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  • Question

  • 1.       Operating System is Windows XP professional – attempting to install Office Professional 2007.

    2.       I purchased physical copy of Office Professional 2007 from Office Depot at the same time as I purchased my computer. There was a huge red and black paper sticker over the COA – looks computer generated with all kinds of codes.  Because of the kind of paper used on the sticker, I had to shred it to even get into the box with the CDs.  However, I tore off the COA and can hold it up to the light and read some stuff, however there is nothing that says OEM anything.

    3.       I purchased Office as a standalone – no computer information.

    4.         

    5.       When I enter the product key – from the inside of the software container – yellow label – I receive an error message that says, “The key is incorrect. Verify that you have the correct key, and retype it." I have retyped 6 times.

     

     

    Following is my Diagnostics:

     

    Diagnostic Report (1.7.0066.0):

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    WGA Data-->

    Validation Status: Validation Control not Installed

    Validation Code: 0

    Online Validation Code: N/A

    Cached Validation Code: N/A

    Windows Product Key: *****-*****-RY7BM-HM3KT-BKVRW

    Windows Product Key Hash: 6994t4LQCbvkXhtNbqQCL4+auQs=

    Windows Product ID: 76487-OEM-2211906-00107

    Windows Product ID Type: 2

    Windows License Type: OEM SLP

    Windows OS version: 5.1.2600.2.00010100.2.0.pro

    CSVLK Server: N/A

    CSVLK PID: N/A

    ID: {35EE7A2E-E1CB-48C7-8D28-BD064029956B}(1)

    Is Admin: Yes

    TestCab: 0x0

    WGA Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

    Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

    Product Name: N/A

    Architecture: N/A

    Build lab: N/A

    TTS Error: N/A

    Validation Diagnostic: 025D1FF3-171-1_16E0B333-147-80004005

    Resolution Status: N/A

     

    Notifications Data-->

    Cached Result: N/A

    File Exists: No

    Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

    WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

    WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

     

    OGA Data-->

    Office Status: 104 Unknown PID

    OGA Version: N/A, 0x80070002

    Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

    Office Diagnostics: FCEE394C-2989-80070002_77F760FE-152-80070002_7E90FEE8-175-80070002_77F760FE-152-80070002_7E90FEE8-175-80070002_025D1FF3-171-1_B4D0AA8B-818-80070057

     

    Browser Data-->

    Proxy settings: N/A

    User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Win32)

    Default Browser: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.exe

    Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt

    Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled

    Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed

    Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled

    Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled

    Active scripting: Allowed

    Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Allowed

     

    File Scan Data-->

     

    Other data-->

    Office Details: <GenuineResults><MachineData><UGUID>{35EE7A2E-E1CB-48C7-8D28-BD064029956B}</UGUID><Version>1.7.0066.0</Version><OS>5.1.2600.2.00010100.2.0.pro</OS><Architecture>x32</Architecture><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-BKVRW</PKey><PID>76487-OEM-2211906-00107</PID><PIDType>2</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-982081647-2840273320-3437214079</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>LENOVO</Manufacturer><Model>8932A37</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>LENOVO</Manufacturer><Version>7OET24WW (1.03 )</Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="4"/><Date>20070628000000.000000+000</Date><SLPBIOS>LENOVO,LENOVO</SLPBIOS></BIOS><HWID>E9C73707018400FA</HWID><UserLCID>0409</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>Eastern Standard Time(GMT-05:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>2</stat><msppid></msppid><name>Lenovo</name><model></model></SBID><OEM/><BRT/></MachineData><Software><Office><Result>104</Result><Products><Product GUID="{91120000-0031-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}"><LegitResult>104</LegitResult><Name>2007 Microsoft Office system</Name><Ver>12</Ver><PidType>0</PidType></Product></Products></Office></Software></GenuineResults> 

     

     

    Thank you.

     

    Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:41 PM

Answers

  • Hello BBK Ventures,

     

    From your diagnostic report it appears you have not installed the genuine advantage validation, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ and click on Validate Windows.  This will install the necessary files to be able to validate your copy of Windows, I would like to have you run this to make sure we will not run into any additional issues with your system down the line. 

     

    That is a very interesting issue you are having with Office and we don’t have a good answer for this one without additional information.  We would really like to get a better understanding of this issue so we can better assist not only you but other users with similar problems as well.  Could you please submit a service request with Microsoft Product Support using the following link:  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=52029.  Please include your product key for Office, your name, e-mail address and phone number so we may analyze specifics surrounding the problems you are encountering. Also please run the diagnostic test again for inclusion with the support incident. This will enable us to review current information after the changes you made. Once you have done that, please reply back to this post and provide the SR # generated by the service request.  Please let us know if you would be willing to do this!!

     

     

    Thank You,

    Matt Prall, MS

    OGA Forum Manager

    Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:26 PM

All replies

  • What to do if you must have a new product key for a Microsoft Office product:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823570/en-us

    Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:47 PM
  • Hello BBK Ventures,

     

    From your diagnostic report it appears you have not installed the genuine advantage validation, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ and click on Validate Windows.  This will install the necessary files to be able to validate your copy of Windows, I would like to have you run this to make sure we will not run into any additional issues with your system down the line. 

     

    That is a very interesting issue you are having with Office and we don’t have a good answer for this one without additional information.  We would really like to get a better understanding of this issue so we can better assist not only you but other users with similar problems as well.  Could you please submit a service request with Microsoft Product Support using the following link:  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=52029.  Please include your product key for Office, your name, e-mail address and phone number so we may analyze specifics surrounding the problems you are encountering. Also please run the diagnostic test again for inclusion with the support incident. This will enable us to review current information after the changes you made. Once you have done that, please reply back to this post and provide the SR # generated by the service request.  Please let us know if you would be willing to do this!!

     

     

    Thank You,

    Matt Prall, MS

    OGA Forum Manager

    Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:26 PM
  • Hi Matt:

     

    OK did everything you said. Did nor try the product key again after Validation - should I have?

     

    Not sure what and SR# is, but I have Confirmation number: 1055304391

     

    Thanks for your help!

    Brooke

     

     

    Friday, January 11, 2008 2:52 AM
  • Hello Brooke,

     

    I appreciate you submitting this information for us to review; we have determined that your product key is genuine.  However after reanalyzing your diagnostic information we have determined that you have a trial version of Office currently installed on your system as we can see here: Office Status: 104 Unknown PID.  In cases like this we recommend all users uninstall any trial versions of Office before attempting to install the full version.  Please use the Add or Remove Programs found in the control panel to uninstall any Office programs you may currently have installed and attempt to reinstall your store bought copy of Office. 

     

    If you still are having issues after this please follow the recommendations found in this KB article to make sure all remnants of Office are fully removed from your system: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us .

    Important:  This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: How to back up and restore the registry in Windows XP and Windows Vista” http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/If you need to perform these steps then please restart your computer after all the steps have been followed and attempt to install your store bought copy again, if you are still having issues again please re-run the MGA diagnostic tool and post the results back in this thread so we may further analyze the situation.

     

    Thank you,

    Matt Prall, MS

    OGA Forum Manager

     

    Friday, January 11, 2008 5:21 PM
  • Hello Group,

      I had a similar issue, I was able to resolve it by only performing the validation http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ for Windows, not for Windows, then Office. 
    I actually, did a Validate of Windows, then office had the same issue, then Only validated Windows. I was cut and pasting the same license key.

      Thanks to Matt, Brooke for this posting all the best, Phil Diakun
    Thank You and Best Regards
    Friday, February 12, 2010 12:27 AM