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Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O

From Lenovo Support <noreply@lenovo.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O
Date 2025-01-19 19:44 +0000
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On 19/01/2025 06:30, T wrote:
> On 1/18/25 9:54 PM, Lenovo Support wrote:
>> On 19/01/2025 03:47, T wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> A customer ordered a new computer from Lenovo.  The invoice
>>> shows she paid for M$ Office 2024 Home and Student Edition.
>>> Lenovo no longer gives you a key:
>>>
>>> https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht505479-windows-support-center-office 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The computer was wiped and W11 reinstalled.  Lenovo tech support
>>> sent me a link to a cab file which does not install office.
>>> It just activates Office.  What Office?  Lenovo's chat support
>>> says to follow the steps in the link above, but the link above
>>> does nothing to reinstall Office if it was ever there before.
>>>
>>> <editorial comment> AAAAAHHHHH!!!!! </editorial comment>
>>>
>>> How do I get Office so the cab file can activate it?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> -T
>>
>>
>> Login to your or your customer's Microsoft Account to get a download
>> link. The link should be in the account.
> 
> Her M$ Account is under the same eMail address as the order
> was made.  There is no link.
> 
>> The link posted by you is quite clear that you need a Microsoft Account
>> to activate your Office product.
> 
> Indeed.  And she has one.
> 
> There is NO SIGN of any purchases or subscription in the
> last three months.
> 
> No sign of a subscription or purchase either.
> 
>>> You will not receive a physical product key to activate your 
>>> software. For security reasons, Lenovo does not have access to your 
>>> key. The license is assigned to the serial number associated with the 
>>> hardware Office or Microsoft 365 was purchased with.
>>
> 
> So, if Lenovo did not put a purchase up in her M$ account,
> how is the cab file downloaded suppose to activate a
> nonexistent copy of M$ Office?

Are you sue it is "Office 2024 Home and Student Edition" I only see 
"Office Home 2024"
Microsoft has always supplied a link in the user's MS Account but you 
need to activate it first by signing to the account from Office App for 
the entry to appear in the account. <https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/use-the-office-offline-installer-f0a85fe7-118f-41cb-a791-d59cef96ad1c>

The other option is to use the Deployment tool to download the App but 
it has only Professional+ and LTSC.

Before you wiped the disk, was the product activated? If the answer is 
yes then I am surprised Microsoft Servers don't have the entry for this.

> 
> Would it be better for her if you cancelled her first purchase
> of M$O and replaced the order?  Maybe that would actually get
> the link up in her M$ Account?

If she can cancel the product then it is a good idea because then she 
can buy the Professional+ with all the Apps.

If she can't cancel then you will need to reset the machine to factory 
settings by using whatever means Lenovo has for this. There must be a 
hidden partition on the disk unless you have deleted that as well. DELL 
allows users to download the factory image so ask Lenovo if they have 
something similar.
> 
> Many thanks,
> -T
> 
> 

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New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-18 19:47 -0800
  Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O Lenovo Support <noreply@lenovo.com> - 2025-01-19 05:54 +0000
    Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-18 22:30 -0800
      Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O Lenovo Support <noreply@lenovo.com> - 2025-01-19 19:44 +0000
        Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-19 16:48 -0800
          Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O Lenovo Support <noreply@lenovo.com> - 2025-01-20 06:24 +0000
            Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-19 22:58 -0800
            Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-21 13:43 +0100
              Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O Herzi Halevi <Herzi.Halevi@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-21 15:23 +0000
              Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-21 10:00 -0700
                Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-21 20:12 +0100
          Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O Lenovo Support <noreply@lenovo.com> - 2025-01-21 01:39 +0000
            Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-20 20:11 -0800
            Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-01-21 11:47 +0000
            Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-22 15:11 -0800
            Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-01 20:59 +1100
              Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-01 10:29 -0800
    Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> - 2025-01-20 09:05 +1100
  Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-19 12:40 -0700
    Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-19 16:27 -0800
      Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-21 03:32 -0700
        Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-21 10:52 -0800
          Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-21 22:05 -0700
            Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-22 14:47 -0800
              Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-23 01:20 -0700
                Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-23 12:36 +0000
                Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-23 22:03 -0800
                Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-23 22:01 -0800
                Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-25 03:36 -0700
                Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-25 22:03 -0800
                Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-26 01:32 -0700
                Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-26 03:40 -0800
                Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-26 05:05 -0800
                Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-27 02:21 -0700
                Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-27 06:58 -0800
                Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-27 22:36 -0700
                Re: New purchase of Microsoft office, no key, cab file, no M$O T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-27 23:17 -0800

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