I apologize for coming late to the party.but; My 'big, honkin' desktop is in the process of dying and I'd really like to not have to re-purchase an Office license again. Now, I follow the description here on how to get my current license (for Office Home and Student 2016) transferred to the new PC, and it sounds nice and straightforward.

Believe it or not, it is actually possible to transfer Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac’s license from one machine to another – and it’s just a matter of copying a few files. So far this process has worked on every computer I have tested it on, please let me know (in the comments) if this works for you too. Microsoft Office: Using Product Keys With Office 365, Office 2016, or Office 2013 Microsoft Community: Copy, Move or Transfer an Office Installation to Another Computer Microsoft Office: Activate. Is there a way to find my product key on my mac? Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 174 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers. For Office for Mac, you can have up to 25 licenses associated with the same Microsoft account: only one license for an Office 365 subscription and multiple one-time-use installs of Office for Mac Home and Student or Home and Business.

Use MobileMe sharing If you have a MobileMe account, you can put files into your iDisk, either from the Finder or via a Web interface. Then, access the iDisk from the Finder -> Go -> iDisk. Choose My iDisk from this menu, if you’re accessing your own iDisk on another Mac, or choose Other User’s Public Folder, if you’re accessing files from another user’s iDisk. Alternatively, you can use the. Sign in and then add files or find files you’ve already put in your Public folder. Click on a file to select it, and then click on Share File. You can either send an e-mail directly to others, or get a public link that you can send them.

That said, I took a quick look and didn't see anything promising. I looked at the plist files in the app packages and didn't see it, but I didn't look that hard. Also, the app support folder didn't seem to have what you're looking for either.

If you didn’t get a receipt, check your junk mail folder. Try logging into the site where you purchased Office to check your order details. If you still can’t find your product key, contact the seller to ask for the link or receipt to be resent. I downloaded it from MicrosoftStore.com. Go to your page and click Digital Content.

Hello All, I'm not sure if this is the best category for this question, I apologise if it isn't. I know that it's possible to use Office 2010 (let's say licence for 1 PC only) on another computer, but I'm not sure about couple of things: 1.

Are you sure the user has Office 2011? Office 2011 has the rounded letter Icons for the Applications.

I talked with a few Microsoft techs extensively about this issue and pieced together what they said and did not say.and figured out what they have done to capture more control over activation and distribution: Basically, you cannot just moved the files to another computer (or copy them) anymore, but now you will have to activate it by contacting them directly so they can put your Key code in their database, if you bought the program disk back in the day. They basically did not have record of your key code when you first activated it years back.

Before any permitted transfer, the other party must agree that this agreement applies to the transfer and use of the software. B.Stand-alone software acquired from a retailer.If you acquired the software from a retailer as stand-alone software, you may transfer the software to another device that belongs to you, but not more than one time every 90 days (except due to hardware failure, in which case you may transfer sooner). If you transfer the software to another device, that other device becomes the “licensed device.” You may also transfer the software to a device owned by someone else if (i) you are the first licensed user of the software and (ii) the new user agrees to the terms of this agreement. Every time you transfer the software to a new device, you must remove the software from the prior device. You may not transfer the software to share licenses between devices. It would seem to indicate that you can only transfer it to a device you own or transfer it with the device it came with to 3rd party. EDIT: Note that there is a line that says if you are the FIRST user of the license you can transfer.

Office 365 Home Premium allows you to 'install' on up to 5 home computers. And a bunch of other 'stuff'. Another advantage of the Office 365 bundle is that you won't have to buy 'Office 16', it will appear 'automatically' as part of your 'rental' deal. - Microsoft Reality: Understanding Touch - Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 365: A Deeper Dive (slide show) So the question becomes, how safe do you feel running your business in the 'cloud', and storing your personal, confidential, proprietary data files in MS 'cloud' storage. The paranoid 'security freaks' out there will ask uncomfortable questions like: • Do you trust MS not to 'peek'?

I apologize for coming late to the party.but; My 'big, honkin' desktop is in the process of dying and I'd really like to not have to re-purchase an Office license again. Now, I follow the description here on how to get my current license (for Office Home and Student 2016) transferred to the new PC, and it sounds nice and straightforward. However, when I get to my account page and view my current license, I do NOT have a link (or anything resembling one) to 'de-activate' the license (I see everything else including the link to download a new copy and my product key). So, what's up, here? What am I missing?

Rubber band fixes to the original program installation. With the new management, Microsoft has put great efforts to take control of their software, including tracking everything ( Now Microsoft is the 'hackers' into your computer), so Office 2011 is now one that they have concentrated on lately as well (understandable). The new updates are great for Office 2011, running faster etc, but once you update or restore from a backup or an old mac or install from the original disk again, you are locked into just one computer and that mac going forward. If you want to move it to another computer, you will have to activate it through Microsoft directly again with the hassles.

