Office 2013 Key Card - Worth keeping?

AceOfSpades wrote:
These are the proof of ownership, do not throw them out. I keep a spreadsheet with a list of PCs and which key goes where.
We do the same. You never know when you might need them.

Hi guys,
So when I joined this company, I noticed quite a number of "dodgy" licences for Office. I instantly flagged this to management (who were completely unaware) and bought around 30 Office Home & Business licences for a very good price. Now, all these licences have been registered to a single account and as far as I am aware, once they have been registered they are useless. Do I need to keep the key cards for any reason? Are these still considered proof of entitlement?
Thanks, Andy
(Not so much a question as I'm going to keep hold of them anyway, but what's your take?)
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Office 2013 key not working

Funny thing happened.
My customer (I am IT sys admin) bought Office 2013 business (recommendation from the previous I.T.) Anyway he got his computer reinstalled because some problem with motherboard, computer returned back from the store and as I tried to install office it said
that the office isn't paired with his account.
Is there any way to describe to which account is this office paired either, how to unpair the office from the account and pair it to customers account ?
Thank you.

Did you mean you have problem reinstall Office 2013 on the same computer?
Office for a retail version can only be installed once at a computer, if there is significant hardware change to your machine, it will be considered as a new computer you will need to contact Microsoft Customer Service and they will help you to activate
your Office suites.
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http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/products/download-back-up-restore-microsoft-office-products-FX103427465.aspx
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Problem with Office 2013 documents after PC resumes from sleep

Have a number of PCs in a work environment that exhibit the following error messages when they are woken from a sleep state and the user was working on a Word or PowerPoint document via a network share.
PowerPoint error: The file you were working with was modified during suspend mode, and the original version is no longer available. <file path and name.ppt> must be re-saved.
Word error: Word cannot establish a network connection with this document after the system resumed from suspend mode. Save the document into a different file to keep any changes.
Having searched the error message I can see that hot fixes were created to fix the issue in Word 2007 and 2010, but nothing seems to relate to Office 2013.
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Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 - Clean Installation Windows 8.1 Pro x64 and Office 2013 x64

