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Old February 24th 18, 01:27 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
ultred ragnusen
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Default SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018

SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_12.jpg

AFAIK, none of this is on the web, at least based on the results from my
searches today.

The situation is that my Win10 Pro HDD was bricked by a Microsoft Update
such that I bought a new HDD and now wish to install MS Office Pro 2007
given that I saved the 25-character product key from the old installation
(which I wrote on the case of the computer).

Googling for where to download an Office 2007 Pro ISO, I first find the
Microsoft Support site:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...9-0cce4d09837e

The official answer seems to be:
"Microsoft no longer provides digital downloads for the Office 2007 suite.
If you need to reinstall Office 2007, request a backup disk."

That "request a backup disk" link is no longer found.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/back...s/default.mspx

A second suggested link is also dead.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/downloads

A third suggested link gives options for recent but not old Office versions
https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/stor...homeorpersonal

A fourth suggested link comes up as an untrusted connection.
https://www2.downloadoffice2010.micr...=en-GB&ref=o12

That untrusted connection refers the user only to an Office 2010 download
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...=en-GB&ref=o12

A fifth link brings up a current Office 2016 download web page
http://tinyurl.com/officebackuplink

A sixth link, which is a repeat, says that it will work for older s/w.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...=en-US&ref=o12

But when I enter my valid 25-character code for Office 2007 Pro, it first
says "Validating your request. This may take several minutes. Do not
refresh the page or select back, doing so will cancel the request"
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_01.jpg

And then "Error. Support for the product you are trying to download has
ended. Please refer back to the main page for a list of supported
products."

A sixth link says you can order a replacement from +1-800-360-7561
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...2-c9f8fff28bfd

A person picked up the phone who asked what product and then they put me on
permanent hold it seems... where I was eventually disconnected. I called
again and they put me on hold but said to write down this number if I got
disconnected again 800-642-7676 after which they put me on hold when,
finally, another person answered the phone.

After asking my name, he validated my 25-character Office 2007 Pro key and
asked if I wanted to use Support-LogMeInRescue.exe which I declined so he
provided the URL below.
http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/.../X16-69453.exe

Unfortunately that URL simply went to the following Home Use Program page.
https://www.microsofthup.com/hupus/home.aspx
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_02.jpg

So I downloaded the "logmein" applet from this web page he provided.
http://support.microsoft.com/help which took us to http://office.com/backup
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_03.jpg

Running LogMeIn to give him the six-digit ID it generated gave him access
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_04.jpg

Once on my system, he was able to try the same URL that he had given me.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_05.jpg

Of course, that didn't result in anything different than what I received,
so he had another person join the connection, who gave a different URL
which also failed to work on my system using the default browser setup.
http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent....-X12-30283.exe
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_10.jpg

Finally, as I grabbed my camera because screeenshots were not working, he
gave up and used Internet Explorer to go first to this link, which doesn't
seem to do anything:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=255141
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10a.jpg

And then he went to the canonical location for Microsoft Office 2007 Pro,
which he said is a public address on the "wayback"
machine that is for anyone to use (but I redacted a few bits just in case I
understood him wrong).
http://web.archive.org/web/20120111x.../X12-30196.exe
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10b.jpg
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10d.jpg

He downloaded to somewhere (I can't find it anymore) a file named:
X12-30196.exe
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10c.jpg

Whatever that file is, it was 386 MB in size:
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10e.jpg

I don't know where the file went though, as I can't find it anymore.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_11.jpg

Then he extracted the 386 MB file
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11a.jpg

And when he executed it, up came a form where he entered my 25-character
product key.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11b.jpg

Then he chose "Install Now".
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11c.jpg

Which installed Microsoft Office Pro 2007 after he ran the installer which
brought up a notice that "Microsoft Office 2007 Professional has been
successfully installed"
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11d.jpg

And then he clicked on "Go to Office Online" which brought up an activation
wizard
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_12a.jpg

But the activation wizard had a communication error, when, I think, he
selected "I want to activate over the Internet", which gave the error:
"A communication error has occurred. Your request cannot be processed at
this time. Please try again in a few minutes."
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_13.jpg

So he selected "I want to activate the software by telephone"
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_14.jpg

Then the "Microsoft Office Professional 2007 Activation Wizard" came up
with a 54-character "Installation Code":
0xxxxx-7xxxxx-3xxxxx-2xxxxx-9xxxxx-1xxxxx-0xxxxx-2xxxxx-4xxxxx
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_15.jpg

After a long while, he entered in a 42-digit "Conformation Code"
0xxxxx-2xxxxx-0xxxxx-1xxxxx-7xxxxx-5xxxxx-6xxxxx
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_16.jpg

When then said it was activated.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_17.jpg

Finally he tested Microsoft Office 2007 Pro by opening up MS Word.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_12.jpg

I looked for the installation file to archive but I couldn't find it, and
the original link, which was in my browser memory, times out now.

