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Hi!
I am a user of computers and MS products, but not an expert by any means.
I have seen a number of variations of my question but want to make sure that
I don't mess anything up or run afoul of any licensing issues.
My 6 year old Toshiba laptop is on it's last legs, and I have purchased a
new HP dv6-1053cl / Vista 64 bit Home Premium to replace it. The HP came with
MS Works, as well as a trial version of Office 2007, neither of which has
been activated
I currently have a full retail version of Office XP 2002 (standard)
installed on the Toshiba laptop as well as on my desktop.
My questions are as follows:
1. Can I activate the MS Works, ver.9.7.613.(after uninstalling the trial
version of Office 2007)and then purchase and install an Office 2007 Standard
upgrade? If so, are there any unusual steps that I need to take?
2. Failing the above, if I am reading the various expert answers correctly
it looks as though I can install the Office 2007 (standard) retail upgrade on
the new HP using the Office XP 2002 installation disc for verification. It
sounds like I have to uninstall the trial version of Office 2007 first and
then proceed with the upgrade install. Any tricks here? Do I also have to
uninstall MS Works.
3. Last, if I have to use method 2 above, can I legally use my Office XP
2002 disc to upgrade to Office 2007 on the HP and still run Office XP 2002 on
my desktop? I will be decommissioning and recycling the Toshiba so will only
be running Office on two machines.
Thank you for bearing with me, as I said I am somewhat of a novice!
I am a user of computers and MS products, but not an expert by any means.
I have seen a number of variations of my question but want to make sure that
I don't mess anything up or run afoul of any licensing issues.
My 6 year old Toshiba laptop is on it's last legs, and I have purchased a
new HP dv6-1053cl / Vista 64 bit Home Premium to replace it. The HP came with
MS Works, as well as a trial version of Office 2007, neither of which has
been activated
I currently have a full retail version of Office XP 2002 (standard)
installed on the Toshiba laptop as well as on my desktop.
My questions are as follows:
1. Can I activate the MS Works, ver.9.7.613.(after uninstalling the trial
version of Office 2007)and then purchase and install an Office 2007 Standard
upgrade? If so, are there any unusual steps that I need to take?
2. Failing the above, if I am reading the various expert answers correctly
it looks as though I can install the Office 2007 (standard) retail upgrade on
the new HP using the Office XP 2002 installation disc for verification. It
sounds like I have to uninstall the trial version of Office 2007 first and
then proceed with the upgrade install. Any tricks here? Do I also have to
uninstall MS Works.
3. Last, if I have to use method 2 above, can I legally use my Office XP
2002 disc to upgrade to Office 2007 on the HP and still run Office XP 2002 on
my desktop? I will be decommissioning and recycling the Toshiba so will only
be running Office on two machines.
Thank you for bearing with me, as I said I am somewhat of a novice!