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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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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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/ |
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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) []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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. -- ....w¡ñ§±¤ñ msft mvp 2007-2016, insider mvp 2016-2018 |
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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. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018
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. -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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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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