When I asked if I could communicate the URLs, the support guy said they're
public, but I wasn't sure if I can put them here, so maybe you can let me
know if they're public or not for sure, as I heard him and understood him
but it seems like the numbers may be specific to me?

Are the URLs above specific to me or generic for everyone?

If not, I can post the URL so that I benefit in the future (when my machine
crashes again as I don't know how to archive that which they downloaded and
installed) and so that others can who need a copy of MS Office 2007 that
they can activate with their own legal key.
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  #2  
Old February 24th 18, 02:18 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Big Al[_5_]
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Default SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in theyear 2018

On 02/23/2018 07:27 PM, ultred ragnusen wrote:
SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_12.jpg

AFAIK, none of this is on the web, at least based on the results from my
searches today.

The situation is that my Win10 Pro HDD was bricked by a Microsoft Update
such that I bought a new HDD and now wish to install MS Office Pro 2007
given that I saved the 25-character product key from the old installation
(which I wrote on the case of the computer).

Googling for where to download an Office 2007 Pro ISO, I first find the
Microsoft Support site:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...9-0cce4d09837e

The official answer seems to be:
"Microsoft no longer provides digital downloads for the Office 2007 suite.
If you need to reinstall Office 2007, request a backup disk."

That "request a backup disk" link is no longer found.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/back...s/default.mspx

A second suggested link is also dead.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/downloads

A third suggested link gives options for recent but not old Office versions
https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/stor...homeorpersonal

A fourth suggested link comes up as an untrusted connection.
https://www2.downloadoffice2010.micr...=en-GB&ref=o12

That untrusted connection refers the user only to an Office 2010 download
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...=en-GB&ref=o12

A fifth link brings up a current Office 2016 download web page
http://tinyurl.com/officebackuplink

A sixth link, which is a repeat, says that it will work for older s/w.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...=en-US&ref=o12

But when I enter my valid 25-character code for Office 2007 Pro, it first
says "Validating your request. This may take several minutes. Do not
refresh the page or select back, doing so will cancel the request"
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_01.jpg

And then "Error. Support for the product you are trying to download has
ended. Please refer back to the main page for a list of supported
products."

A sixth link says you can order a replacement from +1-800-360-7561
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...2-c9f8fff28bfd

A person picked up the phone who asked what product and then they put me on
permanent hold it seems... where I was eventually disconnected. I called
again and they put me on hold but said to write down this number if I got
disconnected again 800-642-7676 after which they put me on hold when,
finally, another person answered the phone.

After asking my name, he validated my 25-character Office 2007 Pro key and
asked if I wanted to use Support-LogMeInRescue.exe which I declined so he
provided the URL below.
http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/.../X16-69453.exe

Unfortunately that URL simply went to the following Home Use Program page.
https://www.microsofthup.com/hupus/home.aspx
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_02.jpg

So I downloaded the "logmein" applet from this web page he provided.
http://support.microsoft.com/help which took us to http://office.com/backup
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_03.jpg

Running LogMeIn to give him the six-digit ID it generated gave him access
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_04.jpg

Once on my system, he was able to try the same URL that he had given me.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_05.jpg

Of course, that didn't result in anything different than what I received,
so he had another person join the connection, who gave a different URL
which also failed to work on my system using the default browser setup.
http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent....-X12-30283.exe
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_10.jpg

Finally, as I grabbed my camera because screeenshots were not working, he
gave up and used Internet Explorer to go first to this link, which doesn't
seem to do anything:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=255141
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10a.jpg

And then he went to the canonical location for Microsoft Office 2007 Pro,
which he said is a public address on the "wayback"
machine that is for anyone to use (but I redacted a few bits just in case I
understood him wrong).
http://web.archive.org/web/20120111x.../X12-30196.exe
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10b.jpg
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10d.jpg

He downloaded to somewhere (I can't find it anymore) a file named:
X12-30196.exe
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10c.jpg

