

What I noticed is that on the iMac when I go to About Excel it pulls up the Product ID now, but under the user it says Unknown. I'm not sure if this will be a permanent fix until after I reboot my iMac, but as temp fix - it definitely works. Asked if I wanted regular updates and to register. I copied these 3 files into the preferences folder on my new iMac and re-launced MS Office 2011 and it loaded just fine. it was preinstalled.Īfter several dead ends I decided to snoop around my preferences on my MBPro. I re-migrated my data to this iMac and when launching MS Office 2011 it asked for a product key. All was working fine until I picked up my 2011 iMac 27" - this sucker is fast. So I backed up using TM and then migrated all my data back to my MBPro. Decided to send it back because it was too slow. I was running an MBPro and picked up a 2009 iMac 27". I registered before, but I think I used an e-mail no longer in existence and I can't find my password. I'm only posting this because I just encountered this issue and a web search brought me here. The product key is located on the back of the Office 2008 for Mac DVD sleeve or on the back of the Install Guide. Accept the software license agreement, and then enter your valid product key. After your computer restarts, open any Office 2008 application. Select /Users/username/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/Microsoft Office 2008 ist, and then on the File menu, click Move to Trash.Ĥ. In the Finder, select /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/ist, and then on the File menu, click Move to Trash.Ģ. The product key sticker is located on the back of the installation CD sleeve or case., or if you mistakenly used the same product key to install Office 2008 on more than one computer, you must remove the invalid product key and enter a valid product key to use Office 2008.ġ. During installation, you must enter the product key to activate Office. If your copy of Office 2008 was installed with an invalid product key sequence of 25 letters and numbers. Remove and reenter the Office 2008 product key this way, you can try a couple times if need be. Rpns was correct, but here is some additional info.

More info from Microsoft on Office: mac 2008
