How many key numbers does MS give MS OFFice?

[Phillip Jones]

I ask this question. Because I have installed Office on a Backup Drive
(FireWire) a Laptop . and Now I want to install on my Desktop G4-500

I'll give some Background. My original Drive which had OS 9 installed
died a Horrible Death early this week.

So I bought a new *0gb Western Digital and took the opportunity install
OSX.4.11 Finally. My first WD Drive a 120GB drive I've never been able
to install OSX.4.11

So I installed OSX.4.11. I then installed Acrobat 9, Stuffit Deluxe
2009, and MS Office. It generated a Key for me to use when I would
contact MS.

Well as dumb luck would have it, It was a defective drive. I took it
Back, spent yesterday evening reinstalling OSX.4.11 Several hours of
updates.

Now I wish to re install Office Again. So That will mean the forth
install. How many more times could I reinstall legitimately.

And Can I download from Mactopia the 12.1.2 Update and have all updates
added or will I have to go through .01 , 1 and 2 I did that the other
day and even with a 1 Mb DSL line That was slow going.

Sorry for being off topic.
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[CyberTaz]

Hi Phillip;

There's no limit to the number of times you can install Office from the same
disk. The only restriction is on the number of installations that can be
*actively* installed at any one time. Even that is a legal restriction, not
a physical one if the installs are not on the same network.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[CyberTaz]

P.S. - I neglected to mention that each installation using any given Product
Key (from the little sticker) will be assigned a different Product ID
number.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Phillip Jones]

What about the Updates. I've always understood That MS unlike apple does not roll
previous updates/upgrades into the next service pack. But Someone said. (one of you
MVP's said that they indeed do roll previous installs in to new updates.

Which is It?

 

[CyberTaz]

Well, it's both It just depends on the update. For example, SP1(12.1.0)
included the 12.0.1 update that preceded it. The 12.1.1 update that follows
SP1, however, is an incremental update which requires that SP1(12.1.0) be
installed first, and 12.1.2 requires 12.1.1 - the info needed is stated in
the System Requirements posted for each update.

Generally, Service Packs (such as SP1) are the equivalent of what Apple
refers to as Combo updates & include everything prior to them back to the
preceding SP (if there was one). So if/when there is an SP2 ("12.2.0") it
will [probably] require SP1 (12.1.0) but not the incremental updates
released after SP1 (12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, etc.).

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Phillip Jones]

Thanks.

Well, it's both It just depends on the update. For example, SP1(12.1.0)
included the 12.0.1 update that preceded it. The 12.1.1 update that follows
SP1, however, is an incremental update which requires that SP1(12.1.0) be
installed first, and 12.1.2 requires 12.1.1 - the info needed is stated in
the System Requirements posted for each update.

Generally, Service Packs (such as SP1) are the equivalent of what Apple
refers to as Combo updates & include everything prior to them back to the
preceding SP (if there was one). So if/when there is an SP2 ("12.2.0") it
will [probably] require SP1 (12.1.0) but not the incremental updates
released after SP1 (12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, etc.).

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

What about the Updates. I've always understood That MS unlike apple does not
roll
previous updates/upgrades into the next service pack. But Someone said. (one
of you
MVP's said that they indeed do roll previous installs in to new updates.

Which is It?

 

[Phillip Jones]

I got it installed and painfully went through most of yesterday
downloading the updates. Who said UNIX was better? 60,70, 80 MB downloads.

I miss the days of OS 9 when major updates to a system or file would not
run over 5-10 Mb.

Thanks.

Well, it's both It just depends on the update. For example,
SP1(12.1.0)
included the 12.0.1 update that preceded it. The 12.1.1 update that
follows
SP1, however, is an incremental update which requires that SP1(12.1.0) be
installed first, and 12.1.2 requires 12.1.1 - the info needed is
stated in
the System Requirements posted for each update.

Generally, Service Packs (such as SP1) are the equivalent of what Apple
refers to as Combo updates & include everything prior to them back to the
preceding SP (if there was one). So if/when there is an SP2 ("12.2.0") it
will [probably] require SP1 (12.1.0) but not the incremental updates
released after SP1 (12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, etc.).

HTH |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac

What about the Updates. I've always understood That MS unlike apple
does not
roll previous updates/upgrades into the next service pack. But
Someone said. (one
of you MVP's said that they indeed do roll previous installs in to
new updates.

Which is It?


CyberTaz wrote:
P.S. - I neglected to mention that each installation using any given
Product
Key (from the little sticker) will be assigned a different Product ID
number.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac


On 10/3/08 10:39 AM, in article
C50BA6DF.44269%[email protected],

Hi Phillip;

There's no limit to the number of times you can install Office from
the same
disk. The only restriction is on the number of installations that
can be
*actively* installed at any one time. Even that is a legal
restriction, not
a physical one if the installs are not on the same network.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac



On 10/2/08 4:56 PM, in article (e-mail address removed),

I ask this question. Because I have installed Office on a Backup
Drive
(FireWire) a Laptop . and Now I want to install on my Desktop G4-500

I'll give some Background. My original Drive which had OS 9 installed
died a Horrible Death early this week.

So I bought a new *0gb Western Digital and took the opportunity
install
OSX.4.11 Finally. My first WD Drive a 120GB drive I've never been
able
to install OSX.4.11

So I installed OSX.4.11. I then installed Acrobat 9, Stuffit Deluxe
2009, and MS Office. It generated a Key for me to use when I would
contact MS.

Well as dumb luck would have it, It was a defective drive. I took it
Back, spent yesterday evening reinstalling OSX.4.11 Several hours of
updates.

Now I wish to re install Office Again. So That will mean the forth
install. How many more times could I reinstall legitimately.

And Can I download from Mactopia the 12.1.2 Update and have all
updates
added or will I have to go through .01 , 1 and 2 I did that the other
day and even with a 1 Mb DSL line That was slow going.

Sorry for being off topic.

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Phillip M. Jones, CET |MEMBER:VPEA (LIFE) ETA-I, NESDA,ISCET, Sterling
616 Liberty Street |Who's Who. PHONE:276-632-5045, FAX:276-632-0868
Martinsville Va 24112 |[email protected], ICQ11269732, AIM pjonescet
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[John McGhie]

Hi Phillip:

Microsoft puts out three levels of patch:

* Hotfixes. Hotfixes are untested and available only by requesting them in
a phone call. They are 'emergency' fixes, normally issued only when another
change has broken something.

* Updates. Updates are released on the website. They will install only to
a defined version of the product. They contain only the raw fixes.

* Service Releases. A Service Release is a complete update of the whole
product. It will apply to anything including the original CD version of the
product and contains replacement files for every file that has been changed
by any of the updates.

The Mac BU has not been good at distinguishing these in the past. They
appear to be following the correct naming convention now.

12.1.0 is a Service Pack, and is described as such. 12.1.0 is an Update,
and is described as such. But the only way to prove this is to look in the
"System requirements" which shows that 12.1.0 is a prerequisite. 12.1.2 is
also an Update, and if you check the System Requirements, you will see that
it requires 12.1.1.

Users who can't be bothered with all this should simply run "Check for
Updates" from the Help menu of any Office application. That will always get
what you need and install it in the correct order.

Cheers

What about the Updates. I've always understood That MS unlike apple does not
roll
previous updates/upgrades into the next service pack. But Someone said. (one
of you
MVP's said that they indeed do roll previous installs in to new updates.

Which is It?

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