deleted legal office 2003..how to re-instal withouth CD

gineok · 03-06-2009, 06:13 AM

Hi,

I need urgently some help. I am training for business purposes with office 2003. Office 2003 was pre-installed by the computer company. My customer service guarantee is expired so I do not get any help from there.

I deleted by mistake office 2003 when I wanted to instal 2007 recently. Both versions are legaly bought yet I do not have any installation CD for office 2003 and do not want to pay for it again.

How can I re-instal office 2003 without the CD? I do have a lable on my computer with some codes and numbers, yet do not know if this is for office 2003 as it says Windows XP professional on the lable and gives a product key of 25 digets and a 14 digit number.

Openoffice does not work for me as it shows a different design on screen and a 60 days trial version does not give me enough time.

Any suggestions?

**djaburg** · 03-06-2009, 08:23 AM

Well I'd just do a system restore to a time before uninstalling office. Other than that, there is no way to install a legit application (unless it's a downloadable application from an online vendor) without a CD to start with.

**lorjack** · 03-06-2009, 08:52 PM

You would be able to do it with recovery cds if they came with the computer. Though that would wipe out everything on there, so would have to backup your files. Or like djaburg said a system restore would be the easiest way. Other than that you need the office cd to install it again

03-06-2009, 06:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
gineok Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1 OS: windowx XP professional	deleted legal office 2003..how to re-instal withouth CD Hi, I need urgently some help. I am training for business purposes with office 2003. Office 2003 was pre-installed by the computer company. My customer service guarantee is expired so I do not get any help from there. I deleted by mistake office 2003 when I wanted to instal 2007 recently. Both versions are legaly bought yet I do not have any installation CD for office 2003 and do not want to pay for it again. How can I re-instal office 2003 without the CD? I do have a lable on my computer with some codes and numbers, yet do not know if this is for office 2003 as it says Windows XP professional on the lable and gives a product key of 25 digets and a 14 digit number. Openoffice does not work for me as it shows a different design on screen and a 60 days trial version does not give me enough time. Any suggestions?

03-06-2009, 08:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,321 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: deleted legal office 2003..how to re-instal withouth CD Well I'd just do a system restore to a time before uninstalling office. Other than that, there is no way to install a legit application (unless it's a downloadable application from an online vendor) without a CD to start with. __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.

03-06-2009, 08:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
lorjack TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 2,205 OS: Windows 2K, XP Pro sp3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu	Re: deleted legal office 2003..how to re-instal withouth CD You would be able to do it with recovery cds if they came with the computer. Though that would wipe out everything on there, so would have to backup your files. Or like djaburg said a system restore would be the easiest way. Other than that you need the office cd to install it again