Whatever that file is, it was 386 MB in size:
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10e.jpg

I don't know where the file went though, as I can't find it anymore.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_11.jpg

Then he extracted the 386 MB file
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11a.jpg

And when he executed it, up came a form where he entered my 25-character
product key.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11b.jpg

Then he chose "Install Now".
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11c.jpg

Which installed Microsoft Office Pro 2007 after he ran the installer which
brought up a notice that "Microsoft Office 2007 Professional has been
successfully installed"
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11d.jpg

And then he clicked on "Go to Office Online" which brought up an activation
wizard
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_12a.jpg

But the activation wizard had a communication error, when, I think, he
selected "I want to activate over the Internet", which gave the error:
"A communication error has occurred. Your request cannot be processed at
this time. Please try again in a few minutes."
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_13.jpg

So he selected "I want to activate the software by telephone"
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_14.jpg

Then the "Microsoft Office Professional 2007 Activation Wizard" came up
with a 54-character "Installation Code":
0xxxxx-7xxxxx-3xxxxx-2xxxxx-9xxxxx-1xxxxx-0xxxxx-2xxxxx-4xxxxx
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_15.jpg

After a long while, he entered in a 42-digit "Conformation Code"
0xxxxx-2xxxxx-0xxxxx-1xxxxx-7xxxxx-5xxxxx-6xxxxx
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_16.jpg

When then said it was activated.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_17.jpg

Finally he tested Microsoft Office 2007 Pro by opening up MS Word.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_12.jpg

I looked for the installation file to archive but I couldn't find it, and
the original link, which was in my browser memory, times out now.

When I asked if I could communicate the URLs, the support guy said they're
public, but I wasn't sure if I can put them here, so maybe you can let me
know if they're public or not for sure, as I heard him and understood him
but it seems like the numbers may be specific to me?

Are the URLs above specific to me or generic for everyone?

If not, I can post the URL so that I benefit in the future (when my machine
crashes again as I don't know how to archive that which they downloaded and
installed) and so that others can who need a copy of MS Office 2007 that
they can activate with their own legal key.

The problem with those phone activation things is that your machine
generates a code that he then puts into software on his end that YOU
can't replicate. That program of his, generates a code he put in that
activates your copy. You can't replicate it.

I used to work for a company that did a similar licensing thing. That
unique program was shared only with the owner and myself. We were the
only two that could license a machine. And every time you licensed a
machine, it was a different key. He explained it to me once (quickly)
and it was a combination of drive ID + date of some master exe file +
what phase of the moon it was (kidding). but things changed from moment
to moment.


  #3  
Old February 24th 18, 06:28 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Posts: 10,881
Default SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018

ultred ragnusen wrote:

SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_12.jpg

AFAIK, none of this is on the web, at least based on the results from my
searches today.

The situation is that my Win10 Pro HDD was bricked by a Microsoft Update
such that I bought a new HDD and now wish to install MS Office Pro 2007
given that I saved the 25-character product key from the old installation
(which I wrote on the case of the computer).

Googling for where to download an Office 2007 Pro ISO, I first find the
Microsoft Support site:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...9-0cce4d09837e

The official answer seems to be:
"Microsoft no longer provides digital downloads for the Office 2007 suite.
If you need to reinstall Office 2007, request a backup disk."

That "request a backup disk" link is no longer found.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/back...s/default.mspx

A second suggested link is also dead.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/downloads

A third suggested link gives options for recent but not old Office versions
https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/stor...homeorpersonal

A fourth suggested link comes up as an untrusted connection.
https://www2.downloadoffice2010.micr...=en-GB&ref=o12

That untrusted connection refers the user only to an Office 2010 download
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...=en-GB&ref=o12

A fifth link brings up a current Office 2016 download web page
http://tinyurl.com/officebackuplink

A sixth link, which is a repeat, says that it will work for older s/w.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...=en-US&ref=o12

But when I enter my valid 25-character code for Office 2007 Pro, it first
says "Validating your request. This may take several minutes. Do not
refresh the page or select back, doing so will cancel the request"
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_01.jpg

And then "Error. Support for the product you are trying to download has
ended. Please refer back to the main page for a list of supported
products."

A sixth link says you can order a replacement from +1-800-360-7561
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...2-c9f8fff28bfd

A person picked up the phone who asked what product and then they put me on
permanent hold it seems... where I was eventually disconnected. I called
again and they put me on hold but said to write down this number if I got
disconnected again 800-642-7676 after which they put me on hold when,
finally, another person answered the phone.

