Upgrade Licensing query

[Bob Henson]

I've just updated one of my home machines from Office 2003 to Office
2007 with a full version of Office 2007 which came direct from
Microsoft. The installed version of Office 2003 is fully legal and
licensed and is the *second* copy allowed by the Microsoft licence (the
first installation is on a work machine). Can I now install the (second)
copy of Office 2003 on my other machine at home, or will it refuse to
initialise and/or validate on a second machine, as it may appear to be
the third installation? I don't want to try it without knowing the
answer, as all upgrades are somewhat risky, and I don't want to risk
damage to the existing older (XP) version of Office already installed.

Regards,

Bob

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I'm confused. Is your copy of Office 2007 a full version or an upgrade?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Bob,

If the edition you have is under a MS Home Use License (authorized by your employer) then the Office 2003 and Office 2007 are
unrelated (unless the Office 2003 edition is also a Home Use License).

If you received Office 2007 under a 'Technology Guarantee' to replace Office 2003 due to buying it just prior to Office 2003 came
out the 'intent' was that one is a replacement for the other, not an additional license.

If your 2007 edition is an 'upgrade' package to Office 2003, then the total # of installations allowed does not increase (i.e. you
won't have 2 copies of 2007 and 2 copies of 2003 licensed). The 'upgrade' basically just upgrades the product under your license.

If you are still using a retail copy of Office 2003 on two machines, then activating on a 3rd, without removing it from one of the
other two, would be something the license does not support. There is nothing that will physically stop you from installing it, but
you may not be able to activate it.

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I've just updated one of my home machines from Office 2003 to Office
2007 with a full version of Office 2007 which came direct from
Microsoft. The installed version of Office 2003 is fully legal and
licensed and is the *second* copy allowed by the Microsoft licence (the
first installation is on a work machine). Can I now install the (second)
copy of Office 2003 on my other machine at home, or will it refuse to
initialise and/or validate on a second machine, as it may appear to be
the third installation? I don't want to try it without knowing the
answer, as all upgrades are somewhat risky, and I don't want to risk
damage to the existing older (XP) version of Office already installed.

Regards,

Bob>>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Bob Henson]

JoAnn Paules wrote:-

I'm confused. Is your copy of Office 2007 a full version or an upgrade?

A full version.

Regards,

Bob

 

[Bob Henson]

Bob Buckland ? wrote:-

If you are still using a retail copy of Office 2003 on two machines,
then activating on a 3rd, without removing it from one of the other
two, would be something the license does not support. There is
nothing that will physically stop you from installing it, but you may
not be able to activate it.

That's what I've done. I know I wouldn't be able to activate it on a
third machine normally, but having overwritten it with 2007 on the
second machine (hence no longer using the second copy of 2003) I
wondered if I would be able to use 2003 again (and activate it) on the
third machine. Strictly speaking, I would still be within the terms of
the licence in that I would still only be using two copies of 2003 - I
just wondered if it was possible in practice.

Regards,

Bob

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Bob,

If both Office 2007 and Office 2003 are standalone (not upgrade) packages, check in Add/Remove Programs in the Windows control panel
to remove Microsoft Office 2003 from the 'removed from ' machine if it is still listed (an upgrade or dual version installation
doesn't always remove old versions if they're not a full match for all apps in the Office suite), then use telephone activation if
you have a problem with the online activation to explain the scenario.

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Bob Buckland ? wrote:-
That's what I've done. I know I wouldn't be able to activate it on a
third machine normally, but having overwritten it with 2007 on the
second machine (hence no longer using the second copy of 2003) I
wondered if I would be able to use 2003 again (and activate it) on the
third machine. Strictly speaking, I would still be within the terms of
the licence in that I would still only be using two copies of 2003 - I
just wondered if it was possible in practice.

Regards,

Bob>>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Bob Henson]

Bob Buckland ? wrote:-

Hi Bob,

If both Office 2007 and Office 2003 are standalone (not upgrade)
packages, check in Add/Remove Programs in the Windows control panel
to remove Microsoft Office 2003 from the 'removed from ' machine if
it is still listed (an upgrade or dual version installation doesn't
always remove old versions if they're not a full match for all apps
in the Office suite), then use telephone activation if you have a
problem with the online activation to explain the scenario.

2003 is not listed in the add/remove programs unfortunately. For safety,
I think I'd better wait until I can afford another copy. Thanks for you
guidance, anyway.


Regards,

Bob