You'd be manually removing the license file, so it would be up to you at which point you delete the license file from your old computer. But I'd copy it to the memory stick first, just do i didn't make the mistake of deleting it inadvertently. And Office would need to be removed before starting the Migration process I assume. I'd recommend it. There's no point in having Migration Assistant copy unnecessary files, and removing Office first will elminate any change that you'd have mixed version of components after you install Office from the CD on the new system.

If you transfer the software to another device, that other device becomes the “licensed device.” You may also transfer the software to a device owned by someone else if (i) you are the first licensed user of the software and (ii) the new user agrees to the terms of this agreement. Every time you transfer the software to a new device, you must remove the software from the prior device. You may not transfer the software to share licenses between devices. GrammarPolice wrote:Yeah. This does get into different territory. I'm not sure reselling a used copy (or giving it away) is allowed.

Briefly: With this process, you’ll be able to effectively transfer a valid, activated license from one OS X computer to another. Update: It appears as though.lockfiles mentioned are purely optional.

OEM can not legally transfer.As I noted, unlike installs of Office 2013, wherein the product key was entered directly into the pre-installed copy of Office, the Office 2016 didn't actually come with the computer. I had to enter the product key given to me into my Office account, then the Office portal did the installation.

/Users/yourname/ Microsoft Office 2004 stores the license in the hidden file OfficePID /Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/OfficePID Microsoft Office 2008 uses a combination of two plists /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/OfficePID.plist ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/Microsoft Office 2008 Settings.plist Adobe Licenses are far more complex and use a combination of the following /Library/Preferences/FLEXnet Publisher/FLEXnet /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PCD/cache However, my guess is they use something like a 'MachineID' in these licenses. When you try to restore them from a Time Machine Backup or Migration from another computer you will get an 'Licensing for this product has stopped working' error [Broken Link Removed]. It can be fixed but you better avoid it in the first place and just install Adobe Applications. Most other Applications store their licenses either in ~/Library/Application Support// or in their respective plist at ~/Library/Preferences This is just a general rule. Basically licenses can be stored in any hidden or visible file somewhere in your Users home directory or if the Application prompted you for administrator rights within /Library/Application Support or /Library/Preferences or wherever.

If you can not find your Office 2011 CD then I might be able to help with a download link, but you will still need your original Product Key. I believe it will go better if you do a fresh install of Office 2011. I can not advise you on Office 2016 since I have not used it. I have not had this problem, but I did a search and found some links that might help: Here is one that I thought described your issue well and has some different telephone numbers if needed: The good news is that I have Office 2011 and it works fine with El Capitan (I'm assuming that will be the OS on you new MacBook). I had this same problem with Office 2011 and migrating to a new computer.

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The Office activation is tied to your old MBP hardware and transferring it to the new MacBook will not work. You will need your original 25 letter Product Key.

• I expressed the problem, • I gave them the account A name, they • deleted one activation on account A (all office instances must be uninstalled - they do not see the product keys and even the installation status), • sent me an email (to arbitrary address) with some sort of 'reactivation link', • I visited it, logged in to the account B, • the activation was transferred to the account B. • This was performed nicely, politely, quickly, professionally. That's not my regular support experience.

FPP, OEM, MLK are three most common types of licenses for MS Office. FPP or Full Packaged Product covers the boxed, retail version, only FPP licenses can be transferred.

It sounds incredible, I know. But it’s true. The key to this engineering feat is a new feature called Office On Demand. It’s really an improved version of the Click-To-Run technologies Microsoft employed in Office 2010, and like Click-To-Run, it uses Microsoft virtualization, “computer within a computer”, technologies and Internet streaming to blast Office onto your PC at speeds that will leave your head spinning.

Uninstall Office 2007 from the computer using the Add or Remove Programs Applet (Windows XP) or the Uninstall a Program Applet (Windows Vista and 7) in Control Panel. Restart the computer. If you are going to continue to keep possession of the computer, stop here. If you are planning to sell, give away, or donate the computer, keep in mind that your normal use of the computer over its life means that there is a lot of personal and possibly sensitive information left on the computer in the form of temporary files, cookies, registry entries, and deleted-but-not-destroyed data, etc. In such case, it would be wise to, at the very minimum, run the manufacturer's Recovery/Reinstallation/Restore procedure that erases the user portion of the hard disk drive and puts it back to 'out-of-the-box' new condition. Finally, install Office 2007 on your new computer and activate online normally.

