MS Office 2008: Must run as an Admin User?

[kevin74]

I am currently running the Microsoft Office 2004 Test Drive on my new
24in iMac. I have three users on my machine. One has Administrator
privileges the other two do not. When I activated the Office 2004 Test
Drive, and then tried to open Microsoft Word using one of the two non-
Admin users I got an error that said that Office Test Drive must be
run by an administrator. I plan to buy Microsoft Office 2008 Home and
Student edition when it comes out Jan 15.

What I would like to know is the requirement to run Office 2004 Test
Drive as an admin user limited to that Test Drive version? In other
words after I install the full version of Microsoft Office 2008 will I
need to run that as an administrator as well?

Ideally I'd love to hear from someone who is beta testing 2008, but
folks that have full versions of 2004 are welcome to chime in as well.

Thanks!

-kevin

 

[Clive Huggan]

I am currently running the Microsoft Office 2004 Test Drive on my new
24in iMac. I have three users on my machine. One has Administrator
privileges the other two do not. When I activated the Office 2004 Test
Drive, and then tried to open Microsoft Word using one of the two non-
Admin users I got an error that said that Office Test Drive must be
run by an administrator. I plan to buy Microsoft Office 2008 Home and
Student edition when it comes out Jan 15.

What I would like to know is the requirement to run Office 2004 Test
Drive as an admin user limited to that Test Drive version?
Yes.

In other
words after I install the full version of Microsoft Office 2008 will I
need to run that as an administrator as well?
No.

Ideally I'd love to hear from someone who is beta testing 2008, but
folks that have full versions of 2004 are welcome to chime in as well.

Thanks!

-kevin

Before installing Office 2008, make sure you remove the Test Drive using
Remove Office -- don't do it by hand. If you have been using Entourage, also
back up the Microsoft User Data folder (in your Documents folder), then
transfer it back after Office 2008 is installed so that you retain your
e-mails.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[Daiya Mitchell]

Ideally I'd love to hear from someone who is beta testing 2008, but
folks that have full versions of 2004 are welcome to chime in as well.

Beta testers are sworn to secrecy about everything, but I run my full
version of 2004 in a non-admin account with no problems.

Since you are test-driving 2004, I assume that you are aware of the deal
where you can buy 2004 now and get 2008 for just the price of S&H. If
not, here:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/go/promotions/supersuitedeal/

Download the coupon and read the small print *before* you buy.