Updated Office 2008

[LC]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I am not very techno minded, so I don't know what to do. I updated Office 2008 and now it says that I have entered an invalid product key. I didn't enter any product key! I went to some of the help solutions on this site and one told me to delete the Office Folder. If I do this won't I lose all of the files I have in Word and ExceL? I am afraid to do anything, but cannot get into any files. Please help me with simple instructions if you can. Thanks.

 

[Diane Ross]

I am not very techno minded, so I don't know what to do. I updated Office 2008
and now it says that I have entered an invalid product key. I didn't enter any
product key!

When you install Office you enter a product key. SP2 blacklisted many of the
illegal keys. If you purchased your copy of Office on eBay it's possible you
bought a copy that also published that key for other users to use. If you do
have a legal key, see this article on how to fix.

Invalid Product Key after updating to SP2

I went to some of the help solutions on this site and one told me
to delete the Office Folder. If I do this won't I lose all of the files I have
in Word and ExceL? I am afraid to do anything, but cannot get into any files.
Please help me with simple instructions if you can. Thanks.

If you have to reinstall, it should not touch any of your files. However
with any backup it's suggest you have a backup in case something goes wrong.