Changing computer

[Sally S]

Hi, I'm about to sell my Dell pc on which I recently installed Microsoft Home
& Student 2007. Do I just un-install it and then re-install it on the new
one? Is it illegal (or stupid) to leave it on the computer? And how would I
go about moving my Word files from old to new? Any advice much appreciated.
Thanks
Sal

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

If you leave it installed, you must also give them the disks. (And yes, that
would be stupid - sorry.) If you intend to keep the disks and the license
for yourself, you must uninstall it.

Move your files with a USB drive or burn them to a CD. You could even
network the two computers together and move them that way.

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Uninstall it from the old and install it on the new. You need to ensure that
you only have it installed on the legally appropriate number of systems.

(If activation on the interne tdoesn't work, use the telephone method. )

I would get an inexpensive thumb drive / flash drive / usb drive and copy
your files from the old computer onto it, then copy them to the new
computer.

 

[ANONYMOU S]

No you don't have to do anything and it is NOT illegal to leave it on the
machine.

You have to look at it this way: How can somebody uninstall the application
packages from a system that is broken? The answer is NO they can't. So you
don't have to either.

There is no written requirement on Microsoft website requiring you do
uninstall Office packages.

Just give away your machine and you can buy a new one and still use your CD
all over again. By the way M$ is too busy developing Office 2010 so 2007 is
no longer important to them.

hth

 

[ANONYMOU S]

BULLSHIT

 

[Peter Foldes]

That is a wrong advice. If the OP plans to install it on his new computer then he
cannot leave it on his old one that he plans to sell. He must remove it.If he does
not then either the OP or the person he sold his old system to will lose the
activation on their first try when they do an update from Windows or Microsoft
Update.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I can only hope that the OP takes notice of the fact that some of us are not
afraid/ashamed to sign our names and others are anonymous. Hmmm, whose
advice would you take?

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Hey Pimp,

Produce your link where you got this crap from!

There is no requirement to uninstall anything. PERIOD.

How's your sister these days? Is she still working the oldest
profession known to the mankind?

hth

 

[Susan Ramlet]

<plonk>

 

[ANONYMOU S]

<plonk>

Is there anything else you are capable of writing? No wonder you are very
fat, smelly and untouchable. Have you wondered why people are staying away
from you.