Tip
One: Change
Microsoft Office's serial number.
Note:
A much easier version of this tip is now available on the new
CreativeIQ Tips Blog: Change
Microsoft Office serial number, easily! There is
a hidden feature in the Remove Office tool that automates the
process of re-serializing Microsoft Office on Mac OS X.
If
you use Microsoft Office (X or 2004) in a small Macintosh-based
creative team, you may have run into the frustrating situation
that comes with multiple users accidentally installing the same
Office serial number on several Macs. Normally the only way to
change the Office serial number after the fact was to completely
de-install the program and re-install it a second time.
Unless
you know this trick:
Quit
all Office applications. Trash the files listed below and then
re-launch Microsoft Word. Your copy of Office will act as if it
has been reinstalled and allow you to enter new serial number
and registration information.
/Applications/Microsoft
Office 2004 (or X)/Office/
- OfficePID (normally an invisible file)
Users/[Username]/Library/Preferences/Microsoft
- Carbon Registration Database
- Office Registration Cache
- Microsoft Office Settings
Mac
OS X Tiger Spotlight Tip: Download EasyFind
to find and trash the invisible OfficePID file (Spotlight won't
find invisible system files). Turn on the "Invisible Files
& Folders" option when you search for an item named "OfficePID".
Select the file in the search results window and choose File >
Move to Trash.
[Source:
MacWorld
Mac 911 by Christopher Breen. EasyFind is profiled in QuickTips
#80 Tech Tip: Use EasyFind instead of Spotlight (occasionally).]
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