All the utilities I tried so far doesn't work. I'm looking for a method to extract the Office Home and Business 2013 key from the currently installed systems. With this key I was able to activate the Office license by phone. Fortunately I could get in contact with him and he sent me the Office key saved in his Microsoft account.
It is necessary to find the product key to your Microsoft Office as you need the product key to install the Microsoft Office on your laptop or desktop. Once you have purchased a Microsoft Office, it will come along with a product key. I had to reinstall one license and Microsoft gave me the personal Hotmail account of the previous admin. A product key is necessary so that multiple users cannot use the Microsoft office by using the same key. You can write down the product key and keep it somewhere safe. The Office product key associated with your Microsoft account will appear there. Unfortunately nobody knows in the company which accounts were used for the Office activations. Just sign in to Services & subscriptions with your Microsoft account, locate the Office one-time purchase and then click on the View product key link. I spend weeks on forums and with Microsoft support just to learn that if I don't have access to the Microsoft account which was used for the 1st activation, I will not be able to reinstall the Office license. Just make sure not to share it with others. Voila You have access to the product key any time you need it. Click on the View product key icon under your Microsoft Office entry. Try run cmd as Administrator and type cscript 'C.I got install complete and restart Office message, but. When I open Word, I got activate Office prompt, then I entered the product key and hit install. The issue is that I couldnt successfully activate it.
Once you’re on this page, you’ll see your product on the page. Hi, Office 2010 Pro was running fine on Windows 7 Pro before I upgraded it Windows 10. It’s difficult to find, so you might be panicking trying to remember the. This new key stays forever in the Microsoft account which was used for the 1st activation. At first, go to this Microsoft Services & Subscription page and log into your account. Are you having trouble reinstalling your Microsoft Office In all likelihood, you’ve forgotten your product activation key.
The problem is when an Office Home and Business 2013 license in activated, a new activation key is generated and saved in a Microsoft account. With the last five characters of Office product key, you can match it up with the product keys find from the Microsoft account page, so you won't make it wrong. I have the package with the product keys. For 64-bit Office and 64-bit Windows: cscript 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\OSPP.VBS' /dstatus. I have to clean-up a mess from the previous sysadmins and I'm stuck with the Office Home and Business 2013 licenses.