Activating Office 2007. How long?

[officeuser53]

How long can I activate Office 2007? My computer might break down in 5 years.
Then I will buy new hardware and wish to install my spare Windows XP and my
spare license of retail Office 2007 (because I am used to them): Will I be
able to activate them at that time in the future???

 

[DL]

And if a PC fails in 5+ years why would you then want to install a version
of windows, which has currently been superceeded by Vista & now Win7
Assuming the world still exits in 5 years time I suspect that MS will also

 

[LVTravel]

How long can I activate Office 2007? My computer might break down in 5
years.
Then I will buy new hardware and wish to install my spare Windows XP and
my
spare license of retail Office 2007 (because I am used to them): Will I be
able to activate them at that time in the future???

As DL indicated, 5 years is a long time in computer world. There are many
computers now shipping that can not load and run Windows XP because the
device manufacturers have not written device drivers for their new (5 years
from now or current) pieces of hardware that have been installed to create
the computer. That Windows XP installation disk you currently have may just
be a worthless coaster in 5 years with a new computer.

Office 2007 on the other hand probably will have an active life of about 10
years. Office 2003 is still supported and that has been 7 years since it's
introduction. It will run and is supported on the latest operating system
(Win 7.) It may not be supported on the next operating system that is
introduced by Microsoft in about 3 years or so. Just like earlier versions
of Office, just because it isn't "supported" doesn't mean it can't be run on
newer operating systems. Just if you have an issue with it you would be "on
your own" in an effort to find a workaround.

 

[Bob I]

Please post back letting us know any difficulties you have then.

 

[officeuser53]

Thanks, this is very helpful: XP questionable because of the hardware, Office
2007 yes. I don't really need new versions, in fact I find that new
technology like aero shakes distracts me from my work. Once every 5-10 years
seems about right.

 

[LVTravel]

Thanks, this is very helpful: XP questionable because of the hardware,
Office
2007 yes. I don't really need new versions, in fact I find that new
technology like aero shakes distracts me from my work. Once every 5-10
years
seems about right.

By using classic view on Vista (haven't installed Win 7 yet but probably the
same) you can get rid of most of the "pretty" CPU cycle robbing features of
Vista and make it look and function more like XP. One of the first things I
do on a new computer is go to classic view. It is amazing that I really
don't miss any of the "pretty" and I have all of the functional features
that I had in XP and if I want I can still access most of the new features
of Vista. Just like the ribbon on Office 2007 and 2010, I don't like some
of the new features but some of them you have to live with and get used to
using as the power of computers increases the writers of the programs and
operating systems (not just Microsoft) use that power more to provide new
features.