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brettdale

(12,578 posts) Tue Nov 1, 2016, 06:00 PM Nov 2016

Product key on old computer

Okay, so I have a old computer around 2007-2008?

Word version is 2007.

I have never used Microsoft word, I have used word pad and such.

I now need to use Microsoft word.

I cant find my product key.

I opened up word.

I clicked on word options.

I clicked on resources

I clicked on about.

It had Product Key:

But the rest was blanked.

Is their any other way they can find their Product key, so I can use word?

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Product key on old computer (Original Post) brettdale Nov 2016 OP

Not unless you bought it from someplace that has a record of it Egnever Nov 2016 #1

Theres a medical form I have to open brettdale Nov 2016 #3

yup should be no problem Egnever Nov 2016 #5

Have you tried LibreOffice? neeksgeek Nov 2016 #2

It also allows one to open & access old Microsoft Works programs.. Historic NY Nov 2016 #8

I've used this free program a few times discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2016 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author douglas9 Nov 2016 #6

Try Nirsoft ProduKey... Earth Bound Misfit Nov 2016 #7

Try Belarc Advisor csziggy Nov 2016 #9

Egnever

(21,506 posts)

1. Not unless you bought it from someplace that has a record of it

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 06:34 PM

Nov 2016

There are some programs out there that supposedly will find the key from a current install but my success with them has not been good.

That said google docs will open word files and allow you to save them as word docs as well. It does not have all the bells and whistles but the price is right.

brettdale

(12,578 posts)

3. Theres a medical form I have to open

Reply to Egnever (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 07:02 PM

Nov 2016

and of course fill in details and email it back, will it allow me to open and work on a
file and save it??

Egnever

(21,506 posts)

5. yup should be no problem

Reply to brettdale (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 09:19 PM

Nov 2016

neeksgeek

(1,215 posts)

2. Have you tried LibreOffice?

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 06:57 PM

Nov 2016

I've got MS Office 2016 but prefer the open-source LibreOffice. I haven't run into anything that it can't do, I've used it for Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations... and it's free.

Historic NY

(37,883 posts)

8. It also allows one to open & access old Microsoft Works programs..

Reply to neeksgeek (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 3, 2016, 10:00 AM

Nov 2016

saved my old databases from 1995....

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,580 posts)

4. I've used this free program a few times

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 07:35 PM

Nov 2016

https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

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Earth Bound Misfit

(3,558 posts)

7. Try Nirsoft ProduKey...

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Wed Nov 2, 2016, 08:18 PM

Nov 2016

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

ProduKey is a small utility that displays the ProductID and the CD-Key of Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007), Windows (Including Windows 8/7/Vista), Exchange Server, and SQL Server installed on your computer. You can view this information for your current running operating system, or for another operating system/computer - by using command-line options. This utility can be useful if you lost the product key of your Windows/Office, and you want to reinstall it on your computer.

csziggy

(34,189 posts)

9. Try Belarc Advisor

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 01:32 AM

Nov 2016

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

It's free and can give you a breakdown of the software and licenses on your computer. It will also give you a boat load of info on your computer, both the hardware and the software.

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