After asking my name, he validated my 25-character Office 2007 Pro key and
asked if I wanted to use Support-LogMeInRescue.exe which I declined so he
provided the URL below.
http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/.../X16-69453.exe

Unfortunately that URL simply went to the following Home Use Program page.
https://www.microsofthup.com/hupus/home.aspx
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_02.jpg

So I downloaded the "logmein" applet from this web page he provided.
http://support.microsoft.com/help which took us to http://office.com/backup
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_03.jpg

Running LogMeIn to give him the six-digit ID it generated gave him access
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_04.jpg

Once on my system, he was able to try the same URL that he had given me.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_05.jpg

Of course, that didn't result in anything different than what I received,
so he had another person join the connection, who gave a different URL
which also failed to work on my system using the default browser setup.
http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent....-X12-30283.exe
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_10.jpg

Finally, as I grabbed my camera because screeenshots were not working, he
gave up and used Internet Explorer to go first to this link, which doesn't
seem to do anything:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=255141
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10a.jpg

And then he went to the canonical location for Microsoft Office 2007 Pro,
which he said is a public address on the "wayback"
machine that is for anyone to use (but I redacted a few bits just in case I
understood him wrong).
http://web.archive.org/web/20120111x.../X12-30196.exe
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10b.jpg
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10d.jpg

He downloaded to somewhere (I can't find it anymore) a file named:
X12-30196.exe
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10c.jpg

Whatever that file is, it was 386 MB in size:
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10e.jpg

I don't know where the file went though, as I can't find it anymore.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_11.jpg

Then he extracted the 386 MB file
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11a.jpg

And when he executed it, up came a form where he entered my 25-character
product key.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11b.jpg

Then he chose "Install Now".
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11c.jpg

Which installed Microsoft Office Pro 2007 after he ran the installer which
brought up a notice that "Microsoft Office 2007 Professional has been
successfully installed"
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11d.jpg

And then he clicked on "Go to Office Online" which brought up an activation
wizard
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_12a.jpg

But the activation wizard had a communication error, when, I think, he
selected "I want to activate over the Internet", which gave the error:
"A communication error has occurred. Your request cannot be processed at
this time. Please try again in a few minutes."
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_13.jpg

So he selected "I want to activate the software by telephone"
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_14.jpg

Then the "Microsoft Office Professional 2007 Activation Wizard" came up
with a 54-character "Installation Code":
0xxxxx-7xxxxx-3xxxxx-2xxxxx-9xxxxx-1xxxxx-0xxxxx-2xxxxx-4xxxxx
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_15.jpg

After a long while, he entered in a 42-digit "Conformation Code"
0xxxxx-2xxxxx-0xxxxx-1xxxxx-7xxxxx-5xxxxx-6xxxxx
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_16.jpg

When then said it was activated.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_17.jpg

Finally he tested Microsoft Office 2007 Pro by opening up MS Word.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_12.jpg

I looked for the installation file to archive but I couldn't find it, and
the original link, which was in my browser memory, times out now.

When I asked if I could communicate the URLs, the support guy said they're
public, but I wasn't sure if I can put them here, so maybe you can let me
know if they're public or not for sure, as I heard him and understood him
but it seems like the numbers may be specific to me?

Are the URLs above specific to me or generic for everyone?

If not, I can post the URL so that I benefit in the future (when my machine
crashes again as I don't know how to archive that which they downloaded and
installed) and so that others can who need a copy of MS Office 2007 that
they can activate with their own legal key.


A lot less hassle if you had not lost the install CD for Office 2007.
If you ever find it, make a duplicate and store elsewhere.
  #4  
Old February 24th 18, 07:27 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
ultred ragnusen
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Posts: 248
Default SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018

VanguardLH wrote:

A lot less hassle if you had not lost the install CD for Office 2007.
If you ever find it, make a duplicate and store elsewhere.


I agree, but it's nice to let people know that Microsoft will literally
download, install, and activate the Office 2007 Pro software for you.

Now my main problem is how to get Microsoft to recover the Windows 10 Pro
their Windows Update bricked.

http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...port_email.jpg
  #5  
Old February 24th 18, 08:38 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Monty
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Posts: 598
Default SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 22:27:55 -0800, ultred ragnusen
wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

A lot less hassle if you had not lost the install CD for Office 2007.
If you ever find it, make a duplicate and store elsewhere.


