Limit for no of installations in mac

[boogs]

Hi,
I would greatly appreciate it if you could help me with
this issue. I am wondering if there is a in-built limit to
the number of installations of ms office per product. If
there is a limit, may I know what it is. What would happen
if this limit is exceeded? I have three pcs at home and I
would like to install my office product on all three of
them.

thanks.
boogs

 

[Jim Gordon]

Hi

The license agreement is different for various versions of Mac Office. What
version of MacOS are you planning to use? What version of Office?

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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[Guest]

Hi

I'm using Mac OSX 10.2 and MacOffice version X 10.1.
Thanks.

boogs

 

[Elliott Roper]

Hi,
I would greatly appreciate it if you could help me with
this issue. I am wondering if there is a in-built limit to
the number of installations of ms office per product. If
there is a limit, may I know what it is. What would happen
if this limit is exceeded? I have three pcs at home and I
would like to install my office product on all three of
them.

Mac OS X 10.2.* and Office v.X.* seems to let you get away with as many
as you like as long as they are not networked together and being used
simultaneously. (Attempting to start a second instance with the same
serial will fail after it detects its clone on the local network)
Probably as illegal as hell though. It is the sort of thing you
experiment with quietly and never tell a soul. (I have two legit copies
and only found out by installing the wrong one on a re-initialised
machine - honest!)

 

[jack]

Anybody have a clue as to who to fully uninstall MS Office from 10.2
I am trying to put a legal copy on and get rid of the old, I tried
just installing it and boy oh boy are things messed up now.
Thanks
jack

 

[Elliott Roper]

Anybody have a clue as to who to fully uninstall MS Office from 10.2
I am trying to put a legal copy on and get rid of the old, I tried
just installing it and boy oh boy are things messed up now.
Thanks
jack

It don't half spray files all over yer disk eh?

Is there not an uninstaller in the 'value pack' folder on the CD?
(my quote marks, to highlight the irony of the folder's name)

 

[Jim Gordon]

Hi again,

The license for an install of Office X retail product is that it can be used
on one desktop and one laptop. So one license can be used on two different
computers as long as one is a laptop and the other is not. You need either 2
or 3 licenses depending upon whether or not one or more of your PCs is a
laptop.

Various packages and license arrangements can be found on links from this
site:
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/officex/howtobuy/howtobuy.aspx?pid=ho
wtobuy>

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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[Gene van Troyer]

The license for an install of Office X retail product is that it can be used
on one desktop and one laptop. So one license can be used on two different
computers as long as one is a laptop and the other is not. You need either 2
or 3 licenses depending upon whether or not one or more of your PCs is a
laptop.

Yes, but while this is legal, you still can't use the installs
simultaneously is the laptop and desktop Macs are networked.

I also discovered that I can't use my Office X upgrade simultaneously with
my Office 2001 or vice-versa. Even though the CD keys for each are
different, 2001 must be used to activate the OSX version upgrade which,
apparently, makes them the "same" as far as registration goes. Anybody else
encounter this, or is it an anomaly affecting only me?

My Japanese Office X works simultaneously with Office 2001 or Office X
English, but it wasn't an upgrade and has a 100% different CD key.

Otherwise, you can install Office X on as many Macs as you have. However,
doing so is illegal. If MS found out about it, you might discover someday
that your CD key expires with an update. It's a very good idea to stay
legal.

Gene van Troyer

 

[Gene van Troyer]

Anybody have a clue as to who to fully uninstall MS Office from 10.2
I am trying to put a legal copy on and get rid of the old, I tried
just installing it and boy oh boy are things messed up now.
Thanks
jack

Use the Uninstall MS Office X tool that came on your installer CD, or
download it from Mactopia. I don't know if it will be of much help with
scattered files, though...

Gene van Troyer