Been asked before, BUT......

[CGB]

My apologies, but I never paid much attention because I only had one
computer...

I got Office 2003 Students' and Teachers' version with my desktop a couple
of years ago. After the trial period elapsed, I paid about $140 to MS to
continue the program. As I remember, this was done over the internet but I
also asked for, and got, a CD with the program and licensing #'s on it. So,
I'm legally installed, etc.

Now, I recently got a laptop. Can I install Office to the laptop, using the
CD that I purchased for my desktop. I.e. am I "licensed" to use the program
I purchased on two machines, my desktop and my laptop?

Thanks, and sorry about reposting what must be a boring question to the
MS-MVP's.

Chet

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Read the license agreement. That will give you the definitive answer.

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JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, Chet,

Searching through these groups would provide answers to "boring questions"
that have already been provided before!

<grin>

That said, you need to review the EULA that came with your CD. If you can't
find it, you can look here:

http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/

Hope that helps!

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Susan Ramlet
MVP - Office

Please reply to the newsgroup. I cannot respond to private requests for
help. Besides, then the community doesn't benefit from your question!

 

[XS11E]

Thanks, and sorry about reposting what must be a boring question
to the MS-MVP's.

There's no need to repost what must be a boring question, you can
easily do a search of a newsgroup to find the answer to most
questions.

My apologies if the following is something you already know but just
in case:

Google archives most Usenet groups, here's how to search a group:
Go to http://groups.google.com and enter the name of the group in
the "Find a Group" search box about 1/3 of the way down the page (in
this case you'll enter microsoft.public.office.setup). Select the
group you want from the list that comes up if more than one shows
up.

Enter your search term (in this case enter EULA or Office 2003
Students and Teachers EULA) in the search box at the top of the page
and click the "Search this group" button.

You'll find searching Google's archives will get you answers to
questions that have been asked before and, most importantly, you'll
get the answer MUCH faster than asking and waiting for a reply.


Hope this helps..

 

[CGB]

I got the messages, folks. Thanks.

Maybe things are different for different versions of Office and no one
wanted to go out on a limb with a quick answer. So, I did some searching
with a couple of calls to MS involved and also reading a lot of legalese.
The answer is quite simple, at least for MS Office Student and Teachers'
2003 edition. If anyone else wants a quick answer, here it is:

You may have the program installed on 3 concurrently used machines. If you
want to install it to a 4th device, you may, but you must uninstall it from
one of the 3 original machines. My concerns were of no concern, i.e. you
can install to as many machines as you want, just can't have it functional
on more than 3 machines, concurrently. You don't run out of installation
options on #3, you can install forever, as long as you only have 3 active
installs going. It goes without saying that you must have a legal copy of
the software and must have the "key" each time one installs it.

You can verify this at a link a lady at MS provided:
http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/

or directly to it:
http://download.microsoft.com/docum...lish_a7a2b6b3-6165-45d8-a6d1-1ba1c34c2a09.pdf

See, specifically, paragraphs 1.1 and paragraph 13.

I didn't know how to "search the newsgroups," thanks XS11E.

Chet

 

[XS11E]

I didn't know how to "search the newsgroups," thanks XS11E.

You're very welcome, I hope it's useful to you, as I said, it's the
fastest way to get answers!

 

[Gordon]

You may have the program installed on 3 concurrently used machines. If
you want to install it to a 4th device, you may, but you must uninstall it
from one of the 3 original machines. My concerns were of no concern, i.e.
you can install to as many machines as you want, just can't have it
functional on more than 3 machines, concurrently.

In addition you won't be able to ACTIVATE on the fourth or higher machine
either.....