Set this up as a shared disk in the AirPort Utility (in your /Applications/Utilities folder), and you’ll be able to see it in the Shared section of the Finder sidebar. Copy any files you want to that disk—you may want to make folders for different users, if you have several—and others can get the files whenever they want; their computers don’t have to be on at the same time as they do with file sharing. If you have an AirPort Extreme base station or Time Capsule, you can set it up as a shared disk for easy file transfers. Use iChat file transfer Drag a file onto a person's name in your iChat Buddy List to send a file. If both Macs have Apple’s iChat configured, just find the name of the person in your iChat Buddy List, and drag the file or folder onto his or her name.

Activation done for Microsoft Office does not know if the computer crash. Microsoft Office 2007 allows three activation over the internet. Any further activation is done via phone. Re-installation of office on the same computer does not need activation as the activation file is not deleted during the process of uninstallation of Office untill manually removed. Activation detects the computer Security Identifier to check if the activation is on the same computer. Any major hardware change, changes the Security Identifier. Hi Guys Thanks for the replies, this makes things clearer.

We’ve seen reports that this system will often activate the Windows installation for you where a normal product key fails. This isn’t technically allowed according to the license agreement, so it’s not guaranteed. Don’t count on this working! But we’ve heard enough real-world reports to know that this is a possibility. Never Allowed: Moving a Windows 10 Upgrade “Digital Entitlement” to a New PC RELATED: if you’ve taken advantage of the free Windows 10 upgrade offer, Microsoft registered your PC’s hardware as having a ““. You don’t actually receive a Windows license key.

Where do I find my Office for Mac 2011 product key? Once you have your product key, see.

I believe the number in the US is: +1 (800) 936-5700. Your product support number may vary. On activation and product key information. This worked for me: After an incomplete timemachine backup (I excluded the folder /System/Library) I had to do the following to get it working again on the same machine (I guess it should also work on your second Mac).

How do I do that? You cannot transfer Office retail licenses to another account. You can change the email address on the account, you can install the software on another device not owned by you as long as the 3rd party agrees the license agreement, but you cannot move it to another account. If you only have one copy in the account then you could give the account to another person Stand-alone software acquired from a retailer.If you acquired the software from a retailer as stand-alone software, you may transfer the software to another device that belongs to you, but not more than one time every 90 days (except due to hardware failure, in which case you may transfer sooner). If you transfer the software to another device, that other device becomes the “licensed device.” You may also transfer the software to a device owned by someone else if (i) you are the first licensed user of the software and (ii) the new user agrees to the terms of this agreement.

EDIT and then I think I found it or probably where it may be: /Users/account/library/application support/preferences/com.microsoft.office.plist Maybe that's what you're looking for? It may be different than my plist, because I've got an enterprise/vlk version.

MS has been changing their install and licensing registration methods lately. When purchasing software it is on the buyer to keep track of the licensing. Unless it's a volume license MS doesn't seem interested in helping with this. I would suggest digging out your invoices, just to be safe. GrammarPolice wrote: wayneherbert2 wrote: Over time, I have purchased 15 copies of Office Home & Biz.

Uninstalling does not de-activate the product. Install the product on the computer and activate. These conditions apply to the EULA. If the computer crashed, one can transfer the office 2007 license any time. If you need to transfer from a working computer you need to wait for 90 days and it applies only to Retail copies of the Product. It does not apply for OEM.

= screenshot gallery 2012 11 25- [Review] What’s New in Microsoft Office 2013? 10 things to love and hate about Microsoft Office 2013. The key thing to remember is that the 2013 license is associated with 1, presumabley yours, email address.

This question already has an answer here: • 4 answers I have an old Mac Air 1,1 that has Office for Mac 2011 installed on it. I paid for the software and it installed the version on my machine. I don't have access to my live.microsoft.com account anymore and there's no way for me to get MicroSoft people/support to give me the keys again. I need a way to extract the keys from my current installation of Office on my mac. For instance, in Windows, the keys used to be loaded in the registry at a certain place, under a certain key. Some programs could fetch them for you. Is there any such way I can do it for a Mac?

Is what I want possible? I am pretty desperate, my wife needs to use Mac Office today and so I am under some heavy spousal pressure;) Thanks guys!

So, while you may be able to move a license to another PC, you’re supposed to remove it from the first PC before you do that. You can do that by wiping the PC’s hard drive or even. Large organizations can acquire special “volume licenses” that allow them to activate multiple computers with the same license key. However, that’s the only exception to this rule. Always Allowed: Replacing a Motherboard Because It’s Broken You can upgrade a lot of hardware components without Windows freaking out, including the graphics card, RAM, and hard drive. But Windows doesn’t normally allow you to replace your computer’s motherboard. When your computer gets a new motherboard, Windows considers that an entirely new computer and will deactivate itself.