I agree, but it's nice to let people know that Microsoft will literally
download, install, and activate the Office 2007 Pro software for you.

Now my main problem is how to get Microsoft to recover the Windows 10 Pro
their Windows Update bricked.


Just do a restore from your last backup - assuming that you do regular
backups on, say, a weekly basis.


http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...port_email.jpg

  #6  
Old February 24th 18, 08:48 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Mike S[_4_]
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Posts: 496
Default SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in theyear 2018

On 2/23/2018 9:28 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
ultred ragnusen wrote:

SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_12.jpg

AFAIK, none of this is on the web, at least based on the results from my
searches today.

The situation is that my Win10 Pro HDD was bricked by a Microsoft Update
such that I bought a new HDD and now wish to install MS Office Pro 2007
given that I saved the 25-character product key from the old installation
(which I wrote on the case of the computer).

Googling for where to download an Office 2007 Pro ISO, I first find the
Microsoft Support site:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...9-0cce4d09837e

The official answer seems to be:
"Microsoft no longer provides digital downloads for the Office 2007 suite.
If you need to reinstall Office 2007, request a backup disk."

That "request a backup disk" link is no longer found.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/back...s/default.mspx

A second suggested link is also dead.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/downloads

A third suggested link gives options for recent but not old Office versions
https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/stor...homeorpersonal

A fourth suggested link comes up as an untrusted connection.
https://www2.downloadoffice2010.micr...=en-GB&ref=o12

That untrusted connection refers the user only to an Office 2010 download
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...=en-GB&ref=o12

A fifth link brings up a current Office 2016 download web page
http://tinyurl.com/officebackuplink

A sixth link, which is a repeat, says that it will work for older s/w.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...=en-US&ref=o12

But when I enter my valid 25-character code for Office 2007 Pro, it first
says "Validating your request. This may take several minutes. Do not
refresh the page or select back, doing so will cancel the request"
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_01.jpg

And then "Error. Support for the product you are trying to download has
ended. Please refer back to the main page for a list of supported
products."

A sixth link says you can order a replacement from +1-800-360-7561
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...2-c9f8fff28bfd

A person picked up the phone who asked what product and then they put me on
permanent hold it seems... where I was eventually disconnected. I called
again and they put me on hold but said to write down this number if I got
disconnected again 800-642-7676 after which they put me on hold when,
finally, another person answered the phone.

After asking my name, he validated my 25-character Office 2007 Pro key and
asked if I wanted to use Support-LogMeInRescue.exe which I declined so he
provided the URL below.
http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/.../X16-69453.exe

Unfortunately that URL simply went to the following Home Use Program page.
https://www.microsofthup.com/hupus/home.aspx
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_02.jpg

So I downloaded the "logmein" applet from this web page he provided.
http://support.microsoft.com/help which took us to http://office.com/backup
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_03.jpg

Running LogMeIn to give him the six-digit ID it generated gave him access
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_04.jpg

Once on my system, he was able to try the same URL that he had given me.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_05.jpg

Of course, that didn't result in anything different than what I received,
so he had another person join the connection, who gave a different URL
which also failed to work on my system using the default browser setup.
http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent....-X12-30283.exe
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_10.jpg

Finally, as I grabbed my camera because screeenshots were not working, he
gave up and used Internet Explorer to go first to this link, which doesn't
seem to do anything:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=255141
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10a.jpg

And then he went to the canonical location for Microsoft Office 2007 Pro,
which he said is a public address on the "wayback"
machine that is for anyone to use (but I redacted a few bits just in case I
understood him wrong).
http://web.archive.org/web/20120111x.../X12-30196.exe
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10b.jpg
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10d.jpg

He downloaded to somewhere (I can't find it anymore) a file named:
X12-30196.exe
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10c.jpg

Whatever that file is, it was 386 MB in size:
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_10e.jpg

I don't know where the file went though, as I can't find it anymore.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_11.jpg

Then he extracted the 386 MB file
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11a.jpg

And when he executed it, up came a form where he entered my 25-character
product key.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11b.jpg

Then he chose "Install Now".
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11c.jpg

Which installed Microsoft Office Pro 2007 after he ran the installer which
brought up a notice that "Microsoft Office 2007 Professional has been
successfully installed"
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_11d.jpg

And then he clicked on "Go to Office Online" which brought up an activation
wizard
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ce2007_12a.jpg

