I have a purchased and registered copy of Office 2007. I have since uninstalled my copy of Office 2007, and replaced it with Office 2010 on my main PC (Win7x64). Now, I want to install my old purchased copy of Office 2007 in a WinXP x32 VirtualBox VM. Is there a way I can do this without calling Microsoft? I have to rebuild Virtual Machines numerous times throughout the year, and I don't want to call them every time I do another install. Thanks, AzJazz
I think retail keys allow for more than 1 activation request, and installing it on a VM should not trigger a block or calling MS activation. I have technet keys for office 2010 pro plus, and although I understood it to be perhaps 10-15 auto activations, I must have activated 25-30 times and each time it passed. This is for 1 key only and fortunately I have 10 keys (5 allowed now) for proplus with 10 keys for office 2010. If you have to rebuild VMs several times, try (a) office 2010 trials (b) get a technet account (c) get some keys from the internet (google).
A Technet account would sure be awesome. A shame that they are so darned expensive!!! How do I backup my activation files? Then, I could use my currently installed Office 2010 in my VM, which would be nice.