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How to Change Office 2019 / 2016 Product Key with Ease

May 18th, 2019 by Admin

Your Office license has expired and need to replace it with a new product key? Need to change Office product key because it’s already activated by the maximum number of times? In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 easy ways to change Office 2019 / 2016 product key without re-installing.

Method 1: Change Office 2019 / 2016 Product Key from Office Application

  1. Open your Word or Excel application included in your Office 2019 / 2016 suite. Click on the File tab at the top-left.

  2. Select the Account tab. On the right side, click on the Change License button under the Office logo. If you’re using Office 2016, click on the Change Product Key link instead.

  3. You’ll be prompted to sign in to your Microsoft account which is linked with your new Office product key, or enter the product key instead.

Method 2: Change Office 2019 / 2016 Product Key with Command Prompt

  1. Open the Command Prompt as administrator. Navigate to Office installation folder by running this command:
    cd C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16

    If Office 2019 / 2016 32-bit is installed on 64-bit Windows, type this command instead:
    cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16

  2. Now, you can change your Office product key by running the command below:
    cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:new_product_key

  3. Finally, type the following command to immediately activate your copy of Office 2019 / 2016 installation:
    cscript ospp.vbs /act

The methods given above are the options to directly change the product key in your Office 2016 / 2019 application. Of course, you can also choose to remove & deactivate your current Office license first and then enter your new product key the next time you launch Office application.

How to Find Office 2016 / 2019 Product Key or Backup Activation

May 15th, 2019 by Admin

Lost your Office 2016 product key? How can I backup or transfer Office activation to another computer? If you need to reinstall Windows or Office but you’ve lost 25-character product key, here are all possible ways to find Office 2016 / 2019 product key, or backup your Office activation so you can restore it later.

Method 1: Find Office 2016 / 2019 Product Key from Microsoft Account

If you bought Office online (e.g. Microsoft Store) without physical disc, your product key is stored in your Microsoft online account or arrived in your email receipt. Just sign in to Services & subscriptions with your Microsoft account, locate the Office one-time purchase and then click on the “View product key” link.

The Office product key associated with your Microsoft account will appear there. You can write down the product key and keep it somewhere safe.

Method 2: Find Office 2016 / 2019 Product Key from Windows Registry

If Microsoft Office 2016 or 2019 came preinstalled on your computer or your product key sticker is totally unreadable, then try to decrypt and extract the product key from Windows registry using the third-party software like KeyFinder Plus.

After launching the KeyFinder Plus program, click on Start Recovery and then choose “From current system” from the drop-down menu. It will scan the registry for available activation keys for Windows, Office and other softwares installed on your computer.

Method 3: Backup and Restore Office 2016 / 2019 Activation

If you still couldn’t recover your Office product key, the last resort is to backup Office activation before reinstalling Windows or Office, so you can reactivate it later. To do this, open File Explorer and browse to the location: C:\Windows\System32\spp. Make a backup copy of all its folders / files and save them to an external USB drive for safe keeping.

After installing a fresh copy of the same edition of Office, you can activate it by restoring the backup files to its original location: C:\Windows\System32\spp. When pasting the files, you may get an error messages informing me that “The action can’t be completed because the folder or a file in it is open in another program“. To get around this problem, just close the Office application and run the following command to stop the sppsvc service:
net stop sppsvc

When the files are restored, re-launch your Office application and you’ll find the product is already activated. You can also use this method to transfer Office activation over to another computer. But remember to deactivate Office on your old PC before restoring the activation to your new PC.

How to Uninstall and Deactivate Your Windows Product Key

May 3rd, 2015 by Admin

Need to transfer your Windows license from one computer to another? Before you sell or recycle an old computer, you might want to take your Windows product key and use it on a different PC. In this article we’ll show you how to uninstall / deactivate your Windows product key, and then install it on a new computer.

Part 1: Uninstall Windows Product Key

Make sure you backup your Windows product key before deactivating. If you’ve lost your key, you can recover it with the KeyFinder Plus program. Here’s how to deactivate Windows license:

Open an elevated Command Prompt and enter the following command:
slmgr /dlv

slmgr

Windows will open a message box with Software licensing information, write down the activation ID.

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To uninstall your product key you need to use the /upk switch, along with your activation ID:
slmrg /upk {Activation ID}

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If everything goes well you’ll get a pop up window saying that your product key has been uninstalled.

Part 2: Install Windows Product Key

Installing your product key on your new PC is just as easy, all you need to do is fire up an administrative Command Prompt and use the /ipk switch.
slmrg /ipk {Windows product key}

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NOTE: You need to type in the product key. Not the activation ID you got from the uninstall step.

If your key is valid you will be told that your key was installed.

