Microsoft Research AutoCollage 2008

Welcome D HART,

Thanks for posting your question to the Q&A forum.

I understand you want to move Microsoft Research AutoCollage 2008 from the old Windows 10 laptop to a new one, but you no longer have the registration key. Here's some information that might be helpful for you:

Microsoft Research AutoCollage 2008 is a discontinued software that Microsoft no longer sells, supports, or provides activation keys for. Since the product is no longer supported, unfortunately, there is no official way to retrieve or request a new registration (activation) key from Microsoft if you have lost it. The activation servers are likely offline, and Microsoft does not offer a system to recover lost keys for this old software.

If you purchased it digitally through a Microsoft Store account, you might try signing into the store account you originally used to buy the software to check your purchase history for the registration key. However, given the age and discontinuation of AutoCollage 2008, this method may not work.

If you only have the product identification number but no registration key, sadly there is no official way to activate a fresh install on another device as well. Therefore, to install AutoCollage 2008 on your new laptop, the only option is:

• Search your old laptop or backup for any saved registration key or documentation (email records, purchase confirmations). If you cannot find the key, obtaining a working version legally is unlikely because Microsoft no longer supports or distributes this software.

Suggestion: You may continue using it on the existing laptop if still functional or consider alternative modern collage software.

Apologies for any inconvenience you've encountered and thank you very much for understanding!

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