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| From | Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, alt.windows7.general, alt.comp.microsoft.windows |
| Subject | Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 |
| Date | 2020-08-28 17:30 +0100 |
| Organization | Association of Revolting Peasants |
| Message-ID | <hqspphFnfpjU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (5 earlier) <XueFM0INKDAdFw+5@255soft.uk> <qdpok3$p7o$1@dont-email.me> <r6dijo$cjc$1@news.mixmin.net> <ri9r7e$sps$1@news.mixmin.net> <n-Wdne3rw9CDFdXCnZ2dnUU7-ImdnZ2d@earthlink.com> |
Cross-posted to 4 groups.
On 28/08/2020 05:29, Ant wrote:
> In alt.windows7.general Arlen Holder<arlen_holder@newmachines.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 6 Apr 2020 02:59:29 +0530, Arlen Holder wrote:
>
>>> Given I re-imaged the system recently, I had to download the Office 2007,
>>> where the office-2007-pro download URL in this thread _still_ works today
>>> without needing to call Microsoft Office support at +1-800-360-7561.
>>> <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27838>
>>>
>>> Here is this original 2018 thread on obtaining MS Office 2007 installers.
>>> o *SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018*
>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/7ru4_AyhPCY/zVvnOpmAAwAJ>
>>> Where these are key posts by Shadow& Paul:
>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/7ru4_AyhPCY/O2k-41oNAwAJ>
>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/7ru4_AyhPCY/8JxSMxBWAgAJ>
>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/7ru4_AyhPCY/b5zePO8KAwAJ>
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> Based on those links posted in 2018, I had tried this first:
>>> <http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/01/209774629-10300055--NOA//office2010/X16-69453.exe>
>>> But that just redirected me to an Office 365 subscription page:
>>> <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/home-use-program?rtc=1>
>>>
>>> Then I tried this URL, which acted strange, as nothing happened:
>>> <http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/01/32000519-3082940-O12SBATR-NOA/msoffice/pub/X12-30283/X12-30283.exe>
>>>
>>> *This is the only link that finally worked for me in April 2020*:
>>> <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27838>
>>> That downloaded "X12-30196.exe" from http://web.archive.org, specifically:
>>> <http://web.archive.org/web/20120111100736/http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msoffice/pub/X12-30196/X12-30196.exe>
>>> Which shows up in the Control-J download link as:
>>> <http://web.archive.org/web/20120111100736if_/http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msoffice/pub/X12-30196/X12-30196.exe>
>>> Whose 7-zip hash appears to be:
>>> Name: X12-30196.exe
>>> Size: 407010384 bytes (388 MiB)
>>> SHA256: 87542421E545C2F52416DC6216E98BB13ADB425424744EDB8B2C667619D27C68
>>>
>>> Doubleclicking on that installer file comes up with:
>>> Extracting files, please wait...
>>> Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007<== note the "Plus" whatever that means?
>>> After choosing a custom installation, it says:
>>> Space required for Local Installation Source: 407MB
>>> Space required for program files: 798MB
>>> Total space required on drive: 1305MB
>>> Enter your 25-character Product Key:
>>> {you can skip this step for now, or enter the 25-character key}
>>>
>>> By default, it wants to be installed into:
>>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office
>>> But you should put it where it belongs, which, for me, is:
>>> C:\app\editor\msoffice
>>>
>>> Then it comes up with a window saying:
>>> Installing Microsoft Office Professional 2007...
>>> And, after a few minutes, the window says:
>>> Microsoft office Professional 2007 has been successfully installed.
>>>
>>> Note: I have no idea what the "plus" meant, but separately I ran:
>>> Name: SaveAsPDFandXPS.exe
>>> Size: 956344 bytes (933 KiB)
>>> SHA256: 32769F304991D8D5836D9AFADF20DB1FBAF6876F29E5FEB0D19C5B806A67441D
>>> Which installed the "Save as PDF" option to Microsoft Office 2007.
>>>
>>> BTW, it's off topic, but here is an Office 2010 download link also suggested:
>>> <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/office?culture=en-US&ref=o12>
>>> Where I haven't tested that out yet (I will soon, but it's off topic here).
>>>
>>> And here's the thread where the BSOD forced a re-installation of Windows:
>>> o Windows 10 BSOD indicates a hardware problem - but what hardware is the problem?
>>> <https://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com/oL7PTNKu/windows-10-bsod-indicates-a-hardware-problem-but-what-hardware-is-the-problem>
>>> --
>>> Usenet is a public permanent archive of useful polite technical discussions.
>
>> Update
>
>> Yet again I needed to re-image the Win10 system due to failures to reboot after a hardware-related BSODs, as described in detail in this thread:
>> o Windows 10 BSOD indicates a hardware problem - but what hardware is the problem?
>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.comp.microsoft.windows/u0ay9h777Wg>
>
>> After wiping the HDD, I had to re-install MS Office 2007 Pro, as per:
>> o SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018
>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/7ru4_AyhPCY>
>
>> Picking up where that M$ Office 2007 pro installation tutorial left off...
>> A. Make a "before" system restore point
>> Win+R> sysdm.cpl> System Protection> Create
>> B. Reboot (just to make sure the BSOD isn't on the verge of happening)
>> C. Install MS Office 2007& the SaveAsPDF plugin (see instructions below)
>> D. Make an "after" system restore point
>> E. Reboot
>
>> Where the office installation step above is expanded as follows:
>
>> 1. Doubleclick on X16-69453.exe saved from the previous tutorial's download
>> Name: X16-69453.exe
>> Size: 420496200 bytes (401 MiB)
>> SHA256: EF7A104E2CD4A75B5EF1CBBDC7D0F51B26DDEEFFF2BF0C9CF73844FC0C5D76D7
>
>> After the UAC access consent, it says
>> "Microsoft Office Plus 2007 extracting files, please wait."