How to Find VMware License / Product Key

June 12th, 2014 by Admin

Where is my VMware Workstation license key stored? How to recover or find a lost VMware product key? Before you can install VMware Workstation you’ll need to find the license key that came with the software. If you’ve lost your license key, there is a way to find it as long as VMware Workstation is still installed.

With KeyFinder Plus you can find lost license key (product key) for all versions of VMware Workstation, including VMware Workstation 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Here is how can you recover VMware product key in just a few simple steps.

How to Find VMware License / Product Key?

  1. Download the KeyFinder Plus application on your local computer, and then install it.
  2. Start the KeyFinder Plus program. Click on Start Recovery button and then select From current system from the pop-up menu.
  3. It will automatically search your computer’s registry for your VMware Workstation license key and for product keys and serial numbers for your other software programs.

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  4. Once the product keys are recovered, click on Save To File button and you’ll get a save file dialog box, which allows you to export the product keys to a text file.

    save-product-key

Important: You may have come across VMware Workstation keygen programs or other kinds of VMware Workstation cracks but keep in mind that these are not legal ways of obtaining license keys or product keys. It’s legal to use the KeyFinder Plus program to extract the license key from a registered copy of your installed VMware Workstation.

KeyFinder Plus: Recover License Keys of Installed Software

October 22nd, 2013 by Admin

Lost your license key and can’t find it on a CD case, a manual or an old email somewhere? For those situations when you have to reinstall software on your computer and you don’t have the license keys or serial numbers, KeyFinder Plus is your savior. This small application will find the license, serial and product keys for all the software you had installed on your system prior to reinstalling it.

Simply run the KeyFinder Plus program on your computer, it automatically detects and decrypts the license / serial keys of all the popular softwares from your system, including Windows 8/7/Vista/XP, Office 2013/2010/2007/2003, Adobe CS2 – CS6, SQL Server 2012/2008/2005/2000.

One more thing which makes this small utility more useful is that you can retrieve the license keys from external Windows installations or any external Windows directory as well. Along with Windows you can also locate license keys from external software registry hive as well as remote computers.

Overall KeyFinder Plus is a nice tool that helps you to recover lost license key from any running system. After recovering your lost license keys, print them out or save them to disc and you’ll always have your keys to hand, should disaster strike – much more convenient.

How to Find Your Lost Adobe Acrobat Serial Number

October 16th, 2013 by Admin

Need to transfer Adobe Acrobat to a new computer but lost your serial number? How do you find Adobe Acrobat Pro serial number before formatting your hard drive? If you somehow lost your serial number, there may be a way to find it as long as Adobe Acrobat is still installed.

Product Key Finder is a utility for retrieving lost serial numbers from Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Acrobat X, Adobe Acrobat XI. In just a few simple steps, you can find the serial number for your copy of Adobe Acrobat on your computer.

How to Find Your Lost Adobe Acrobat Serial Number?

  1. Download and install the Product Key Finder program on your computer.
  2. Start the program, and then click the Start Recovery button, it will bring up a drop-down menu that provides three recovery mode: From current system, From non-booting system and From remote computer.Recover Product Key from Local Computer
  3. Select the From current system mode from the drop-down menu. This program will scan both your Windows registry and Adobe folders on your computer, quickly locate Adobe Acrobat serial numbers, along with product keys of Windows, Office and other applications.
  4. Now click the Save To File button. It allows you to save your Adobe Acrobat serial numbers into a text file for safe keeping.

Obtaining the serial number from an installed Adobe Acrobat is legal. But if you’ve formatting your hard drive or done a fresh Windows installation, you’ll lose your serial number forever. In that situation, you need to purchase a new copy of Adobe Acrobat.

How to Find Windows 8.1 Product Key in 3 Steps

September 28th, 2013 by Admin

How to recover and find Windows 8.1 product key? Here is a simple way through which you can find out the product key of your Windows 8.1 installation. We will use a special software called Product Key Finder for this purpose.

Product Key Finder lets you show the product keys of software installed on your computer. This is not limited to Windows 8.1 product key. You can get keys from many other software installations, such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat, etc. Follow the steps below to recover your Windows 8.1 product key.

How to Find Windows 8.1 Product Key in 3 Steps?

  1. Download the setup package of Product Key Finder on your computer. After you’ve downloaded it, double-click the setup file to install it.
  2. Start the Product Key Finder program. Click on “Start Recovery” button and choose the “From current system” option.
  3. The program will scan your computer and find the product keys of supported programs, including various versions of Windows and Microsoft Office. Make sure you write down the product keys and put them in a safe place for future reference.

That’s it! Product Key Finder can be really useful for you to backup the product key before beginning to upgrade, downgrade or reinstall the existing version of your Windows operating system.

