Office Serial/liscense Number

[rdsatkaycee]

I have an about 6-7 year old business lap top that I am going to get rid of.
It has the complete office suite on it. I want to erase the serial numbers
or blank it out. I have tried searching in the registry, but can't find
where the serial number is located for Office. Can someone help so I can
feel safe about getting rid of this? Thanks,

 

[Bob I]

If concerned about drive contents simply restore the operating system to
original(format and overwrite the drive contents)

 

[rdsatkaycee]

To me changing the serial number would be simpler, thanks

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

Because you're going to get rid of it - reformat the system first. Make sure
that all of your data is gone.

 

[bxb7668]

You'd be surprised at the amount of information that gathers on you PC
that identity thieves could use. Whenever I decommission a PC (or
harddrive), I use something like DriveCleanser to erase everything on
the drives and make it really hard to recover anything useful. To a
determined hacker, simply reformatting the drive leaves a lot that can
be recovered using easily available tools.

Brian

Because you're going to get rid of it - reformat the system first.
Make sure that all of your data is gone.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

To me changing the serial number would be simpler, thanks

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

Excellent advice.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

You'd be surprised at the amount of information that gathers on you PC
that identity thieves could use. Whenever I decommission a PC (or
harddrive), I use something like DriveCleanser to erase everything on the
drives and make it really hard to recover anything useful. To a determined
hacker, simply reformatting the drive leaves a lot that can be recovered
using easily available tools.

Brian

Because you're going to get rid of it - reformat the system first. Make
sure that all of your data is gone.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

To me changing the serial number would be simpler, thanks

:

If concerned about drive contents simply restore the operating system
to
original(format and overwrite the drive contents)

rdsatkaycee wrote:

I have an about 6-7 year old business lap top that I am going to get
rid of.
It has the complete office suite on it. I want to erase the serial
numbers
or blank it out. I have tried searching in the registry, but can't
find
where the serial number is located for Office. Can someone help so I
can
feel safe about getting rid of this? Thanks,

 

[Bob I]

I think you might want to re-evaluate the contents of that drive, and
the concerns you have about whats on it.