But the activation wizard had a communication error, when, I think, he
selected "I want to activate over the Internet", which gave the error:
"A communication error has occurred. Your request cannot be processed at
this time. Please try again in a few minutes."
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_13.jpg

So he selected "I want to activate the software by telephone"
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_14.jpg

Then the "Microsoft Office Professional 2007 Activation Wizard" came up
with a 54-character "Installation Code":
0xxxxx-7xxxxx-3xxxxx-2xxxxx-9xxxxx-1xxxxx-0xxxxx-2xxxxx-4xxxxx
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_15.jpg

After a long while, he entered in a 42-digit "Conformation Code"
0xxxxx-2xxxxx-0xxxxx-1xxxxx-7xxxxx-5xxxxx-6xxxxx
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_16.jpg

When then said it was activated.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_17.jpg

Finally he tested Microsoft Office 2007 Pro by opening up MS Word.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...ice2007_12.jpg

I looked for the installation file to archive but I couldn't find it, and
the original link, which was in my browser memory, times out now.

When I asked if I could communicate the URLs, the support guy said they're
public, but I wasn't sure if I can put them here, so maybe you can let me
know if they're public or not for sure, as I heard him and understood him
but it seems like the numbers may be specific to me?

Are the URLs above specific to me or generic for everyone?

If not, I can post the URL so that I benefit in the future (when my machine
crashes again as I don't know how to archive that which they downloaded and
installed) and so that others can who need a copy of MS Office 2007 that
they can activate with their own legal key.


A lot less hassle if you had not lost the install CD for Office 2007.
If you ever find it, make a duplicate and store elsewhere.


I like saving ISOs in 2 locations.

  #7  
Old February 24th 18, 09:01 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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Default SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in theyear 2018

On 2/23/2018 10:27 PM, ultred ragnusen wrote:
VanguardLH wrote:

A lot less hassle if you had not lost the install CD for Office 2007.
If you ever find it, make a duplicate and store elsewhere.


I agree, but it's nice to let people know that Microsoft will literally
download, install, and activate the Office 2007 Pro software for you.

Now my main problem is how to get Microsoft to recover the Windows 10 Pro
their Windows Update bricked.

http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...port_email.jpg


Are you saying Windows physically damaged your hdd, or is it possible
you could simply no longer boot from it?

If it's a boot issue you might try doing a startup repair, system
restore, or Reset the PC (keeps personal files).
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...9-bf384a45ec44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4rp--5xWSg

Or if that doesn't work you can download a w10 ISO to burn to a DVD
(free), boot from it, and run the Startup Repair that way. Once you boot
windows you can run setup.exe on the DVD and reinstall all system files
while keeping your programs, settings and data intact.
https://wccftech.com/create-bootable-windows-10-dvd/


  #8  
Old February 24th 18, 04:36 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Shadow
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Default SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:27:57 -0800, ultred ragnusen
wrote:

And then he went to the canonical location for Microsoft Office 2007 Pro,
which he said is a public address on the "wayback"
machine that is for anyone to use (but I redacted a few bits just in case I
understood him wrong).


http://web.archive.org/web/20120111x.../X12-30196.exe


Hopeless, no resume and all downloads stop after 100-200MB

Looks like he installed the original (more) buggy 2007
version.
The last (less buggy) version (from 2011) was X16-69453.exe

I found it he

http://msassist.com/files/MSOffice/2.../X16-69453.exe

Checksums appear to be OK.
Dunno, using stuff from M$ is risky.....
(I use LibreOffice)
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Old February 24th 18, 05:49 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
ultred ragnusen
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Default SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018

Monty wrote:

Just do a restore from your last backup - assuming that you do regular
backups on, say, a weekly basis.


If it were that easy, we'd not be discussing this.

http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/24/restore_gui.jpg

A reversal to a previous restore point is the very first thing I tried and
that Microsoft Tier 2 Phone Tech Support tried - particularly because I
used "Restore Point Creator" software to manage the restore points - but
the recovery console won't find them.


  #10  
Old February 24th 18, 07:04 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
ultred ragnusen
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Default SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018

Mike S wrote:

Are you saying Windows physically damaged your hdd, or is it possible
you could simply no longer boot from it?


