Please check out Change<br> your Office license or product key for the latest information on this topic. I need to change the product key on a new installation of Office 2013 Home and Business. What is the procedure?

Same issue here but with Professional........... I used TJ1240's procedure although I had to modify it a little. I rebooted the computer right after the Online Repair started (yes, even though it says not to). I then launched an Office application and was immediately hit with a pop up to activate. Right below the link to activate was "Change Product Key". I was able to enter the key from the medialess package that came with the new HP machine, login to the Office account, then click finish. There is no way online to see the actual product keys. The one method shown going through the "Install from Disc" option does not match any key from our medialess packages. In fact, they are generated new and different every time (try it for yourself). So now, after just the first 4 machines, I have one key maxed out - don't know which one it is, and 3 other keys with no telling which is used - if at all, or authorized once, twice, three, four (max?) or none. Note: On Office 2013 Professional, there is no way to change the product key other than what I described above. Even using the proper 64-bit VBS, the script will error with SKU not Entered. I also tried this on a 32-bit installation, and the same thing happens. Going through a full online repair, gives no option to change the key. Rebooting while the repair is going on must corrupt a registry key so that upon launch of the software, it immediately asks to activate and gives the change key option. So in other words, MS time to come up with a solution. The Office website should be easier to use with some methodology of discerning what installation/product/key is what.

Here is a handy way to change Microsoft Office 2013 Product key. You will get a clear idea of removing the old key and re-adding the new key for Office 2013. This also applies for Office 365. Visit this website: http://incisiveradar.com/how-to-remove-key-from-microsoft-office-2013-and-office-365/

I was setting up several computers for 1 location. I have Microsoft Office 2013 licenses purchased for each machine. I set up the first one then made an image of the drive and copied to the other computers. This obviously created conflicts with the Microsoft Office 2013 product keys. All I needed to do was change the product key for each machine to match the license that was purchased for that specific machine. This is how I had to accomplish this. Hope this helps anyone in a similar situation. Open Control Panel Open Programs and Features Highlight Microsoft Office 2013 Click Change Select Online Repair Click Repair Click Repair in the pop up box After it is done repairing Close the Control Panel Down in the system tray should be an Office 2013 logo. When you click on it, I says "Office is installing in the background (xx%) You can use your programs now, but please don't go offline or restart your computer." Wait for the install to complete and this box disappears. Start any Office program A "Activate Office" box will pop up Midway down Click "Enter a product key instead" Enter your new product key Click Install. To check that it was done correctly, Open any Office program. Go to File. Click Account. In the window to the right it should say "Product Activated"

Change Product Key Office 2013 Home and Business

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I need to change the product key on a new installation of Office 2013 Home and Business. What is the procedure?

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Hi everyone,

First off, on behalf of the Office team, thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Office community and providing solutions. We have published an article that specifically addresses this question: Change your Office product key.

Hope you'll find this helpful.

Thanks,

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2014-01-22T23:03:02+00:00

Same issue here but with Professional...........

I used TJ1240's procedure although I had to modify it a little. I rebooted the computer right after the Online Repair started (yes, even though it says not to). I then launched an Office application and was immediately hit with a pop up to activate. Right below the link to activate was "Change Product Key". I was able to enter the key from the medialess package that came with the new HP machine, login to the Office account, then click finish.

There is no way online to see the actual product keys. The one method shown going through the "Install from Disc" option does not match any key from our medialess packages. In fact, they are generated new and different every time (try it for yourself).

So now, after just the first 4 machines, I have one key maxed out - don't know which one it is, and 3 other keys with no telling which is used - if at all, or authorized once, twice, three, four (max?) or none.

Note: On Office 2013 Professional, there is no way to change the product key other than what I described above. Even using the proper 64-bit VBS, the script will error with SKU not Entered.

I also tried this on a 32-bit installation, and the same thing happens. Going through a full online repair, gives no option to change the key. Rebooting while the repair is going on must corrupt a registry key so that upon launch of the software, it immediately asks to activate and gives the change key option.

So in other words, MS time to come up with a solution. The Office website should be easier to use with some methodology of discerning what installation/product/key is what.
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2014-01-19T02:32:42+00:00

Here is a handy way to change Microsoft Office 2013 Product key.

You will get a clear idea of removing the old key and re-adding the new key for Office 2013.

This also applies for Office 365.

Visit this website: http://incisiveradar.com/how-to-remove-key-from-microsoft-office-2013-and-office-365/
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2014-01-16T21:10:07+00:00

I was setting up several computers for 1 location. I have Microsoft Office 2013 licenses purchased for each machine. I set up the first one then made an image of the drive and copied to the other computers. This obviously created conflicts with the Microsoft Office 2013 product keys. All I needed to do was change the product key for each machine to match the license that was purchased for that specific machine. This is how I had to accomplish this. Hope this helps anyone in a similar situation.

Open Control Panel

Open Programs and Features

Highlight Microsoft Office 2013

Click Change

Select Online Repair

Click Repair

Click Repair in the pop up box

After it is done repairing

Close the Control Panel

Down in the system tray should be an Office 2013 logo. When you click on it, I says "Office is installing in the background (xx%) You can use your programs now, but please don't go offline or restart your computer."

Wait for the install to complete and this box disappears.

Start any Office program

A "Activate Office" box will pop up

Midway down Click "Enter a product key instead"

Enter your new product key

Click Install.

To check that it was done correctly, Open any Office program. Go to File. Click Account. In the window to the right it should say "Product Activated"
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