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Retrieve Office 2021 key

blux Posted messages 5003 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   -  
blux Posted messages 5003 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   -

Hello,

I need to format a Windows 10 machine that’s starting to lag. I’ve managed to recover the Windows 10 key, but I’m looking for a way to find the Office Pro 2021 key (bought on a marketplace and not through a Windows account).

I’ve searched the web, but apart from paid solutions, I can’t find anything.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers blux "The idiots dare everything.
That’s how you recognize them."

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jee pee Posted messages 31913 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   9 947
 

Hello,

With this command, you can find the last 5 numbers of your key, the result corresponds to the key used on this PC, which could guide you in your list of 5.

 cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. ---Processing-------------------------- --------------------------------------- PRODUCT ID: 00469-55001-67472-AA686 SKU ID: 8d77de46-78fb-428d-b8c4-c4a078e8912d LICENSE NAME: Office 21, Office21ProPlus2021MSDNR_Retail edition LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 21, RETAIL channel BETA EXPIRATION: 01/01/1601 LICENSE STATUS: ---LICENSED--- Last 5 characters of installed product key: R9FY9 --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ---Exiting-----------------------------

But if you, like me, purchased licenses for €1, the number should no longer be active. I had bought 3 of these licenses without installing them immediately, and the day I wanted to use them, the numbers didn't work. I contacted the seller who replied that the numbers, when generated, had a short lifespan, and he gave me new numbers that I successfully used.
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brucine Posted messages 24390 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   4 098
 

Hello,

I don't know either.

It's either volume licenses (activation is done through connection to a server), or OEM licenses.

Even if you find the code (in the original email?), there's no proof that it works; low-cost licenses are often single-use, they cannot be reinstalled on another PC or on the same one after formatting.

Wouldn't it be quicker to buy a new one of these low-cost licenses, I remember around €1?
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blux Posted messages 5003 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   3 451
 

I have the email where I bought 5, I wanted to know which one I could try to get back...

See you later blux "Fools dare to do everything.
That's how we recognize them."
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blux Posted messages 5003 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   3 451
 

Cool, it works, thanks!

See you later blux "The fools dare anything.
It's even how we recognize them"
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blux Posted messages 5003 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   3 451
 

I successfully entered the original key...

It was still €0.76 each (for an Office Pro 2021!)

At €1, you got ripped off... ;-)

Catch you later blux           "Fools will dare anything.
That's how we recognize them."
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