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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October 4th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
I’m having a hard time finding the files that i’m supposed to delete. what is the GO menu?
October 4th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
@Jodi: go menu is under finder.
if you still are having a hard time, use the short cut
SHIFT + APPLE + G
make sure the finder icon has the focus.
October 15th, 2009 at 10:37 am
I did all this and everything is all well and good—except now I don’t know what product key to use or where to find it. I downloaded the software online, and there were product keys in my confirmation email, but now I am not sure how to return to the email. What do I do?
October 20th, 2009 at 7:18 am
Thanks for the very helpful information. I almost reinstalled MAC OS out of frustration. Thanks a bunch! The advice above is very effective.
October 20th, 2009 at 7:20 am
you’re welcome
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