MS Office 2003 instal on my secondary computer

[RickMen]

I have MS Office 2003 academic version installed on my primary PC a
home, I'm going to purchase a new secondary PC for home use as well &
want to install my existing MS Office 2003 academic version onto t
secondary PC as well. Can I do this? Are there any issues

 

[Gordon]

I have MS Office 2003 academic version installed on my primary PC at
home, I'm going to purchase a new secondary PC for home use as well & I
want to install my existing MS Office 2003 academic version onto th
secondary PC as well. Can I do this? Are there any issues?

You need to read the EULA. Most retail versions allow installation on one
primary device, which you already have, and one PORTABLE device. (i.e. a
laptop or netbook)

 

[RickMen]

Thanks Gordon,

Excuse my ignorance but what happens if I instal my existing MS Offic
2003 onto a new secondary home PC (not a portable device)? I appreciat
that I have breached the EULA, but from a technical point of view wil
it still work on my 2nd PC? will it be updated? will it stuff up th
copy on my primary PC

 

[DL]

The installation process & activation cannot detect the type of PC its being
installed on, and compare it to your other PC
No ones going to kick down your door

 

[Earle Horton]

You could try it and report back here. It is not likely that the activation
servers would know enough to be able to distinguish reliably between and
laptop and a desktop...

Earle

 

[RickMen]

Took the plunge, purchased a new PC quad core Q9400 with VISTA home
premium, loaded my MS Office 2003 & it activated & seems to be working
fine (so far), copied across the Outlook PST files & Outlook is working
fine (had to re-set the password to my account).

There are about a zillion updates to the MS Office 2003 & I don't know
where to start. I had a look around VISTA but couldn't find anything to
assist me with this issue. Is there some quick automated way to update
my MS office 2003 without manually downloading each update for each
product within the suite?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/default.aspx

Upper right corner. Use the Microsoft Update option.

 

[RickMen]

Thanks JoAnn, that saved me allot of time (and headaches).