A disk that has Excel on it? This sounds like an illegal copy, which would
not be legal to install even if you could get a key. If it is a legitimate
copy, supplied by MS, and the original owner is giving it away or selling
it, they should have the key required.

Signature
HTH
Bob Phillips
(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)
> hi...a friend of mine gave me a disk that has excel on it so i could download
> it and use it for my volunteer work...it's asking for the cd key, but i don't
> have it and she doesn't either. i cant use excel until i put this key
> in...how do i go about getting it so i can use excel?