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    Sister bought MB - How do change register details of Word??

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by matthewp, Aug 23, 2007.

  1. matthewp

    matthewp Notebook Guru

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    My sister just bought a MB off of a friend, has MS Office installed but says registered to "previous owner" when opening up Word...

    Is there a way to change this without restarting? Can't find the office dvd to reinstall.
     
    matthewp, Aug 23, 2007
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    Anyone? :)
     
    matthewp, Aug 23, 2007
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    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    um, preferences? maybe? is is mac word or is it regular windows word in a bootcamp partition?
     
    stealthsniper96, Aug 23, 2007
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    It's mac word, excel etc etc... Want to change the "registered details" that pop up when opening because she hates that it doesn't say her name - cos its HER mac :)
     
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    well what about the laptop itself. is that under her name? when its set up you gotta like put your name in and all that (i think) so if there's a way to change that, then that might fix it.
     
    stealthsniper96, Aug 23, 2007
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    I changed the Name of the laptop owner - didn't fix the owner of "microsoft office" :(
     
    matthewp, Aug 23, 2007
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    ?Help anyone?
     
    matthewp, Aug 24, 2007
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    I actually am having the exact same problem as you matthew so some input would be appreciated.
     
    chant, Aug 24, 2007
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    On mine only way I was able to fix it was to change owner of machine, then install the office suite over again.
     
    Durious, Aug 24, 2007
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    I think the only way is to reinstall Office.
     
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    If you bought the computer off someone, did you get the install disc's that came with the software?

    Without the original disc's you might not have a valid copy, in that case really you shouldnt have the software.

    Besides the fact, it is not possible to change the name, so you have re-install the software.

    I had the same problem not too long ago. So i went out and re-installed the disc (to be honest with you i would not pay for this junk software microsoft needs to work on upgrading)
     
    princealyy, Aug 25, 2007
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