so i was sitting on the savage in the garage and thinking,  anybody out there got a code key for microsoft office 2003, I "lost" mine.  ???

cute how i worked in the savage part eh?

be careful when visiting those websites, they can put loads of crap on your pc

gazab44 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04:


Yeah, like Kazaa?  One visit there was enough for me, and I had crap lurking for a long time.

I too use the MS Spyware Beta....it does seem to work pretty well too.

Hey gazab44.  Change your browser to Firefox.  It's not even that it's any better than IE.  It's just that most of the scripts to take advantage of your Browsers weakness are specifically designed for IE.

check your aol account  

Frost wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04:


i've made several attempts with info sent, but to no avail.  thanks all that have sent.  

it's an oem application, on a compaq laptop.  

That would be true if you were re-installing it.  If you start with a fresh install you should be able to use another OEM key.  The problem is that Microsoft has different types of keys for different distributions.  The following applies to XP but i'm sure the same applies to Office.  Anyway if you're really really stuck and you don't want to try Open Office - i'd just go buy another Compaq that comes with 2003 Office, open it up to get the key and then return the darn thing (ya ok i'm sleazy).  Just buy it at a place with an easy return policy..........did you try call Compaq tech support?


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Unlocking WinXP's setupp.ini
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WinXP's setupp.ini controls how the CD acts. IE is it an OEM version or retail? First, find your setupp.ini file in the i386 directory on your WinXP CD. Open it up, it'll look something like this:

ExtraData=707A667567736F696F697911AE7E05
Pid=55034000

The Pid value is what we're interested in. What's there now looks like a standard default. There are special numbers that determine if it's a retail, oem, or volume license edition. First, we break down that number into two parts. The first five digits determines how the CD will behave, ie is it a retail cd that lets you clean install or upgrade, or an oem cd that only lets you perform a clean install? The last three digits determines what CD key it will accept. You are able to mix and match these values. For example you could make a WinXP cd that acted like a retail cd, yet accepted OEM keys. Now, for the actual values. Remember the first and last values are interchangable, but usually you'd keep them as a pair:

Retail = 51882 335
Volume License = 51883 270
OEM = 82503 OEM
So if you wanted a retail CD that took retail keys, the last line of your setupp.ini file would read:
Pid=51882335
And if you wanted a retail CD that took OEM keys, you'd use:
Pid=51882OEM
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