Windblows product key recovery, MS Office, etc.

[Bob Jonkman]

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A few years ago when I raised the same concerns about LO .docx
compatibility I was advised to distribute my resume in .pdf format.
I've never had any issues with that.  If recruiters insist on a
proprietary Microsoft format then save it in Word97 format; it's
simpler and reverse-engineered in greater depth.


An aside: As a moderator for this list I've seen a flurry of
unsubscriptions in the last couple of days. I noticed one of these
people mention on an unrelated IRC channel that he'd unsubscribed
because the Ubuntu list was now discussing how to recover Microsoft
Windows product keys. So perhaps this discussion should be moved to
one of the Windows support forums, perhaps
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us

And if non-Ubuntu operating systems are brought up, be respectful and
use their correct names, not derogatory ones like "Windblows".

- --Bob.


On 19/10/14 01:37 PM, Noah Tellin wrote:
> Thanks for the tips on the online Word Editor and such. That might 
> be useful if I have more issues with Windows (a safe bet).
> 
> I never had problems opening any resume or docx file that I had 
> created in LibreOffice except in Word. The problem was getting a 
> product key from files copied from a Windows partition so I could 
> install MS Office on a different computer while I take my time 
> fixing the computer from which I had copied the files. Not that I 
> want to use MS Office, but I paid for it, and haven't had it 
> running since June, when Windows 7 went into a coma on my 
> dual-booted ThinkPad. Recruiters unable to open my resume is, I 
> think you'll agree, a serious [problem when job hunting.
> 
> Recruiters and other people could not open my resume when it had 
> been saved as docx from LibreOffice, and neither could I when I
> did get Word running. I could see the content of the docx I had
> created with LibreOffice in that software just fine. MS Word didn't
> like the output (how convenient).
> 
> The tools that are frequently suggested for getting the product 
> keys did not work as promised. ProduKey would not grab the keys 
> from the connected USB drive and I could not get it to find 
> anything even in the files copied to the same hard drive. It only 
> gave me keys for installed software on the local machine. Another 
> product gave me incredible detail on the local machine, including
> a bunch of product keys, but had no means to grab anything from 
> another source, or way to change that. Even a registry editor 
> wouldn't do it. Much sleep was lost, to no avail.
> 
> I did get a product key through my MS account and downloaded Office
> over the net and got it to install, but with a bunch of 
> connectivity-related issues that I had to resolve the next day.
> 
> I'm going to save to the older .doc format for my cv and resume 
> from now on, as there has been much more time for reverse 
> engineering that. I prefer PDF, but many employment agencies
> insist on MS format for their automated resume scanning tools. I'll
> have to update a Word docx version in MS Word if I want to send
> anything out in that file format.
> 
> When I see an employer that explicitly accepts resumes in ODT I 
> want to do a happy dance. It is a too-rare occurrence.
> 
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