Number of PC's Microsoft Office Standard 2007 Academic

[Frustrated system builder]

I can't find on the box or on Microsoft's Web site how many PC's can Office
2007 Academic be installed on. I think of Office 2003 you could put Standard
on 3 units and Professional on 2, but what is the answer for Office 2007?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Academic is a different critter. Standard and Pro are generally one main
system and on portable used by the same person. Student and Teacher allowed
for three in the same household for non-commercial use only. Academic is
sold to qualified users by licensed resellers. I wouldn't be surprised if
they were limited to one system.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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"Frustrated system builder"

 

[Gordon]

Academic is a different critter. Standard and Pro are generally one main
system and on portable used by the same person. Student and Teacher
allowed for three in the same household for non-commercial use only.
Academic is sold to qualified users by licensed resellers. I wouldn't be
surprised if they were limited to one system.

I bought an Academic-priced version of Office 2007 Standard and that EULA
allows one desktop and one laptop...

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I still think the OP needs to contact the reseller for the specific
information. Academic in the US is different from other countries, IIRC.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[XS11E]

I still think the OP needs to contact the reseller for the
specific information. Academic in the US is different from other
countries, IIRC.

I think MSFT has created mass confusion by having multiple EULAs for
various versions of Office.

AFAIK, they don't do this with other products do they?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I don't know. Most applications allow you one installation, period.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[Bob I]

I think MSFT has created mass confusion by having multiple EULAs for
various versions of Office.

AFAIK, they don't do this with other products do they?

Well the operating system EULAs are different from OEM to Retail, but
you only can install on one PC at a time. But the productivity software
angle is where the "portable" is an extension of your office desktop,
allowing you to take work home. Or the S&T or S&H versions being a
"reduced content" for home use and more liberal installation for a
non-business use.

 

[Val]

Academic version appears to be covered by the basic EULA of the Office
product (Office Standard, in the OP's question.) So, one licenced device
plus one portable for use by the licensee.

Val

 

[XS11E]

XS11E wrote:

Well the operating system EULAs are different from OEM to Retail,
but you only can install on one PC at a time. But the productivity
software angle is where the "portable" is an extension of your
office desktop, allowing you to take work home. Or the S&T or S&H
versions being a "reduced content" for home use and more liberal
installation for a non-business use.

Where it's confusing is that the OS would have to be considered
productivity software but the EULA doesn't allow installation on one
desktop and one laptop.

I think the Office "one desktop, one laptop" is logical and I'd like to
see something similar with the OS, at least in some limited cases, ie:

MSFT customer has a desktop and a laptop both with Windows XP Home.
He/She decides to upgrade to Vista Home Premium and decides to purchase
the retail version. It would be VERY nice if he/she could install that
copy on both for compatibility purposes. Since he/she can't, the net
result is probably a loss to MSFT since the customer will probably
decide NOT to upgrade to Vista on either machine because of cost.

Oh, well, it's not going to happen...

 

[Bob I]

Where it's confusing is that the OS would have to be considered
productivity software but the EULA doesn't allow installation on one
desktop and one laptop.

I think the Office "one desktop, one laptop" is logical and I'd like to
see something similar with the OS, at least in some limited cases, ie:

MSFT customer has a desktop and a laptop both with Windows XP Home.
He/She decides to upgrade to Vista Home Premium and decides to purchase
the retail version. It would be VERY nice if he/she could install that
copy on both for compatibility purposes. Since he/she can't, the net
result is probably a loss to MSFT since the customer will probably
decide NOT to upgrade to Vista on either machine because of cost.

Oh, well, it's not going to happen...

Nowadays, we are starting to use "desktop capable" laptops and docking
stations, so the whole matter becomes moot.

 

[XS11E]

Nowadays, we are starting to use "desktop capable" laptops and
docking stations, so the whole matter becomes moot.

True for some of us but the "desktop capable" laptops are becoming too
large to be portable. My son just got a new laptop and based his
decision almost entirely on weight... Probably some day people will
have two laptops, a portable and a desktop capable?

 

[XS11E]

True for some of us but the "desktop capable" laptops are becoming
too large to be portable. My son just got a new laptop and based
his decision almost entirely on weight... Probably some day people
will have two laptops, a portable and a desktop capable?

Ooops, never did make my point which is that I don't know if a desktop
capable will cause people to go to only one computer...

In my case it wouldn't work. My main security measure on my laptop is
there's NO personal information at all. No financial data, etc. I use
my ISPs web mail for email when traveling and don't bother with
newsgroups. There's no passwords stored on any of my computers and I
use IE Privacy Keeper to delete all history, cookies, temp. internet
files and index.dat files. If my laptop is lost/stolen all I'm out is
the money it cost and that's why I wouldn't want to combine the desktop
and portable functions into one machine.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

It's that "appears" part that is the stickler. Unless the OP checks his
software, we can't know for certain. Especially since we don't know whether
he has a US academic version or another country where the license terms
could be different.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[Bob I]

True for some of us but the "desktop capable" laptops are becoming too
large to be portable. My son just got a new laptop and based his
decision almost entirely on weight... Probably some day people will
have two laptops, a portable and a desktop capable?

Grin, in that case the Office EULA now says "Licensed device AND
portable" as quoted below.

2. INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. Before you use the software under a
license, you must assign that license to one device. That device is the
“licensed device.” A hardware partition or blade is considered to be a
separate device.
a. Licensed Device. You may install and use one copy of the software on
the licensed device.
b. Portable Device. You may install another copy on a portable device
for use by the single primary user of the licensed device.

 

[Bob I]

Ooops, never did make my point which is that I don't know if a desktop
capable will cause people to go to only one computer...

In my case it wouldn't work. My main security measure on my laptop is
there's NO personal information at all. No financial data, etc. I use
my ISPs web mail for email when traveling and don't bother with
newsgroups. There's no passwords stored on any of my computers and I
use IE Privacy Keeper to delete all history, cookies, temp. internet
files and index.dat files. If my laptop is lost/stolen all I'm out is
the money it cost and that's why I wouldn't want to combine the desktop
and portable functions into one machine.

You may want to consider "EFS", if you don't login you can't read the
data. Of course you need to save the recovery certificate so you may get
what you want in the event you "break" your account. But that WILL
prevent access to the data. Since folks tend to negelect the recovery
agent part, EFS is frequently refered to as the "delayed recycle bin". ;-)

 

[XS11E]

XS11E wrote:
You may want to consider "EFS", if you don't login you can't read
the data. Of course you need to save the recovery certificate so
you may get what you want in the event you "break" your account.
But that WILL prevent access to the data.

The best was to prevent access to data IMHO is to not have the data
available which requires two PCs, one for home and one for travelling.

I can certainly see the advantage of a laptop as a travelling machine
and as a desktop replacement but the technology isn't quite there
yet... for me anyway. I can't possibly afford to match the specs of my
desktop with a laptop yet but prices are getting closer and closer...

 

[XS11E]

Grin, in that case the Office EULA now says "Licensed device AND
portable" as quoted below.

2. INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. Before you use the software under
a license, you must assign that license to one device. That device
is the licensed device. A hardware partition or blade is
considered to be a separate device.
a. Licensed Device. You may install and use one copy of the
software on the licensed device.
b. Portable Device. You may install another copy on a portable
device for use by the single primary user of the licensed device.

I was suggesting a change in the Windows EULA. I think the Office
EULA is a good one and I'd really like to see the exact same wording
in the EULA for the retail versions of Vista.