And, if you have the media, but not necessarily the exact CD, you can grab the CD Key used when it was installed and use it on other media.
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/ That tool, among others, can be used to reconstruct the installation key. On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:11 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > The few times I've tried, Office2007 uninstalls nicely. That is, in > ControlPanel, if I uninstall it, then I usually find no pieces of Office2007 > products in HKLM\Software\Microsoft. (Check anyway.) Do a file system > check, then try to reinstall (and hope you don't have to go through MS > Activation!). > > Hopefully a re-install will let PP run. > -- > richard > > > > *"John Aldrich" <[email protected]>* > > 04/15/2011 01:19 PM > Please respond to > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > > To > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Press this button if the "To" is a fax number. Enter in the fax number > like 123-456-7890. > cc > Subject > PowerPoint 2007 won't run > > > > > One of our senior managers (and one of the owners of the company) asked me > to look at his laptop (Windows XP) as he couldn't open a PowerPoint > presentation (*.pps). I have tried repairing it several times, but it just > won't run. It won't even run in "safe mode." I never get an error message, > but after I repair it and try to launch, it pops up the splash screen then > goes away. Nothing in the logs. I try to launch it again, it comes up with > a > message that Powerpoint failed to start properly, and do I want to start in > safe mode, click yes, and nothing happens. The third time it comes up and > says it failed to start in safe mode, do I want to try a repair install. > Infinite loop. > > Now, I don't know if Powerpoint *ever* worked on this laptop. The manager > got it used after the previous user left the company. I have not wiped and > reinstalled as I was not sure where the reinstall media was for that > laptop. > :-( > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