There is absolutely no doubt (based on my tests) that the HDD is undamaged
and that the only problem is that an errant Microsoft Windows 10 update
bricked the operating system.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...update_010.jpg

If it's a boot issue you might try doing a startup repair, system
restore, or Reset the PC (keeps personal files).
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...9-bf384a45ec44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4rp--5xWSg


Trust me, since 6:29am on the 25th of January, I have spent umpteen hours
running all the possible options that come up in the default Microsoft
Windows 10 recovery console, as had Microsoft telephone tier 2 tech support
at +1-800-642-7676.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...em_restore.jpg

That was the last time I was able to boot...where three days in a row, the
Windows 10 Update failed, and when the PC booted overnight, it never came
back.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...tup_repair.jpg

Or if that doesn't work you can download a w10 ISO to burn to a DVD
(free), boot from it, and run the Startup Repair that way.


The Microsoft level2 tech created a Windows 10 DVD on a good Windows 10
machine but the repair (see bottom left) didn't work.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...dvd_repair.jpg

Once you boot
windows you can run setup.exe on the DVD and reinstall all system files
while keeping your programs, settings and data intact.
https://wccftech.com/create-bootable-windows-10-dvd/'


Thanks for the advice, but Windows bricked itself, where we tried resetting
the OS using the recovery console.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/24/reset_pc_02.jpg

It failed.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/24/reset_pc_04.jpg

Currently, I'm working with the various suggested recovery mechanisms:
* TestDisk
* Recuva
* PhotoRec
* DDRescue
* Knoppix
etc.
  #11  
Old February 24th 18, 10:55 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Monty
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Default SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018

On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 08:49:21 -0800, ultred ragnusen
wrote:

Monty wrote:

Just do a restore from your last backup - assuming that you do regular
backups on, say, a weekly basis.


If it were that easy, we'd not be discussing this.

http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/24/restore_gui.jpg

A reversal to a previous restore point is the very first thing I tried and
that Microsoft Tier 2 Phone Tech Support tried - particularly because I
used "Restore Point Creator" software to manage the restore points - but
the recovery console won't find them.

I don't have confidence in using restore points - I won't torture
myself trying to remember why; it was many tears ago.

For a number of years I have relied on 3rd party backup programs. In
recent years, I have been using AOMEI Backupper Pro.

Before doing any updates to Windows, I make a backup and store it on a
separate hard drive. If my PC won't boot after an update, I resort to
either of two options, depending on what I think may be wrong:

1. Repair the MBR.

2. Restore my PC from the backup.

And I DO NOT rely on Microsoft repair options.

Did you have a separate backup or were you relying on a restore point
for recovery?
  #12  
Old February 25th 18, 12:31 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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Shadow wrote:
On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:27:57 -0800, ultred ragnusen
wrote:

And then he went to the canonical location for Microsoft Office 2007 Pro,
which he said is a public address on the "wayback"
machine that is for anyone to use (but I redacted a few bits just in case I
understood him wrong).


http://web.archive.org/web/20120111x.../X12-30196.exe


Hopeless, no resume and all downloads stop after 100-200MB

Looks like he installed the original (more) buggy 2007
version.

The link worked fine in IE, Edge, and SeaMonkey

X12-30196.exe from the above link
388 MB or 397,472 KB
Serial No. 61469ecb000400000065
Digital Signature Oct. 2006 indicates the RTM version(which would
require SP3 to bring up to date).
O2K7 SP3 =
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27838


Also, temporarily restored a clean/no other software Win10 Pro 1709
16299.125 image to a few months old 8th gen i7 device and O2K7 Pro
installed and activated fine using a valid, no longer needed, never used
O2K7 Pro Product key.


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  #13  
Old February 25th 18, 05:48 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Shadow
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Default SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018

On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 10:04:01 -0800, ultred ragnusen
wrote:

Mike S wrote:

Are you saying Windows physically damaged your hdd, or is it possible
you could simply no longer boot from it?


There is absolutely no doubt (based on my tests) that the HDD is undamaged
and that the only problem is that an errant Microsoft Windows 10 update
bricked the operating system.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...update_010.jpg

If it's a boot issue you might try doing a startup repair, system
restore, or Reset the PC (keeps personal files).
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...9-bf384a45ec44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4rp--5xWSg


Trust me, since 6:29am on the 25th of January, I have spent umpteen hours
running all the possible options that come up in the default Microsoft
Windows 10 recovery console, as had Microsoft telephone tier 2 tech support
at +1-800-642-7676.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...em_restore.jpg

That was the last time I was able to boot...where three days in a row, the
Windows 10 Update failed, and when the PC booted overnight, it never came
back.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...tup_repair.jpg

Or if that doesn't work you can download a w10 ISO to burn to a DVD
(free), boot from it, and run the Startup Repair that way.


