lost registration keys for my Office CD's

[alanb]

Help---I have a laptop that got hit by a nasty trojan and it required a trip
to the repair shop to re-format the hard drive. I have my Office XP CD's
that I used to install the program originally but I do not have the
registration keys to install the program. The program was registered with
Microsoft when installed. How do I get reg keys to re-install the program?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

If Office came with your computer, you must call the computer manufacturer.
And I'll be honest with you, I don't think they will help you. Microsoft
will *not* help you.

If you purchased it separately,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823570

Just in case you have an OEM and start thinking you'll fib to Microsoft, the
product keys for a retail version will not work with an OEM disk. I'm not
saying that you would do that, but there are people who would have no
problems doing so.