how to install office on USB-U3 stick?

[John Manning]

I use Office 2007, and want to use it on a U3 stick. who can help?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

No one - it can't be done.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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

 

[Gyorgy Moldova [MVP]]

let me add a little bit to what JoAnn said:

Office depends on a lot of local registry entries and various anti-piracy
technologies (product activation, etc) which is unique to the computer on
which it is running on. Also, you couldn't really justify it's legality
either

hth
g

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Gyorgy Moldova
MCSE+I, MVP: Office

Blog: http://banksjr.net/CS

"...the Force shall set me free."

No one - it can't be done.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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

I use Office 2007, and want to use it on a U3 stick. who can help?

 

[John Manning]

Thanks!

let me add a little bit to what JoAnn said:

Office depends on a lot of local registry entries and various anti-piracy
technologies (product activation, etc) which is unique to the computer on
which it is running on. Also, you couldn't really justify it's legality
either

hth
g

--
Gyorgy Moldova
MCSE+I, MVP: Office

Blog: http://banksjr.net/CS

"...the Force shall set me free."

No one - it can't be done.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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

I use Office 2007, and want to use it on a U3 stick. who can help?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Thank you - I knew about the registry entries but you phrased everything
much better than I could have. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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

let me add a little bit to what JoAnn said:

Office depends on a lot of local registry entries and various anti-piracy
technologies (product activation, etc) which is unique to the computer on
which it is running on. Also, you couldn't really justify it's legality
either

hth
g

--
Gyorgy Moldova
MCSE+I, MVP: Office

Blog: http://banksjr.net/CS

"...the Force shall set me free."

No one - it can't be done.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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

I use Office 2007, and want to use it on a U3 stick. who can help?

 

[wizkid64]

Actually, the two responses here are not so much correct. You will nee
a decent sized jump drive, like 4 gig or so. You need to make i
bootable. HP has a utility that will help you with this. Then you nee
to load a stripped down version of XP. Google Barts XP to get a fre
copy. You can then load Office on there. I've been using it for over
year now and it works great

 

[Bob I]

basically you have to TRICK the operating system into thinking that the
USB is not a removable drive.

 

[wizkid64]

Not so much "trick". My computer sees it as a jump drive. I can actuall
(if the computer is new enough to support it) boot to the usb drive an
run Windows off of the jump drive. Very cool, really