Office is already in use - How do I fond out where?

[Mike Bailey]

I've been getting the messsage that another copy of MS office is running on
the n etwork using my licence, since mine should be the only one how would I
find out who else is using my licence? Is there a way to track the IP of the
other copy running?

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I've been getting the messsage that another copy of MS office is running on
the n etwork using my licence, since mine should be the only one how would I
find out who else is using my licence? Is there a way to track the IP of the
other copy running?

AFAIK, there's no built-in way. You could use a packet sniffer to see
where the replies are coming from. As I understand it, Office broadcasts
its Product ID (PID) on the LAN on startup. When a running copy of
Office detects this, it sends back its own PID. If the copy starting up
gets finds the same PID is already running, it shuts down.

 

[Fredrik Wahlgren]

I've been getting the messsage that another copy of MS office is running on
the n etwork using my licence, since mine should be the only one how would I
find out who else is using my licence? Is there a way to track the IP of the
other copy running?

--
Mike Bailey
Prepress Technician
Richmond BC
Canada

Is it possible to get the license# from Word. If it is, and there aren't too
many employees, send an email asking for the other peoples license# when you
have this problem and see which one is identical. I think this is the
easiest way.

/ Fredrik

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Is it possible to get the license# from Word. If it is, and there aren't too
many employees, send an email asking for the other peoples license# when you
have this problem and see which one is identical. I think this is the
easiest way.

You can't get the license number from the program. About... only shows the
Product ID. However, someone pointed out a while back that while the Product
ID changes on every installation, the same license number generates almost
the same Product ID every time--only the last 5 digits differ. So a Product
ID with the first 3 sections identical to yours should be the problem
program.

 

[Fredrik Wahlgren]

You can't get the license number from the program. About... only shows the
Product ID. However, someone pointed out a while back that while the Product
ID changes on every installation, the same license number generates almost
the same Product ID every time--only the last 5 digits differ. So a Product
ID with the first 3 sections identical to yours should be the problem
program.

--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
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Intersting. Another practical approach is to let Word stay open when it can
be opened. Then, send out a mail asking the recipients to start Word and
reply to the sender if it won't.

/ Fredrik