MS office not in registry

[Daniel]

I had to reload XP to fix a problem with my hard drive. All my Office files
are still on the hard drive, they are not in the "new" registry. I have not
been able to find my key codes, so I can't reinstall Office. Is there anyway
to fix this?

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Yeah, not having an installation CD or product key are often problems
with pirate/illegal software downloaded from the internet.

 

[DL]

If I translate you correctly, you have not reloaded / repaired Winxp but
instead created a parallel installation.
Either you need the Office cd & keys, or 'may' be able to resolve it by
doing a proper repair installation of WinXP

 

[Peter Foldes]

Sometimes it is better to purchase a legal version of Office from a retailer to avoid this type of issue

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I had to reload XP to fix a problem with my hard drive. All my Office files
are still on the hard drive, they are not in the "new" registry. I have not
been able to find my key codes, so I can't reinstall Office. Is there anyway
to fix this?

You might be able to get things sorted out if you locate the EXE for one of the
office apps, launch it and, if it works, go to Help, Detect and Repair and let
that do its magic. That might be enough to re-register a legit copy.

 

[legaleagle]

This is a "legit copy" and I have found my key codes. I had to backup my
files to CD, format the hard drive (and decide to never load "iTunes" again),
re-install my legal version of Xp and then re-Load my legal version of
Office. That worked. Thanks for the faith in your fellow man! Like I would
come to a Microsoft site with illegal copies. iTunes trashed my registry and
instead of getting help here, I get nothing but ridicule. Thanks for nothing.

 

[legaleagle]

I am Daniel

This is a "legit copy" and I have found my key codes. I had to backup my
files to CD, format the hard drive (and decide to never load "iTunes" again),
re-install my legal version of Xp and then re-Load my legal version of
Office. That worked. Thanks for the faith in your fellow man! Like I would
come to a Microsoft site with illegal copies. iTunes trashed my registry and
instead of getting help here, I get nothing but ridicule. Thanks for nothing.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

This is a "legit copy" and I have found my key codes. I had to backup my
files to CD, format the hard drive (and decide to never load "iTunes" again),
re-install my legal version of Xp and then re-Load my legal version of
Office. That worked. Thanks for the faith in your fellow man! Like I would
come to a Microsoft site with illegal copies.

People do.

iTunes trashed my registry and
instead of getting help here, I get nothing but ridicule.

I'm not sure that this is directed at my reply to your question.
If it is, I'm sorry that you felt my reply ridiculed you; I'd like to know what part
of my answer made you feel that way.