Change Product Key Of Mac Office 2008
Posted by tech onJune 13, 2008 |
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Chances are, you may want to change the product key of your Mac Office 2008 upon finishing an update from their site because the product key used to install your Office 2008 installation used an invalid product key. If after the update it does detect that an invalid product key was used, the office assistant will keep on popping up while the application that you chose to open will never be seen. To reset the product key, delete the following files and send to trash.
- /Users/[username]/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/Microsoft Office 2008 settings.plist
- /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/OfficePID.plist
[username] would be the username of your laptop. Run any Mac Office 2008 application and the office assistant will now have a textfield of the product key for you to input.
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April 4th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Gins, I hope you’re reading! I just spoke with a microsoft tech rep, 800-936-5700, and she was the best. Did you have the 30-day trial version first by any chance? I did, and that was the problem. Yes, I searched for it with the Remove Office tool, but it doesn’t always find it apparently, and some components remain, interfering with the components of the full version. If you have a blue folder called Microsoft under Go, Home, Library, Preferences, it needs to be put in the trash. (It has confused registration components in it). Empty trash. Restart. If a Microsoft Office 2008 folder is still in the trash, empty the trash. Next, trash the W, X, P, E, messenger, and doc collection icons on the bottom. Empty the trash. Reinstall MS Office from the disc. Check for updates and first install 12.2.3, then it’ll auto check for updates again. Install 12.2.4. It should be good to go. -Tammy
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April 16th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
i need a 2008 office product key. Does anybody have one. Hope you can give it now. Thanks in advance