I have a 20 digit key for 0ffice 97 it calls for a 11 digit ??

[Douglas Gray]

I was told 97 was absolete but I use it on a older pc

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Office 97 is obsolete..

 

[Douglas Gray]

Mike I understand that it is absolete I use office 2003 but on a laptop I
have I have mellenium installed and it wont handle 2003 office.

Do you have a key? I have the original case and it it a 20 Digit key but
when installing it says you need a 11 digit key, do you know why?

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Douglas

I don't have a key.. Are you sure that the CD and packaging belong
together?.. I have a feeling that the 11 digit number is an older (OEM ?)
number type, and would be unobtainable from any source other than the
original packing..

 

[Douglas Gray]

Mike I have tryed to install 2003 on that Pc but it says I need a newer
version of windows is there any way around this?

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Douglas

The old DOS based Win9x/ME can't handle Office 2003, period.. you can either
upgrade the laptop to XP, or search around on eBay for any version of Office
prior to 2003, that is to say Office XP, 2000, 97..

 

[Douglas Gray]

Thanks Mike

Douglas

The old DOS based Win9x/ME can't handle Office 2003, period.. you can either
upgrade the laptop to XP, or search around on eBay for any version of Office
prior to 2003, that is to say Office XP, 2000, 97..

 

[garfield-n-odie]

The Office 97 product ID number is 20 digits. The Office 97 CD
key is 11 digits, and is printed on a small orange label on the
back of the CD jewel case. Sounds like you have a
homemade/bootleg/illegal copy of Office 97.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

There are a lot of those in existence. I can't tell you how many people I
know who are using bootleg copies of various programs and have no sense of
shame about it.