You will need to find the Certificate of Authenticity, which will have come
with your (presumably OEM) copy of Word/Office.

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"bimbo" wrote in message
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My computer crashed lately. I cant use mircrosoft word as it is asking
for a
certificate of authenticity number. I do not have that number.