GUIDE: Clean Installation Windows 8.1 Pro x64 and Office 2013 x64
Note: for a good performance is recommended to use a SSD for Windows with a minimal of 128GB and use the HDD for Data
Driver up to date - Sep 2014
First you need to download and have ready the following softwares:
Classic Shell V4.1: To get back the Start Button like Windows 7
http://www.fosshub.com/Classic-Shell.html/ClassicShellSetup_4_1_0.exe
Broadcom BT for Windows 7 (64-bit) - to enable dongle, Windows 7 Live DVD and USB Drive.
http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/desktop/h1100174.exe
Realtek Cardreader Driver Windows 8.1 (64-bit) V6.2.9200.29070. To be able to use the card reader
http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/desktop/h1101061.exe
NV VGA Driver for Windows 8.1 (64-bit) V340.52. Latest video driver for NVIDIA video cards
http://www.nvidia.com/content/DriverDownload-March2009/confirmation.php?url=/Windows/340.52/340.52-n...
Lenovo Silver Silk Keyboard Driver for Windows 8.1 (64-bit) V1.05. To be able to see when Caps Lock or Number Lock is press
http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/desktop/h1100842.exe
Yuan MC907 TV Tuner Driver for Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit) V6.14.10.416. To be able to use the Yuan TV card
http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles/tvt129w8164.exe
OSD APP for Windows 8.1 (64-bit) V1.1.06. To be able to use UP or Down Volume for Touch keys in the screen.
http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/desktop/h1100547.exe
Windows 8.1 x64 Installation DVD and Office 2013 x64
Follow this procedure for the installation:
Install Windows 8.1 Pro x64 using the general or personal key
Just to avoid install an old Video Driver from windows update, disable the Wi-Fi or Interned connection
Install Office 2013 x64
Install the Video Driver “340.52-notebook-win8-win7-64bit-international-whql.exe” just let the setup to uncompress the files in “C:\NVIDIA” folder, do not continue to avoid the installation of other software that you may never use. Go to “Device Manager” and Right click properties in the display adapter, press “Driver” - “Update Driver” select browse my computer and give the path “C:\NVIDIA” press next and close after installation finish
Enable Wi-Fi and open Control Panel – Programs – Turn Windows features on or off and select “.NET Framework 3.5” hit OK, after the installation finish, reboot PC
Install “ClassicShellSetup_4_1_0.exe” follow instruction and configure the way you may like
Run file “h1101061.exe”, unselect “Install Realtek Card Reader Driver” and press finish. Path for driver is "C:\EXEBuild\Realtek Card Reader Driver”. Go to “Device Manager” and Right click properties in the unknown devices, press “Driver” - “Update Driver” select browse my computer and give the path “C:\EXEBuild\Realtek Card Reader Driver” press next and close after installation finish
Install “h1100842.exe” backup driver location is “C:\EXEBuild\Lenovo Silver Silk Keyboard Driver” after installation is done, go to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Lenovo Silver Silk Wireless Keyboard” and Right Click in the file ‘”skd8861.exe” properties – compatibility – change setting for all users and select run compatibility mode for “Windows 7” press OK and OK
Run “tvt129w8164.exe” unselect “Install TV Tuner” and press finish. Path for driver is “C:\drivers\TV Tuner (Geniatech, Yuan, AverMedia)”. Go to “Device Manager” and Right click properties in the unknown devices, press “Driver” - “Update Driver” select browse my computer and give the path “C:\drivers\TV Tuner (Geniatech, Yuan, AverMedia)” press next and close after installation finish
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Go to control panel and uninstall “Lenovo OSD”, run the previous “setup.exe” and during the process of the installation, be ready to make a copy for the temporal file name “setup.msi” created in  “C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp”, copy file “setup.msi” in “C:\” and run CMD in administrator mode and go to “C:\” using “CD \ + ENTER”, now use the following command “C:\msiexec.exe /a c:\setup.msi + Enter” the folder “C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Lenovo BrgVolOSD” with this two files “BrgVolOSD.exe” and “CD_DLL.dll” will be created
Create a shortcut “BrgVolOSD” and copy this in the startup folder “C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp”
Update Bluetooth driver using windows update if Windows detect the dongle, if not go to next step
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Last step, use your own Windows 8.1 Pro Key and Office 2013 key to register and activated your legal copy of the Microsoft software’s.
Final, enjoy.
This guide was creates for me to help peoples like me in this community.

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Hello all,
I have a Office 2013 key and I need to download the Office, I can`t find it. anyone know?
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Office 2013 Home and Business Medialess/PKC Retail: Is an Invoice and Photocopy of the original physical product key card enough as a proof of ownership?

With Office 2013 Home and Business Medialess bought through a retail channel (I believe formerly called Product Key Card) boxes, if you have an invoice and photocopy of the product key card. Is this enough for Proof of Ownership?
We've lost one of the physical product key cards but have a photocopy of it and this purchase is clearly shown on the original invoice.
Thank you

Hi,
Contact Microsoft Customer Service to get help on this:
·In the US, please call (866) 452-4755
·Outside of the US, please visit
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/customer-service-phone-numbers/en-us to find your local customer support number.
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Office 2013 Technet installation Error 25004. The product key you entered cannot be used on this machine. (System error: - 1073422314)

