

As computer scientists we are trained to communicate with the dumbest things in the world – computers – so you’d think we’d be able to communicate quite well with people. Try it againĪfter uninstalling the factory trial. But if you have a 23 char code that works, more power to you. All Office product keys that I am aware of ALWAYS have 25 char, typically written as 5 groups of 5 characters. If there is, you MUST uninstall it AND you MUST do an Office repair of your 2007 installation. This will not work.įirst thing to do is go into Control Panel > Programs and Features and check to see if there is another copy of Office, other than 2007, installed on your computer.

So, if you install and try to activate your own copy of Office the activation processĪctually submits your key to the factory trial. The most common cause for this sort of problem is that many/most new computers come with a free trial of Office installed (but that is changing slightly with Office 2016).