How to Recover Lost Windows Vista Product Key

June 19th, 2013 by Admin

Two years ago I bought an Asus laptop with Windows Vista pre-installed. I now want to reinstall Windows and fully format the hard drive – however, the sticker with the Windows product key under the laptop is unreadable. How can I retrieve the product key? It seems stupid that it was only placed on the sticker that is destroyed after some time if you frequently hold the laptop on your lap.

If by any chance, you’ve lost your Windows Vista product key, no need to worry! Product Key Finder can recover it for you. It’s a great software that retrieves your Windows Vista product key from registry, giving you access to print or save it for future. It recovers keys for Windows 8/7/Vista/XP, Windows Server 2012/2008/2003/2000, Office 2013/2007/2003/XP, etc. It can also recover lost keys for many other applications as well.

How to Recover Lost Windows Vista Product Key?

  1. Download and install Product Key Finder on your Windows Vista computer.
  2. Installation is pretty simple. Just follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup and run the program.
  3. Click on “Start Recovery” button, it will bring up a list of recovery options: From current system, From non-booting system and From remote computer.
  4. Select the “From current system” option, the program will instantly decrypt and recover Windows Vista product key, and find license keys for other commercial software installed on your local computer.

After recovering your lost Windows Vista product key, you can save it in a plain text file for easy reference at some later date. Remember to create a backup of your product keys on a regular basis in case of system crash or re-installation of Windows.

How to Find Microsoft Office 2013 Product Key Easily

June 7th, 2013 by Admin

I have Office Professional 2013 installed on my laptop, and I wish to install it onto another computer, but I have lost the product key and don’t have the product key written down anywhere. Where can I find my Microsoft Office 2013 product key? Thanks for your help!

There are lots of chances that you lost Office 2013 product key or the product key sticker on the back of the CD/DVD case is damaged and unreadable. How can you find out lost Office 2013 product key when you have to do a system restore but to reinstall Office? Do no worry a bit, there is a product key recovery tool known as Product Key Finder, which can help you find product keys (CD key) for Microsoft Office 2013/2010/2007/2003 and Windows 8/7/Vista/XP. It is a very simple to use application, just a few mouse clicks and it will show you product key for Windows, Office and other software installed on your local system.

How to Find Microsoft Office 2013 Product Key Easily?

  1. Download Product Key Finder and save it on your computer. Double-click on the setup file and simply follow the setup wizard to complete the installation.
  2. Launch Product Key Finder and then click on “Start Recovery” button.
  3. It will provide you 3 options to recover lost product keys. The first option enables you to find lost Microsoft Office and Windows product keys from current system, while the other two options allow you to locate product keys from external software registry hive as well as remote computers.
  4. Choose the first option “From current system”, the program will quickly find your Microsoft Office 2013 product key, along with Windows product key and CD keys for many other software installed on your computer.

Overall Product Key Finder is a nice tool that helps you to find lost Office 2013 product key easily. Worrying about lost product key is a thing of the past, you now have Product Key Finder to your assistance.

Find Your Lost Windows CD Key the Easy Way

June 5th, 2013 by Admin

Lost or misplaced your Windows CD key? How can I find the CD key in Windows registry? Typically, the Windows CD key is located on an orange or yellow sticker on the back of your CD/DVD case. If the operating system that you are using was preinstalled by your computer manufacturer, you may find the Windows product key sticker on the computer. If you’ve lose your CD/DVD case or the sticker is damaged or missing, it seems that you have to purchase another expensive Windows CD key from Microsoft. But this is not the solution you’ll get here.

Using Product Key Finder program you can find lost Windows CD key easily from your genuine copy of Windows 8/7/Vista/XP installations. Product Key Finder searches the registry and decrypts the CD keys for all supported software which are installed on your computer, including Windows CD key and product keys for Office, VMware, SQL Server.

How to Find Your Lost Windows CD Key Easily?

  1. Download Product Key Finder and save it on your computer. Double-click on the setup file and simply follow the setup wizard to complete the installation.
  2. Launch Product Key Finder and then click on “Start Recovery” button.
  3. It will provide you 3 options to recover lost Windows CD keys. The first option enables you to find lost Windows CD key from current system, while the other two options allow you to locate Windows CD key from external hard drive or remote computer.
  4. Choose the first option “From current system”, the program will quickly find out the CD key for your current Windows installation, along with product keys for many other software.

When reinstalling an operating system you have to search around for all the CD keys for your software. A neat way to get it all in once place is with the Product Key Finder. After finding your lost Windows CD key, make sure you store the CD key together with the Windows installation disc in a safe location in case you have to reinstall Windows in future.