number of installations/

[DJF]

Sorry for posing a question whose answer may be readily available -- I've
searched all over the MS site and found nothing. . .

Anyway, my mom has a copy of MS Office X that she uses at home and and
work (i.e. installed from the same CD). I would like to install it on my
computer, too, but she seems to think that the program can only be legally
installed onto two computers; I tried to look into how one can get a license
to install on a third computer, but was only able to find info on volume
licenseing, which seems to be for installation on 5+ computers. I can't even
figure out the limit of how many computers a single CD can be used for,
even if in the same family.

Any ideas?


Thanks in advance

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Sorry for posing a question whose answer may be readily available -- I've
searched all over the MS site and found nothing. . .

Anyway, my mom has a copy of MS Office X that she uses at home and and
work (i.e. installed from the same CD). I would like to install it on my
computer, too, but she seems to think that the program can only be legally
installed onto two computers; I tried to look into how one can get a license
to install on a third computer, but was only able to find info on volume
licenseing, which seems to be for installation on 5+ computers. I can't even
figure out the limit of how many computers a single CD can be used for,
even if in the same family.

The standard license allows for installation on one computer. A second
installation may be made as long as one is a desktop and one is a
laptop, and they're both "for the exclusive use" of the license owner.
The only enforcement is via local area network - you can't be using apps
under the same license on a LAN on two computers.

If you're eligible, a Student/Teacher edition, at a steep discount,
comes with three separate licenses, which could theoretically be
installed on three desktops and three laptops. The applications are
identical in every way to the Standard edition. The downside is that the
license does not guarantee upgradability to future versions - you'd have
to buy a new license (which could be a S/T edition if you still
qualify). That said, the Office 2004 upgrade allows a v.X S/T edition to
qualify.

Otherwise, you'll need a new copy of Office - I'd recommend getting 2004.

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

If you're eligible, a Student/Teacher edition, at a steep discount,
comes with three separate licenses, which could theoretically be
installed on three desktops and three laptops.

A random by the way.....I just noticed the other day (overhearing someone in
a store recommend that friends get together and share the student/teacher
edition, and wondering about that), that the verbiage on the box says 3
licenses to be used in the same "household." Couldn't tell ya whether the
license on the software itself expands on the definition of household,
though since it should be within the *spirit* of the license for the teacher
to install it on the computer he uses in the classroom, who knows how they
are defining household (dorm? Frat house?).

 

[JE McGimpsey]

A random by the way.....I just noticed the other day (overhearing someone in
a store recommend that friends get together and share the student/teacher
edition, and wondering about that), that the verbiage on the box says 3
licenses to be used in the same "household." Couldn't tell ya whether the
license on the software itself expands on the definition of household,
though since it should be within the *spirit* of the license for the teacher
to install it on the computer he uses in the classroom, who knows how they
are defining household (dorm? Frat house?).

I suspect that the writers of the license expected that the classroom
version would be covered under an academic license and that the
teacher's household would be his or her own private dwelling.

However, that's what courts are for, no?