Upgrading from Vista and reinstalling MS Office - Tech Support Forum

I am planning to upgrade my HP Desktop from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7. I intend on performing a custom install to create a 'clean' environment and eliminate the persistent poor performance issues in windows vista. I purchased the desktop with MS Office, but there are no disks and I do not have a product key. I have found some threads that provide downloads that will locate product key...ok check that box, but I don't have software disks. How would I proceed, assuming custom install of windows 7 is successful and I manage to secure product key for MS Office? On my HP Laptop, the installer for MS Office is in the C:\SWSetup\Off12 folder ( Off12 is Office 2007, might be in MSOffice, or something similar). Mine is for the Trial version, but I'd expect the Full version to be similar. There is a batch file that installs the software, but it requires the C:\SWSetup\OffXX folder name to be exactly the same, so you would have to recreate the folder after installing...

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