in proof.xml file…
October 3rd, 2008 10:55
Tomtom,
what about OGACheckControl.dll file replacement? http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/12/office-2003-and-2007-genuine-serial-key-crack-with-oga-patch/
You do not mention it at all. It is to recognize Office as genuine. What is “NeverInstalled” – “AlwaysInstalled” in proof.xml for?
October 1st, 2008 18:32
Hello JoN. Click on the upper left office button. Then click “New” and navigate under the “Microsoft Office Online” list.
October 1st, 2008 08:35
Thanks TomTom, How do you download the templates??
September 29th, 2008 03:41
Hi,
I need Microsoft Student and home edition 2007 key. Could anyone e-mail it to me? I really appreciate it. eslava_antoli@hotmail.com
September 28th, 2008 17:48
Most of the vista user they sure having some problem in saving the proof.xml… its easy.. save this edited proof.xml in desktop.
then copy it go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\Office Setup Controller\Proof.en\ and paste it. it will ask for the permission to replace it. hit yes then ta-da.. haha… enjoy~ ^_^ got it figured it out after tried 4 times.
September 27th, 2008 16:13
Hello jordan. The file must be placed in C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE12 (windows vista). If you have windows xp it’s could be a bit different.
September 27th, 2008 12:56
hi tomtom!
thank you, but i’m not sure where to paste the new patched dll file… where exactly is it?
sorry, still quite a novice i guess
September 26th, 2008 22:36
Hi jordan. Look at comments 598 and 600.
September 24th, 2008 11:38
hi again…
i recently used your very kind assistance to break into my office 2007. however, now whenever i try to open excelle a notification pops up that says the program was not installed for this user, and to run setup. now, i’ve used excelle before since i broke into office, and also, i can’t find the swtup on my comuter… what gives? please help!!
September 22nd, 2008 11:15
hi, ive been using office 2007 all along for few months & suddenly i get the “programe_name has not been installed for the current user” i have downloaded the new mso.dll file but how do i go about replacing it? thanks alot
September 20th, 2008 05:23
Hey Tomtom!
Thanks for the new patched mso.dll.
I’ve been looking for it everywhere and this is the only place i could find it. I hope you post future versions as well
Thanks a million!
September 17th, 2008 12:41
Ok guys refer to post 19, to crack serial and confirmation for all office home and student 2007 all. Well when you get to the the part where you need to edit the proof.en file and it doesnt let you cause it says its in use or access denied or whatever well do this edit it do as post 19 says “neverinstalled” ect.. and save it as proof1 to desktop, then move it to the folder post 19 refers too, delete the proof one and rename the one you’ve just created to proof. Vualahhh. Oh and get this here http://www.download.com/3001-7241_4-10427113.html?spi=dc594dfa3f2f8434140929c46ab99540&idl=n this is a XML editor so dont do it with notepad as you will need to save it as .xml. and youre done, hope this worked
September 13th, 2008 01:19
pizda, use winzip.
September 13th, 2008 01:05
when i go to unzip the files it says that nothing is inside the folder to be unzipped
September 12th, 2008 16:25
Hi pizda. What do you mean bu “empty”? Which files are you talking about exactly? I just verified the last two links i provided successfully.
September 12th, 2008 09:45
hey tomtom those files from rapidshare are empty, is there anyway you can host them again thanks
September 12th, 2008 03:23
This is brilliant.
Most of the Key Licences work,
and the regedit way is cool.
THANK YOU!!