In article <CBFB12D6-4BA1-4276-92CA-15A9A561E6E9@microsoft.com>, Luca
wrote:

> while in italian you use CTRL + NumericPad5... which*
> on a notebook it's almost impossible to do..

How very odd! Over in the laptop forum I've just been recommending
someone to get a USB plug in keypad rather than struggle with the
embedded keypad in so many laptops. At least several 17 inchers are
coming with classic keypads but they are not my idea of portable.

I thought you could buy just a licence key -- have you checked the MS
website?