I am receiving an error when attempting to install
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 which I downloaded from the TechNet site. At the end of the installation process I receive the following message:
"Error 25004. The product key you entered cannot be used on this machine. This is most likely due to previous Office 2013 trials being installed. (System error:
-1073422314)"
I have never installed a trial or Beta of any Office product on this machine.   However, I have installed Office 2007 Ultimate and Office 2010 Professional Plus. All of these are 32bit versions downloaded from TechNet site. In addition,
prior to this error I had attempted unsuccessfully to install the 64bit version of Office 2013 as well as standalone versions of Visio Professional 2013 x64 and Project professional 2013 x64.   All three of these installations failed due to previous
installation of 32bit Office software, so I have downloaded the 32 bit versions but not yet tried to install, other than Office 2013.
I used the Custom upgrade option during the attempted install of Office 2013, specifying "keep all prior versions".
Note that all the above was done on a new machine. The specific purpose was to test co-existence of multiple versions of OFFICE (2007, 2010, 2013) to facilitate user training and migration.
I have tried uninstalling via Control Panel, and performed some of the steps for manual removal, however did not do all of them since 1) They are quite lengthy and 2) Some of them seem to involve removing ALL prior versions of Office, which I do not want
to do; the earlier versions are working properly and I do not want to have to uninstall them. Just want to uninstall and reinstall Office 2013.   Also tried running O15CTRREMOVE.diagcab which indicated that it could not find a problem,
but did not seem to remove anything.
I have read about ten recommended TechNet articles, which recommend everything from running a FIXIt tool, uninstalling all OFFICE software, and reformatting the whole machine. Most of these involve System error -1073418209 rather than -1073422314 (which
is the code that I am getting).   Other than that the problem sounds the same. This seems to be a problem with key management and copy protection in these products, dating back to 2010. Dozens of IT professionals have tried the solutions
and vented their frustration since other than the full format, the other solutions work only sporadically, if at all. Some of these people had been working with trial or beta software, but many who encountered this problem had not.  As
noted above, none of my software was a trail version.   I do not want to uninstall all the OFFICE versions, particularly if it as likely as not will not resolve the issue.   (I am also getting paranoid to the extent of fearing that
after uninstalling everything I might not be able to reinstall any version). I think what we need here is a definitive fix from Microsoft, though I am not too hopeful, in view of the lack of response to all the other technicians who have been struggling
with this for at least the past three years.
If anyone is aware of a solution which works consistently, I would appreciate it. Reformatting however is not an option. Detailed instructions for completely uninstalling Office 2013 (ONLY 2013) might be helpful. I would be willing to uninstall
all versions, but only as a last resort, and only if there is some assurance that this will actual solve the problem (for many others it did not seem to do so).
Thanks
PS: Probably doesn't matter, but I am running this on Windows 7 Pro w/SP1, 64 bit edition.

Tony,
Thanks for your reply.   I do in fact have three versions of Office installed on this machine, 2007 2010 and (hopefully) 2013. I have on previous occasions installed 2007 and 2010 on a single machine, but this is my first attempt to install
2013.
According to TechNet article  office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/install-and-use-multiple-versions-of-office-on-the-same-pc-HA103981695.aspx (Install
and use multiple versions of Office on the same PC) it is possible to install
Office 2003 2007 2010 and 2013 on a single system, provided they are installed in the sequence indicated.  It is noted that some problems may occur, notably involving file associations, but there is no
mention of any activation key issues.
As stated in my original request, the software which I have installed is NOT a trail version.   I did NOT obtain it from the evalcenter, but from
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/subscriptions/securedownloads/hh442904.
The above is a full retail version.    The files which I downloaded are:
en_office_ultimate_2007_united_states_x86_dvd_480625.iso
en_office_professional_plus_2010_x86_515486.exe
en_office_professional_plus_2013_x86_dvd_1123673.iso
I know that the error message says that the problem is commonly caused by attempting to install trial software more than once, but that is not the case. Several other people have reported this same problem, sometimes involving trial software but not
in every case.    My own opinion is that this is a software bug involving key management and copy protection.
Many people have reported on TechNet that the problem was NOT resolved even after uninstalling all Office software. While there is a chance I might get lucky, I really would like a solution which has a better chance for success.
By any chance, does the error code 1073422314
provide any further insight into this issue?
Thanks again for your help. However, further assistance is needed to resolve this issue.
PS: Sorry the font sizes are so mixed up, I haven't quite figured out how to control the formatting when I paste

