Installing Office Professional 2003 on two computers

[Bets]

On June 9th my wife and I purchased the MS Office Professional Edition 2003
Upgrade (upgrading from MS Office Professional 2000) for our home desktop
computer. My mother-in-law and I are going to get my wife a long-desired
notebook computer for Christmas and I need to know if I can install the same
software on it or are we required to purchase the software a second time (or
maybe a software license).

 

[Tom Willett]

You can install it on a PC and a Notebook for use by the same user.
See the EULA for specific information:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/eula/en.mspx

| On June 9th my wife and I purchased the MS Office Professional Edition
2003
| Upgrade (upgrading from MS Office Professional 2000) for our home desktop
| computer. My mother-in-law and I are going to get my wife a long-desired
| notebook computer for Christmas and I need to know if I can install the
same
| software on it or are we required to purchase the software a second time
(or
| maybe a software license).

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Since 2003 is an upgrade, you'd need a qualifying product.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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

 

[Rachelle]

I have office 2003 professional and have installed it on a few computers. I
am trying to install on my daughters but it keeps saying that the product key
is not valid. I have tried many times and still get the same answer. Why?
Does it have to be under my name, the original user??

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

As Tom said, it can be installed on a desktop and a portable used by the *same* user. What you are trying to do is a violation of the License.

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After furious head scratching, Rachelle asked:

| I have office 2003 professional and have installed it on a few
| computers. I am trying to install on my daughters but it keeps
| saying that the product key is not valid. I have tried many times
| and still get the same answer. Why? Does it have to be under my
| name, the original user??
|
| "Tom Willett" wrote:
|
|| You can install it on a PC and a Notebook for use by the same user.
|| See the EULA for specific information:
|| http://www.microsoft.com/office/eula/en.mspx
||
|| ||| On June 9th my wife and I purchased the MS Office Professional
||| Edition 2003 Upgrade (upgrading from MS Office Professional 2000)
||| for our home desktop computer. My mother-in-law and I are going to
||| get my wife a long-desired notebook computer for Christmas and I
||| need to know if I can install the same software on it or are we
||| required to purchase the software a second time (or maybe a
||| software license).