That cannot be right or legal! Guide Steps Find your Office 2013 Product Key from Office Account page 1. That cannot be right or legal! No, it's not the same. Searching around, I found this thread. I have a client that forgot the account they used to activate office 2013 Home and Business. I know exactly what you mean. Users aren't smart enough to remember what email they used to activate Office.
I think of this kind of thing like a combination to a lock. They have a better license management system, but only for customers who pay the premium price. To retrieve your Office 2013 product key from registry: 1. If the activation is the only reason to creat that account it will never be accessed again only to reinstall Office. My sales rep did get back to me, and provided the following link: It would appear this lists a two-step process, first you download an Office 2016 installer, then modify the registry with either a fix tool, or the manual registry edit is also listed on the page.
Even though they sold you thousands of dollars of software. I'm going to keep an eye here for an answer, but continue searching as well. So should you want to reinstall the software you could, on the surface, have a problem. AnthonyTechGuy wrote: The real question is. However not all versions of Office are required to have Microsoft Accounts. As per the issue description, you lost Office 2013 application due to system crash. I was able to find the email address in one of her files.
This means you can retrieve them. Next, after backing up the Outlook data just in case, I uninstalled Office from the old computer - I was hoping that this would head off any activation issues. That cannot be right or legal! When I received my computer, it was unable to complete the initial start-up installation process for Windows 10. I am going through the known Microsoft Accounts that were tied to Office installations and some do not even exist anymore! Through trial and error, I discovered that a 2nd former employee that functioned as the onsite tech was the one who actually made the purchase. Passing the audit won't be a problem as long as you keep the physical licenses they bought :.
Should they just toss security out the window? If you didn't open an existing document, you may need to create a new document to see the File menu. No, it's not the same. Now after tremendously fast company growth, the company has a computer that needs Windows reinstalled. I can't even contact support because you are required to login first. I did this and was able to load Windows. Is the Office 2013 license still live on your clients computer? I think of this kind of thing like a combination to a lock. It is used to store much of the information and settings for software programmes, hardware devices, user preferences, operating system configurations, and more.
I will keep this one bookmarked for future activation issues. Wow - this sure was easier with disk-based installs and product key cards! My question: Where in office 365 can I find the email for which I did the first install? In the past that would have meant keeping track of the media and maybe the activation key. . This is why I stocked up on 2010 keys - I sell a few of them every week. It sucks and I think they need to come up with some alternative, don't get me wrong. Maybe making it more clear how important this activation account is, for instance, would help.
I'll report back with my progress. If you buy a lock then don't use it for a long time and lose the combination, do you blame the manufacturer of the lock and say it's not right or legal for them to not let you open the lock? The last two companies I've worked for both avoided 2013 like the plague. But you can read it with a Product key tool. Please let me know if you can think of anything else I could try, and thank you again for your help! Should they just toss security out the window? But unfortunately, before doing this, you may find that you forget or lost the product key. I think of this kind of thing like a combination to a lock. Agreed, but I do have to wonder. How do I recover a Microsoft Account that is suddenly missing, that was filled with Office software.
We'll probably ride 2010 until the last day of support. We have all the little license cards in a cute little box that fits them just right, with the Dell Service Tag written on each one. Nothing showed up for me in the Digital Locker I was signed in and Windows says it is activated. Then if you have to reinstall Office for some reason it appears that the activation account has been cancelled you lose the officially licensed Office? And you can find your Office 2013 product key from the list easily. I have the key but I don't know the account used to activate. This is resolved for me, but I hope they come up with a way to solve this in the future.