reinstalling microsoft office on same computer with new hard drive

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Shelly S.

My product key is coming up invalid when I try to reinstall my Office 2003
program. I had to install a new hard drive, and now the software is probably
reading that I am trying to pirate it, I think. What do I do? Thank you!
 
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Susan Ramlet

Could be that it's not typed in properly; try this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842566/en-us

Sometimes characters look like others, such as S and 5.

Do you receive an "invalid product key" error message when you try to
activate the Office product? You may have more than one installation of the
same version of Office on the computer. For example, do you have an Office
2003 Trial version and an Office 2003 retail version installed on the
computer? Alternatively, do you have an individual Office program, such as
Microsoft Office Excel 2003, installed together with a full Office 2003
edition on the computer?

You should have only one installation of the same version of Office
installed on the computer. For more information about "invalid product key"
errors, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/836178/
 
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Susan Ramlet

Could be that it's not typed in properly; try this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842566/en-us

Sometimes characters look like others, such as S and 5.

Do you receive an "invalid product key" error message when you try to
activate the Office product? You may have more than one installation of the
same version of Office on the computer. For example, do you have an Office
2003 Trial version and an Office 2003 retail version installed on the
computer? Alternatively, do you have an individual Office program, such as
Microsoft Office Excel 2003, installed together with a full Office 2003
edition on the computer?

You should have only one installation of the same version of Office
installed on the computer. For more information about "invalid product key"
errors, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/836178/
 
S

Susan Ramlet

Could be that it's not typed in properly; try this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842566/en-us

Sometimes characters look like others, such as S and 5.

Do you receive an "invalid product key" error message when you try to
activate the Office product? You may have more than one installation of the
same version of Office on the computer. For example, do you have an Office
2003 Trial version and an Office 2003 retail version installed on the
computer? Alternatively, do you have an individual Office program, such as
Microsoft Office Excel 2003, installed together with a full Office 2003
edition on the computer?

You should have only one installation of the same version of Office
installed on the computer. For more information about "invalid product key"
errors, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/836178/
 
S

Susan Ramlet

Could be that it's not typed in properly; try this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842566/en-us

Sometimes characters look like others, such as S and 5.

Do you receive an "invalid product key" error message when you try to
activate the Office product? You may have more than one installation of the
same version of Office on the computer. For example, do you have an Office
2003 Trial version and an Office 2003 retail version installed on the
computer? Alternatively, do you have an individual Office program, such as
Microsoft Office Excel 2003, installed together with a full Office 2003
edition on the computer?

You should have only one installation of the same version of Office
installed on the computer. For more information about "invalid product key"
errors, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/836178/
 
S

Susan Ramlet

Could be that it's not typed in properly; try this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842566/en-us

Sometimes characters look like others, such as S and 5.

Do you receive an "invalid product key" error message when you try to
activate the Office product? You may have more than one installation of the
same version of Office on the computer. For example, do you have an Office
2003 Trial version and an Office 2003 retail version installed on the
computer? Alternatively, do you have an individual Office program, such as
Microsoft Office Excel 2003, installed together with a full Office 2003
edition on the computer?

You should have only one installation of the same version of Office
installed on the computer. For more information about "invalid product key"
errors, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/836178/
 

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