The Microsoft level2 tech created a Windows 10 DVD on a good Windows 10
machine but the repair (see bottom left) didn't work.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...dvd_repair.jpg

Once you boot
windows you can run setup.exe on the DVD and reinstall all system files
while keeping your programs, settings and data intact.
https://wccftech.com/create-bootable-windows-10-dvd/'


Thanks for the advice, but Windows bricked itself, where we tried resetting
the OS using the recovery console.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/24/reset_pc_02.jpg

It failed.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/24/reset_pc_04.jpg

Currently, I'm working with the various suggested recovery mechanisms:
* TestDisk
* Recuva
* PhotoRec
* DDRescue
* Knoppix
etc.


Have you ever thought about dual booting ?
You could have a simple Linux Dist ( Mint or even Debian) on a
partition and boot into that when your "favorite" OS fails.
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Old February 25th 18, 02:32 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Shadow
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 16:31:37 -0700, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ
wrote:

Shadow wrote:
On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:27:57 -0800, ultred ragnusen
wrote:

And then he went to the canonical location for Microsoft Office 2007 Pro,
which he said is a public address on the "wayback"
machine that is for anyone to use (but I redacted a few bits just in case I
understood him wrong).


http://web.archive.org/web/20120111x.../X12-30196.exe


Hopeless, no resume and all downloads stop after 100-200MB

Looks like he installed the original (more) buggy 2007
version.

The link worked fine in IE, Edge, and SeaMonkey


Well, I tried uGet, Firefox and cURL ....
Glad to hear it worked for you.
It's still the older non-patched version though ...
[]'s

X12-30196.exe from the above link
388 MB or 397,472 KB
Serial No. 61469ecb000400000065
Digital Signature Oct. 2006 indicates the RTM version(which would
require SP3 to bring up to date).
O2K7 SP3 =
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27838


Also, temporarily restored a clean/no other software Win10 Pro 1709
16299.125 image to a few months old 8th gen i7 device and O2K7 Pro
installed and activated fine using a valid, no longer needed, never used
O2K7 Pro Product key.

--
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We have a new policy - Google 2012
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Old February 26th 18, 07:00 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
ultred ragnusen
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Default SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018

Shadow wrote:

Have you ever thought about dual booting ?
You could have a simple Linux Dist ( Mint or even Debian) on a
partition and boot into that when your "favorite" OS fails.


In the future, I'm going to be more careful about forcing a DVD-sized
directory size, which is really what slows me down on backing up data since
a 4.7GB DVD only holds, realistically, about 4.3GB to 4.l4 GB of data but
my data hierarchy is always larger than that. So by forcing a 4.3GB
directory size, I'll not have to dance with DVDs at backup time (yes, I
know all about USB drives - but they're less reliable than is DVD,
particularly from Microsoft-induced corruption when you remove them without
shutting them down (ask me how I know this)).

So the first part of the plan moving forward is to set up a dozen 4.3GB
limited directories, which can be backed up easily to DVD once they're
filled.

The second part of the plan, moving forward, is to fall back to the tricks
during the old days of unreliable Windows, where I'll format a C: partition
of about 100GB, which should suffice for the operating system mandatory
stuff.

Then I'll put all my "stuff" (programs, data, and menus) on the D: drive.

I've done the GRUB dual-boot stuff with Linux in the past, but I find
myself booting to Windows most of the time, where a VirtualBox Ubuntu works
just fine for when I need Linux (e.g., for file manipulation).

Since in an emergency I can boot to a Knoppix DVD to recover my Windows
data when Windows screws itself up, I don't see much of an advantage of
having the Linux GRUB method always slowing down the boot process. But it's
a good idea if I used Linux more often these days. I might try it again
because, if I use Ubuntu, I'm told the latest release finally ditched the
Unity abomination, so I won't have to set up KDE again (where KDE is
fantastically powerful, but it's a lot of settings to deal with).

I have an appointment with Microsoft Geniuses (or whatever they're called)
this week to have them look at the system, where the technical support
people have 'promised' that they know more than we do (we'll see, as my
experience at the Apple Genius Bar is that they know a lot less than we do
when it comes to troubleshooting).

I'll let you know, but I've saved all the data except the few dozen files
(almost all of which are photos) which have "splicing" errors when I mount
the HDD in Knoppix.
 




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