de-activate microsoft office 2003 professional

[ericchong]

anyone knows how to de-activate a microsoft office 2003 professional, and
then reinstall it to a new computer?

 

[Gordon]

anyone knows how to de-activate a microsoft office 2003 professional, and
then reinstall it to a new computer?

There IS no "deactivation" process. Just uninstall from the old (as long as
it's NOT an OEM version in which case you can't move it) and install on the
new...depending on how long it's been since the last activation you may have
to use telephone activation..

 

[Barry Watzman]

Microsoft has no "de-activation" (some other firms do)

If it is a retail copy, "de-activation" is not necessary; you are
allowed to move it from one computer to another (of course it can only
be on one at a time). Whether or not you have to discuss this with an
"activation representative" in person is likely to depend on how often
it has been moved, how many times it has been moved and how long it has
been since the last move.

If it is an OEM copy, you are out of luck. It is Microsoft's position
that OEM copies "die" when the computer that they were first installed
on dies (e.g. they simply cannot be moved, period).

There are some copies that don't fit cleanly into either OEM or retail
categories (for example, some copies obtained under various
"Educational" programs) and their status is unclear. But, regardless,
Microsoft has no "de-activate" function that I am aware of.

 

[Gordon]

(of course it can only be on one at a time).

Not true.

 

[Barry Watzman]

Legally, true in most cases (it depends on the EULA, ultimately). As a
practical matter, it may or may not be true.

The "Student & Teacher" or "Home" editions allow installation on 3
machines, but this post specifically said "Office Professional".

Some Volume license copies of Office allow installation on an employees
home computer, or his desktop and laptop. But we don't know the full
nature of the copy in question. In the most general case, Microsoft
EULAs for Office Professional only allow installation on a single computer.

 

[Gordon]

Legally, true in most cases (it depends on the EULA, ultimately). As a
practical matter, it may or may not be true.

Nope. Most Retail versions of Office Standard and above, certainly in the UK
say:
"May be installed on one Primary device and one Portable device for the use
of the owner of the primary device."

 

[Barry Watzman]

I'm not in the UK and, I suspect, neither are most of the people who
read this board.

In the US, I don not believe that is generally true of retail copies.
In any case, the exact rules are set in the Eula, and there are
different Eulas for different versions (retail, OEM, volume license,
educational, etc.)

 

[Gordon]

I'm not in the UK and, I suspect, neither are most of the people who read
this board.

In the US, I don not believe that is generally true of retail copies. In
any case, the exact rules are set in the Eula, and there are different
Eulas for different versions (retail, OEM, volume license, educational,
etc.)

That was a general quote FROM the EULA. I think you'll find that for RETAIL
versions (which I specified) that that is generally the case. BTW,
Educational versions are just retail versions sold at a low price....