You can download a third party app that will dump your Office product key. Google for the "get office product key" to get the links. Once you download the app and run it, it'll look in the registry and decrypt your product key. You can then enter that product key on your new computer to activate Office. If you have done this several times before then you might eventually get to the limit of "reactivations" with the product key. At that point you might need to go to your MS account (you have one if you're using Win11) and go to Devices and deactivate the old computer. If it still won't let you then you have to contact MS support.
How do I transfer Office 2021 LTSC Professional Plus from laptop to a new desktop computer when uncertain which of multiple product keys has been used?
Hello!
I am installing a new desktop computer running Windows 11 to replace an EOL laptop running Windows 10, both 64-bit versions. I have been a long-time user of Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021 and I am not interested in moving to Office 365. I have longstanding experience with network and software security and I do not want to use a cloud-based service for productivity applications for confidential and privileged communications and work; if that was the case Google services would be perfectly serviceable for my needs.
I have two keys for Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021, on two separate laptops, one of these is for school and I am using that one actively. However, I cannot determine which key is installed on the computer I am decommissioning. None of the support articles I have read offers a solution to finding the key for this version of Office, and I do not want to attempt to activate the incorrect key because I do not want to interfere with the ability of my mobile class laptop to access Office products.
How can I determine which key is the correct one for the old installation, and what notes are available for transferring this key to the new computer? I feel like the existing knowledge base articles should be able to walk me through this, but a lot of them seem to cut off at Office 2019, so a quick summary of what needs to be done would be good.
Note that I originally asked this in the support forums over at answers.microsoft.com and was directed here.
Thanks!