Multiple Installation Question

[Berk]

I participated in the free upgrade of MS Office 2008 from purchasing Mac
Office 04.. I noticed when I received the software I was only given 1
Product Key... I¹m getting ready to upgrade to a new iMac and was wondering
if I was going to run into a problem installing the software on the new
machine since I was only given 1 Key instead of the typical 3?

Thanks.

 

[William Smith]

I participated in the free upgrade of MS Office 2008 from purchasing Mac
Office 04.. I noticed when I received the software I was only given 1
Product Key... I’m getting ready to upgrade to a new iMac and was
wondering if I was going to run into a problem installing the software
on the new machine since I was only given 1 Key instead of the typical 3?

The promotion details have been removed from Microsoft's website since
the promotion is over and I have no idea if the promotion was to upgrade
you to a similar version or to Office Standard. I believe it was to a
similar version.

You'll need to contact Microsoft and request a Home & Student version
copy. Be prepared to provide proof of purchase for the Student & Teacher
version of Office 2004. And keep in mind that if you need Exchange
support then you may want to stick with what you received. Exchange
support is not included in the Home & Student version of Office 2008.

Hope this helps!

--

bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Berk -

IIRC the offer gave you the option of taking either the Home & Student
edition (which provides 3 product keys) *or* the Special Media Edition
(which includes only 1 but has "other stuff" included). I can't remember the
specifics and there were a couple of promotions which ran concurrently.
Unfortunately, all promos have ended & the sites have been taken down, but
you should have kept a record of what you submitted.

The EULA for the 2008 Special Media Edition (which is what it sounds like
you have) allows installation on one "desktop" & one "portable" system for
use by the owner of the license and permits running one installation or the
other at a time. If you are in fact upgrading to the new Mac (replacing the
previous unit) rather than *adding it* to your 'collection' of active Macs
you should have no problem. There is no limit to the number of installs
using the same key. It primarily prevents Office apps installed using the
same key from running simultaneously on a network.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac