You can use any of the following tools to extract the Product Key from you computer. These tools report on many installed programs on your computer, not just Office.
Having your product key actually stored in your BIOS is not a necessity, it is merely a convenience. As long as you have saved the product key somewhere, you simply enter it during the Windows 8.1 installation. If your key is properly injected, the Windows 8.1 install will extract the key from the BIOS, rather than asking you to enter it. Nov 30, 2015 As long as you have saved the product key somewhere, you simply enter it during the Windows 8.1 installation. If your key is properly injected, the Windows 8.1 install will extract the key from the BIOS, rather than asking you to enter it.
PS: you should keep a copy (printed and/or file copies on external storage devices) of the report(s) generated by these tools so you have all of your product keys / registration numbers available for future re-installs
FYI: I (Rohn) have not tested these tools in Windows 8 (just haven’t had an excuse to make/waste the time), but I don’t expect any problem. The underlying mechanics of Windows 8 are essentially the same as Windows 7 if you ignore the Metro User Interface. Think of metro as “lipstick on a pig”. The pig is not changed by adding a little paint on the surface.
Normally you have several resources to find your Retail Product Key.
oYour original package or purchase confirmation e-mail
oOnline download account
oYou can extract the Product Key from the machine itself
oImage copy backups of system with Office installed
oActivation backup utilities
From what I’ve read, MS uses a file called TOKENS.DAT to store encrypted product activation keys:
C:ProgramDataMicrosoftOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatformTokens.DAT
C:WindowsServiceProfilesNetworkServiceAppDataRoamingMicrosoftSoftwareLicensingTokens.data
C:Windows.OldProgramDataMicrosoftOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatformTokens.DAT (if you did an in-place Windows Upgrade)
After you extract the Product Key, make sure to write it down and keep it in a safe place. Burning a copy of the installation file to a CD would also be a good idea if you don’t have the installation disk.
NOTE: OEM (factory install and activated) licenses use a different key than the one reported.Only the factory can use the PK from the original factory activation. You would have been provided with a separate piece of paper with a Product key for reactivation.
I have tried the first 6 in this list with various degrees of success:
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html- not only does Belarc extract product keys, it reports on a WHOLE BUNCH of other stuff you want to know. Printing the report, or saving it is probably a good idea.
http://www.gtopala.com/SIW – System Information for Windows (portable app), the install keys for Windows, Office and some other programs are displayed. Start SIW (no install required) and click on Software Licenses. (SIW for Win 2010 Build 0714g)
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/V 2.0.8- Office 2003 OK, 2007 OK, 2010 na, Win Vista Wrong)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/keyfinder / - Enchanted Keyfinder Beta Portable- Win (9X, ME, NT/2K/XP, Vista, Win7), MS Office (97, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010), Recover key for 484 other software and counting
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.htmlNirsoft ProduKey V1.45- Office 2003 OK, 2007, 2010, Win Vista)
ProduKey may be able to extract product key information from a registry file saved externally. This is useful if you’re trying to get the key details from the backup of a now defunct machine. Try the /Regfile option.
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How To Find My Windows Serial Key
After installing on my system, I ran the program --> AS ADMINISTRATOR <-- and then clicked on File --> Select Source. Once in this menu it may appear a little overwhelming, don't worry it's not that complicated and your not going to break anything else. Select the circle next to 'Load the product keys from external Software Registry hive'. Now from here you may have to browse to a slightly different location depending on where your windows.old folder is located, but you want to basically browse to the following and open this file:
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C:Windows.oldWindowsSystem32configRegBackSOFTWARE
After opening this file select ok; you may have to wait a few minutes for it to load the hive and give you your keys, but if they're there you should see them and be able to fresh install your MS Office.
Please note that this did work for my Office 2007, it also gave me my Vista Home & Personal Key, and Internet Explorer.. lol! I hope this helps someone else too! And remember backup before you do any upgrading/downgrading/or destruction to you PC.
Windows Serial Key
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http://www.winkeyfinder.com/download.php(Office 2003 , 2007 , 2010 , Win Vista )
http://www.technibble.com/license-crawler-find-product-keys-in-the-registry/License CrawlerV1.2 B98 (Office 2003, 2007 , 2010 , Win Vista )
http://www.sterjosoft.com/list/ - SterJo Software Key Finder. Confirmed to work on XP through Win8, Office XP/2002 through 2010
http://techblissonline.com/product-key-cd-keyserial-number-software-vista-xp/- License Crawler for Vista XP (Office 2003 , 2007 , 2010 , Win Vista )
Abelssoft MyKeyFinder - http://www.abelssoft.net/mykeyfinder.php - found all Office keys correctly
Product Key Explorerhttp://www.techrepublic.com/software/product-key-explorer-324-windows/32741939