finding a better mousetrap or just the product key...

[Effty]

stoopid question...

My gf has a new laptop, her old one crashed-burned-fried. I put her old
drive in a USB enclosure yada yada. The new laptop has Lotus as the
office suite, but she prefers M$, and she has the "old" (very pretty shiny
orange) install discs for Office XP. BUT NOT THE PRODUCT KEY!!!

Oddly, she has 90 pairs of shoes, but can't keep a piece of paper with a
25 digit number on it...

I can read everything from the old drive in the USB enclosure, and can
"start" OFFICE apps on the old drive for about 2 seconds before they shut
down. Obviously I need to reinstall from discs to new drive.

Can I extract the product key (from the old drive) without resorting to
buying something???

Any humor would be greatly appreciated.

-Effty

 

[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

Sorry, no.

....as in no product key to extraction device...and no humor in the
reply.

You can TRY running Belarc to get the registration key
(http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html). If she ever properly
registered it...you can call MS, explain the situation (I'd leave out
the shoe complaint) and they will give you a key if they can verify
that it is a legit install.

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

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[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

Sorry, no.

....as in no product key to extraction device...and no humor in the
reply.

You can TRY running Belarc to get the registration key
(http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html). If she ever properly
registered it...you can call MS, explain the situation (I'd leave out
the shoe complaint) and they will give you a key if they can verify
that it is a legit install.

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html
Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting
Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html

 

[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

Sorry, no.

....as in no product key to extraction device...and no humor in the
reply.

You can TRY running Belarc to get the registration key
(http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html). If she ever properly
registered it...you can call MS, explain the situation (I'd leave out
the shoe complaint) and they will give you a key if they can verify
that it is a legit install.

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html
Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting
Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html

 

[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

Sorry, no.

....as in no product key to extraction device...and no humor in the
reply.

You can TRY running Belarc to get the registration key
(http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html). If she ever properly
registered it...you can call MS, explain the situation (I'd leave out
the shoe complaint) and they will give you a key if they can verify
that it is a legit install.

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html
Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting
Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html

 

[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

Sorry, no.

....as in no product key to extraction device...and no humor in the
reply.

You can TRY running Belarc to get the registration key
(http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html). If she ever properly
registered it...you can call MS, explain the situation (I'd leave out
the shoe complaint) and they will give you a key if they can verify
that it is a legit install.

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html
Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting
Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html

 

[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

Sorry, no.

....as in no product key to extraction device...and no humor in the
reply.

You can TRY running Belarc to get the registration key
(http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html). If she ever properly
registered it...you can call MS, explain the situation (I'd leave out
the shoe complaint) and they will give you a key if they can verify
that it is a legit install.

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html
Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting
Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html

 

[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

Sorry, no.

....as in no product key to extraction device...and no humor in the
reply.

You can TRY running Belarc to get the registration key
(http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html). If she ever properly
registered it...you can call MS, explain the situation (I'd leave out
the shoe complaint) and they will give you a key if they can verify
that it is a legit install.

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html
Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting
Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html

 

[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

Sorry, no.

....as in no product key to extraction device...and no humor in the
reply.

You can TRY running Belarc to get the registration key
(http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html). If she ever properly
registered it...you can call MS, explain the situation (I'd leave out
the shoe complaint) and they will give you a key if they can verify
that it is a legit install.

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html
Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting
Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html

 

[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

Sorry, no.

....as in no product key to extraction device...and no humor in the
reply.

You can TRY running Belarc to get the registration key
(http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html). If she ever properly
registered it...you can call MS, explain the situation (I'd leave out
the shoe complaint) and they will give you a key if they can verify
that it is a legit install.

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html
Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting
Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html