Windows Updates keeps BREAKING Office 2013, SkyDrive, ETC

Everytime I do the Updates my system and Office 2013 becomes completely unstable.
As a result I only do upgrades every 2 weeks. On Friday, April 24 I sat down to do my 2 week update and had almost 40 updates that had to be done. (goodbye 4 hours of my life)
After the updates, just like clockwork, office, sharepoint and onedrive stopped working. I am going to try to provide as much detail as possible so as to notify Microsost in hopes this stop and in case anyone else has the issues. I will also provide
the steps I took to fix some of the issues.
Note:
I am running Windows 8.1, 64-bit on HP-ENVY 17" touch laptop
I DO NOT have any virus', malware, etc. I have ran MalwareBytes, Windows Defender and Webroot (as I always do before and after updates)
I have office 2013 and subscribe to office 365 for business - I have a license key for Office 2013 but was told somewhere that it conflicts with the click-to-run we are forced to use with 365 so I only do the office 365 version
I do have Sharepoint Designer on my system as I am the administrator of our sharepoint site
I access our sharepoint documents via Windows Explorer
After the updates I have experienced the following
I tried to open a ppt, xls and doc file and nothing would open giving random errors. I then did the control panel --> office click to run --> change --> reinstall everything. I did this and then some of the documents opened fine (goodbye
another hour of my life)
After trying to open a file from my windows explorer in our sharepoint site I get a continuous and recoccuring popup from Microsoft OneDrive for Business that says "Sorry, we can't perform this action. Incompatible Office Products are installed
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This annoying popup NEVER stops. It keeps popping up every 60 seconds if I close it. I have kiiled the onedrive process, paused the syncing, killed the office click-to-run task. Shut down all office products. Nothing makes this stop except for a full reboot
Please HELP or tell me what to do so that I can once again open my sharepoint files (and all of my employees can do so as well!)

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"I tried to open a ppt, xls and doc file and nothing would open giving random errors." Could you please provide some of these errors to me? Then I can do some research based on the errors.
Based on your error message, please make sure you have installed this update:
February 10, 2015 update for Office 2013 (KB2920798)
We can also collect some event logs after the issues occur, press Win + R, type "eventvwr" in the blank box, press Enter.
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Visio professional 2013 cant install because office product key does not match

Settings: office 2007 on windows 7
I'm the IT manager for a small consulting company. We use the full microsoft stack - all paid for.
When one of the consultants needed visio we went along and bought an digital version of it.
We installed it and all was nice and dandy.
The consultant left the company, we decommissioned the visio product from his laptop which was then recomissioned to a new employee without the visio.
Another consultant is now in need of visio. When trying to install visio according to the instructions we are asked to activate the office account on this specific laptop.
We then get a message that this office Product key is activated through another Microsoft account please log out and log in with that account?
We are using the exact same procedure as when installing the visio the first time (the visio sw is not installed or used on any other machine).
We have a multi license (volume) windows and office agreement with product keys.
AND WE ARE STUCK - SPENDING MORE TIME ON THIS THAN IT WOULD ACTUALLY COST US TO BUY ANOTHER Visio license!
I've used Microsoft / windows / office throughout my career but this just is not professional!
Please help – To me this is not a support issue that I should spend support money on. We have purchased all products and we cannot get it to work.

Hi,
From your description, you had a digital version of Visio professional 2013, it was a retail version. Please give me the whole error message when you
activate Visio.
As far as I know, we need to uninstall Visio professional 2013 online( keep connection with internet),then we could re-install and activate it. If you uninstall
it from consultant' laptop offline, it'll store the product key in the laptop.
I recommend you activate a Microsoft product by using Microsoft Product Activation Center
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Multiple KMS keys for same product (i.e. Office 2013)

So on this domain I support, they have a KMS host which is set up correctly for Office 2013 and there is no problem with it, but recently additional licenses for Office 2013 were purchased.
On the volume licensing website, it shows Office 2013 and the number of licenses has increased as a result of the new purchase, so that is correct as well. Under license keys though there is another MAK and KMS key.
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"slmgr.vbs /dlv all" can also be used, this will display all product keys
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Error installing Office 2013 on Server 2012 R2 RDS - Error 25004: the product key you entered cannot be used on this machine

Hi there,
I really hope someone can help me as I am tearing my hair out trying to get this resolved!
I am working on a Server 2012 R2 server with RDS running. Before it was turned into a RDS server it had a copy of Office 2010 running as a trial to see would it work for the accounting package that is running for users via Remote Desktop. Trial worked ok
so it was converted into a RDS server. Now, as its a RDS it needs to run Office under a volume licence, which I have. However when trying to install I get the message: "Error 25004: the product key you entered cannot be used on this machine. this is most
likely due to previous Office 2013 trials being installed on the system."
In summary I have tried everything I can think of and find to remove all traces of the old Office from the machine but still this message persists. I have run the Fix It For Me uninstall from MS and it cannot find any Office installed. i have manually searched
through all of the Windows directories including Program Files and AppData and removed all traces of Office from there, I have searched the registry and removed all I can find from there.
Where or what file does the installer look at to see that a previous version was installed?
I cannot scrub this machine which I would have done long ago because there is another SQL Server based application running on it.
Really really appreciate anyone that can help me on this,
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Hi,
I have definitely heard your frustration, and I’ll try my best to help you.
Since Office 2010 installed on it before, you need to remove Office 2010 completely.
KB about this error:
http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2792178
A similar issue is addressed here. Although this method is based on Office 2010, but we can have a try:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Office_Productivity/Office_Suites/MS_Office/Q_28475448.html
Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
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Office 2013 license pack does not allow me to activate key within configuration wizard

