Wordperfect 12 serial number invalid

I am not hopeful because the software came with my computer. I'm not a whiz at computers but I'm trying. Do you have any suggestions? You can learn more about versions and some tricks at wpu's FAQ link. In the. Substituting a hyphen for the. All rights reserved. The content herein is in the form of a personal web log "Blog" or forum posting. As such, the views expressed in this site are the views of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of Corel Corporation, or its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents.

Site Search User. I need to re-install WP 12 on a Dim I have the WP 12 install CD shipped with the unit.. The install program asks for a serial number. Where can the serial number be found?? I too am a user.

Any work around I am still using the same computer all I did was upgrade from XP to Win 7 which required a clean install. Now I have no word processor I just pulled out my old Wordperfect CD that came with my Inspiron years ago , and inside the disk sleeve, along with the CD, is a small slip of paper that was almost overlooked.

It has the serial number on it. These kinds of serial number do not work for trials. In some cases we may require you to send us an image or photo of the serial number so we can further verify the serial number. Please note that Corel will replace lost Serial Numbers with proof of original ownership for the current or one previous version.

Corel cannot issue serial numbers for software that came pre-installed with a computer or OEM versions. If you'd like to cancel the subscription to this article, follow the confirmation link from the email we've just sent you. Toggle navigation Knowledge Base Knowledge Base. Overview Knowledge Base Blog. WordPerfect OEMs also have special serial numbers which won't work with download or retail versions to qualify for an "upgrade". After all, they were virtually free to you.

We understand those limitations -- but we're not installing them on new machines, or different machines. All we're doing is re-installing WordPerfect on the exact same machine it was running on previously.

However, as we're doing bare-metal installations in order to avoid carry-over issues, this has become a problem. I'm all for supporting Corel, but we're not asking for privileges beyond what we have, in fact, paid for.

We had to pay a higher price on our machines when we added on the OEM version -- so we most certainly did not get them for free. Usually, customers have the option to opt out of having an OEM installed I've often done this with anti-virus programs , and they usually don't get a discount for doing it since the OEM is typically a less than full featured program.

That you were charged for the OEMs is interesting -- unless the computer supplier had to specifically obtain WordPerfect OEMs rather than offer them to anyone who wanted them.

Then a surcharge would make sense, I guess.