Duplicate product keys with separate product IDs

[KLP34]

I have four laptops and four licenses (box with disk, etc) for Office 2003.
One of the laptops died. So I pulled all four disks and ran Belarc on the
three remaining laptops. About a year ago, I ran Belarc on the now deceased
laptop. To my surprise, the deceased laptop and two of the remaining three
laptops have the same product key but each has a different product ID.
Assuming the 20 digit number that appears before "(Key: GU82C..." in Belarc
is the product ID.

How is that possible? and is there a problem with this or do I need to
remove and reinstall?

 

[Peter Foldes]

There is no four license version of Office 2003 unless you are running a VL version.
Which version of Office 2003 do you have that has 4 licenses

 

[KLP34]

I have four retail boxes each has its own disk.

There is no four license version of Office 2003 unless you are running a VL version.
Which version of Office 2003 do you have that has 4 licenses

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[Peter Foldes]

Then you have it turned around. You probably have 4 of the same Product Codes and 4
different License Keys. The latter makes sense but your description does not.

 

[KLP34]

Belarc says, "KEY:" and has the product key that matches the box. I pulled
all four boxes and ran Belarc on the three laptops that are still running.
The dead one I have a Belarc printout from Feb 2009. And the keys match the
product key that is on the CD case. And each one of the three with the same
product keys has a different product ID. Anyway, the question is do I have
to reinstall Office 2003 so that each laptop has its own product key?