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Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018

From ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
Subject Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, alt.windows7.general, alt.comp.microsoft.windows
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Date 2020-08-27 23:29 -0500

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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?). :)
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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
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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> - 2020-08-30 22:36 +0000
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              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
                Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-09-01 15:24 +0000
                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
                Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-09-21 14:19 +0000
                Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-09-01 16:32 -0400
                Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-09-01 21:22 +0000
            Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 Tim Slattery <tim@risingdove.com> - 2020-08-31 09:50 -0400
              Re: SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018 ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2020-09-01 16:15 -0500
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