>> When it asks "Enter your Product Key" type your 25-character Product key
>> ABCDE-ABCDE-ABCDE-ABCDE-ABCDE (a green checkmark will show up if valid)
>> Press [Continue]
>
>> 2. Choose "Customize" when you see [Install now][Customize]
>> Check the "File Location" tab and change from:
>> File Location C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office
>> Change to: (this will be wherever your well-organized system puts things)
>> File Location C:\app\editor\suite\msoffice
>> Set the User Information to "." for the "Full Name" and "Initials"
>> (this doesn't seem to do anything - see later for details on why)
>
>> 3. Turn everything it wants to install OFF first.
>> Then turn on ONLY what you want.
>
>> What I had wanted for a typical home computer was:
>> Microsoft Office Excel ==> Run from My Computer
>> Microsoft Office PowerPoint ==> Run from My Computer
>> Organization Chart Add-in for Microsoft Office programs ==> Run from My Computer
>> Microsoft Office Word ==> Run from My Computer
>> Office Shared Features
>> Converters and Files ==> Run all from My Computer
>> Office Tools
>> Equation Editor ==> Run from My Computer
>> Microsoft Graph ==> Run from My Computer
>> Total space required on drive: 882 MB
>> Press [Install Now]
>> It says "Microsoft Office Professional 2007 has been successfully installed."
>> [Close]
>
>> 4. Also run the "SaveAsPDFandXPS.exe to add "Save As PDF" to MSOffice 2007.
>> Microsoft Office 2007 can only "print" to PDF and not "Save as PDF"
>> unless you add this tool.
>> Name: SaveAsPDFandXPS.exe
>> Size: 956344 bytes (933 KiB)
>> SHA256: 32769F304991D8D5836D9AFADF20DB1FBAF6876F29E5FEB0D19C5B806A67441D
>>
>> 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS
>> <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7>
>
>> 5. The installer doesn't create any desktop shortcuts so you need
>> to put manually them in your taskbar menu C:\data\menu\editor\msoffice\
>> C:\app\editor\suite\msoffice\Office12\WINWORD.EXE
>> C:\app\editor\suite\msoffice\Office12\EXCEL.EXE
>> C:\app\editor\suite\msoffice\Office12\POWERPNT.EXE
>> C:\app\editor\suite\msoffice\Office12\ORGCHART.EXE
>
>> 6. When you run any MS Office 2007 app, it brings up the Activation Wizard.
>> It says if you don't activate, you can run 24 more times and that's it.
>> If you choose to activate by telephone, it gives you this Installation Code
>> 053633-428156-172221-685512-612944-854365-191614-758326-985554
>> But then it says:
>> Telephone Activation is no longer supported for your product.
>> (I also entered the old activation codes from a while ago but they didn't work.)
>> It says to enter your confirmation code but you can't get that by phone.
>>
>> So the only thing you an do is activate over the Internet, which works fine.
>> "Thank You. Your copy of Microsoft Office Professional 2007 is activated"
>
>> 7. I would remove the username from the documents:
>> Excel:Flag> Excel Options> Popular> User name: .> [OK]
>> PowerPoint:Flag> PowerPoint Options> Popular> User Name: . Initials .> [OK]
>> Word:Flag> Word Options> Popular> User Name: . Initials .> [OK]
>
>> 8. I would archive the C:\MSOCache folder somewhere as a zip file (just in case).
>> Then I would delete C:\MSOCache because it clutters up the root filesystem.
>
>> 9. And, I would remove the crap MS added to the right-click context menu.
>> New> Microsoft Office Word Document
>> New> Microsoft Office PowerPoint Presentation
>> New> Microsoft Office Excel Workbook
>
>> All I ever want in my right-click context menu is:
>> a. New Folder
>> b. New Shortcut
>> c. New Text Document (with a default name that I set in the registry)
>> HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\NamingTemplates
>> Create a new string value subkey:
>> "ShortcutNameTemplate"="\"%s.lnk\""
>> "RenameNameTemplate"="readme"
>
>> To disable unwanted right-click-new menu entries,
>> start Nirsoft ShellMenuNew.exe,& right click on the menu items
>> you don't want to see, and select "disable" in the Nirsoft app.
>> <https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shell_menu_new.html>
>
>> That's pretty much how I installed MS Office 2007 Pro in August 2020.
>
> That's a lot of work. I didn't have to use any of these with my retail
> CD a few years ago for my decade old, clean installed updated 64-bit W7
> HPE SP1 PC (not sure if W10 will be OK?). :)
I've still got an Office 2007 DVD from which I installed it on W10. But
since it's no longer supported, I haven't been able to get any updates.
I've also no longer got the Save as PDF option - but maybe the previous
post gives a clue for that. I'll have a look!
--
Cheers,
Roger
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Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-08-28 02:47 +0000
Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2020-08-27 23:29 -0500
Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2020-08-28 17:30 +0100
Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-08-29 01:52 +0000
Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2020-08-28 23:13 -0500
Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2020-08-30 13:12 +0100
Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-08-30 20:03 +0000
Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2020-08-30 23:13 +0100
Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-08-30 22:36 +0000
Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-08-31 01:52 +0000
Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-08-30 22:34 -0400
Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2020-08-31 10:54 +0000
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Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2020-09-01 23:05 +0100
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