"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@xxxxxx_mvps.com> wrote in message
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> "Jon Pope" <mrjonpope@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> WELL I JUST CHECKED MINE THE PRODUCT KEY WAS THERE WITH THE BELARC SCAN
>>
>>
>> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@xxxxxx_mvps.com> wrote in message
>> news:uNXZjFjmIHA.1680@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> "Jon Pope" <mrjonpope@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:81B7584A-9239-413F-9B7A-DCEEC6BE2358@xxxxxx
>>>> well if the computer is up and running u can ran www.belarc.com and it
>>>> gives u all ino on computer and product keys
>>>> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@xxxxxx_mvps.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:OQ$VvjimIHA.2304@xxxxxx
>>>>> "rde" <rde@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:B7842090-B548-4C00-8D69-5D79E7B2E898@xxxxxx
>>>>>>I have lost my product key; is there any possibility of recovering it?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Unless you can find the original packaging, I doubt it. The MS Office
>>>>> 2000 key code is not stored on the computer. The best you will find on
>>>>> the computer is the product ID which will not enable you to re-install
>>>>> it...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Mike Hall - MVP
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>>>
>>> Except for MS Office 2000 which does NOT store the key code on the
>>> computer...
>>>
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>>> Mike Hall - MVP
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>>> >> >
>
> Are you sure that it is the key code and not just the product ID?
>
> Does it show 5 blocks of 5 characters, or does it appear differently?
> I've always heard that it was Office '97 that nothing could retrieve the key
for... I no longer have Office 2000 installed, so I can't verify the other
posters claim. Of course, Office '97 was easy to just "create" a key for by
using a bunch of 1's and randomly trying other numbers in one of the
positions (5th position maybe?).