M
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Either a notebook or a Tablet PC qualifies for "portable" but not a second
desktop.
--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.
After furious head scratching, AP asked:
| Thank you Bob. I checked the version of Office 2003 SBEs on my
| desktop & notebook and both are OEM versions. That settles it once &
| for all.
|
| However, I found that the Office 2003 that I use at home is a retail
| version, & the onscreen EULA allows me to install Office 2003 on a 2nd
| portable device.
|
| At the moment I have only one desktop PC, which is also used by my
| wife & 2 children. I'm planning to buy a 2nd machine, with minimal
| outlay on software. Does a portable device mean a notebook (as
| opposed to a 2nd destkop)? What else qualifies as a 'portable
| device'? I'm concerned about the ability to activate Office 2003 (on
| the 2nd machine) & receive updates/service packs (on both machines).
|
| Thank you.
|
|
|
| "Bob Buckland ?
" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com>
| wrote in message || Hi A.P.,
||
|| Probably both are correct
||
|| OEM editions of MS Office are licensed to a particular machine and
|| are generally not transferable. Retail editions of MS Office are
|| licensed to a person and can be installed on two computers (3 in the
|| case of the Student & Teachers 2003 Edition).
||
|| ===============
|| || I have Office 2003 Small Business Edition installed in my desktop at
|| work. The onscreen EULA (under the Help/About) mentions that the
|| software can only
|| be installed in one computer.
||
|| But the Office 2003 SBE EULA in Microsoft's web site
|| (http://www.microsoft.com/office/eula/en.mspx) says that an
|| additional copy
|| can be installed on a 2nd portable device for the exclusive use of
|| the primary user.
||
|| Please help! Which EULA is correct. I currently use a notebook at
|| work which has a separate copy of Office 2003 SBE installed. If
|| Microsoft website
|| EULA is correct, my notebook's Office 2003 can be "freed-up" for new
|| PCs to
|| be purchased.
||
|| Thanks. >>
|| --
|| Let us know if this helped you,
||
|| Bob Buckland ?
|| MS Office System Products MVP
||
|| *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
||
|| For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
|| http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx
desktop.
--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.
After furious head scratching, AP asked:
| Thank you Bob. I checked the version of Office 2003 SBEs on my
| desktop & notebook and both are OEM versions. That settles it once &
| for all.
|
| However, I found that the Office 2003 that I use at home is a retail
| version, & the onscreen EULA allows me to install Office 2003 on a 2nd
| portable device.
|
| At the moment I have only one desktop PC, which is also used by my
| wife & 2 children. I'm planning to buy a 2nd machine, with minimal
| outlay on software. Does a portable device mean a notebook (as
| opposed to a 2nd destkop)? What else qualifies as a 'portable
| device'? I'm concerned about the ability to activate Office 2003 (on
| the 2nd machine) & receive updates/service packs (on both machines).
|
| Thank you.
|
|
|
| "Bob Buckland ?
" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com>| wrote in message || Hi A.P.,
||
|| Probably both are correct
||
|| OEM editions of MS Office are licensed to a particular machine and
|| are generally not transferable. Retail editions of MS Office are
|| licensed to a person and can be installed on two computers (3 in the
|| case of the Student & Teachers 2003 Edition).
||
|| ===============
|| || I have Office 2003 Small Business Edition installed in my desktop at
|| work. The onscreen EULA (under the Help/About) mentions that the
|| software can only
|| be installed in one computer.
||
|| But the Office 2003 SBE EULA in Microsoft's web site
|| (http://www.microsoft.com/office/eula/en.mspx) says that an
|| additional copy
|| can be installed on a 2nd portable device for the exclusive use of
|| the primary user.
||
|| Please help! Which EULA is correct. I currently use a notebook at
|| work which has a separate copy of Office 2003 SBE installed. If
|| Microsoft website
|| EULA is correct, my notebook's Office 2003 can be "freed-up" for new
|| PCs to
|| be purchased.
||
|| Thanks. >>
|| --
|| Let us know if this helped you,
||
|| Bob Buckland ?
|| MS Office System Products MVP
||
|| *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
||
|| For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
|| http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx