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Paul K · 23-05-2010, 16:32

The license doesn't go with the machine as far as office is concerned, if they purchased it seperately you may well find they have already installed it and used the key again on another computer. Unless you have the packaging and receipt for the license it doesn't belong to you.
At best you will have to just accept you have to boot from an install CD and reload the laptop from scratch. Best hope they haven't BIOS locked it too, weird that you cannot log in locally to the unit, we do at work when they screw up on the network.

23-05-2010, 16:32	#8
Paul K Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Essex innit Age: 51 Services: Sky HD + 16Mb ADSL BT Telephone Posts: 15,735	Re: Windows XP setting The license doesn't go with the machine as far as office is concerned, if they purchased it seperately you may well find they have already installed it and used the key again on another computer. Unless you have the packaging and receipt for the license it doesn't belong to you. At best you will have to just accept you have to boot from an install CD and reload the laptop from scratch. Best hope they haven't BIOS locked it too, weird that you cannot log in locally to the unit, we do at work when they screw up on the network.