Hello,
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a way around this?
My client laptop isn't activating against the KMS host, and I have Office 2013 installed on my laptop. This is what I get when I run
cscript ospp.vbs /act on my client laptop
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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c:\>cd program files
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Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: b13afb38-cd79-4ae5-9f7f-eed058d750ca
LICENSE NAME: Office 15, OfficeStandardVL_KMS_Client edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 15, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
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ERROR CODE: 0xC004F038
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product coul
d not be activated. The count reported by your Key Management Service (KMS) is i
nsufficient. Please contact your system administrator.
---Exiting-----------------------------
c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15>

Hi,
Please check if your KMS host key for Office 2013 is valid and you can try to activate the KMS host by telephone.
To get the key for the Microsoft Office 2013 KMS, sign in to Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center.
On this page, don’t choose the Key Management Service Host Key. Choose the Office version you are licensed for instead, and look for the KMS key for that version.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn385356.aspx
To activate an Office KMS host by telephone
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn385356.aspx#BMK_ToactivateanOfficeKMSbytelephone
KMS activation of Office 2013
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624357.aspx
If issue persists, it is recommended to post the question in Office forums for further troubleshooting.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/home?category=officeitpro&filter=alltypes&sort=lastpostdesc
Hope this helps.
Jeremy Wu
TechNet Community Support

Office 2013: can't retrieve the Product Key via Belarc Advisor

Hi,
Isn't it possible anymore to retrieve the Office Product Key installed on a computer via third party inventory software such as Belarc Advisor? I used to do that to see the Microsoft Office Product Key installed on a computer for previous Office versions.
However, I tried with a computer where Office 2013 Home and Business is installed and Belarc Advisor didn't show its Product Key. Is it due to the new license management that consists of linking it to a Microsoft account and only entering the account credentials
during the installation process instead of the Product Key? Isn't the Product Key stored somewhere on the computer anymore?

Hi,
Thanks for your answer although it's a typical half useless reply from an official Microsoft staff...
Actually, I understand that Microsoft doesn't support third party software to retrieve a product key but my question was rather technical and driven by curiosity rather by the need of retrieving the product key. Indeed, I took over a computer park in a company
and I'm performing an IT inventory. During this inventory, I retrieve Windows and Office Product Key. The licenses are genuine but since I'm not the one who purchased and installed these computer, I don't know them. Therefore, a simple solution is to use inventory
software such as Belarc Advisor. But I noticed that it can't retrieve Office 2013 Product Key anymore whereas it was able with previous versions of Office.
So to reformulate the question: isn't the Product Key stored somewhere locally on the computer anymore with Office 2013? Because if no, that would explain why third party software can't retrieve it anymore.
My question is rather technical about the new way of managing Product Key with Office 2013 and driven by curiosity. So I don't need any official technical assistance.
Thanks

Office 2013 product key for Miix 2 and other SST devices

With the 8" "SST" tablets, Microsoft has included a free version of Office 2013 Home and Student edition. I have a Miix 2 and want to reinstall a clean version Windows and install a clean version of Office.
How do I obtain the license key from Lenovo? I did not have a key in the box when I purchased the device.
This reference article is not relevant since the "SST" devices include a free license and it is only available through Lenovo. I've already reached out to Microsoft and Amazon.com (the reseller in my case) and neither can provide the key.
I'm currently not able to restore from the recovery partition.
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Using the same license key for 32 bit version and 64 bit version of MS Office 2013

Can you use the same key code for MS Office 2013 for both the 32 bit and 64 bit?

Hi,
You can choose either 32 bit or 64 bit install before you use the Product Key.
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