upgrade Works OEM to Office 2003 Pro?

[JDFnh]

I have MS Works 7.0 OEM which came installed on my computer. I tried to
register it online when prompted, but the Microsoft site said I had an
invalid product ID, probably because it has -OEM- in the ID. That's fine, I
don't need to register it, I don't plan on using Works. But the fact that my
product ID wasn't accepted makes me wonder if I will be able to upgrade my
Works OEM version to Office 2003.

Does anyone know if the Microsoft Office 2003 Professional "Upgrade" CD will
acknowledge my OEM copy of Works 7.0 and allow me to upgrade it? The
packaging says 2003 Professional Upgrade is eligible from Works 8.0, 7.0, and
6.0 but I don't know if it will recognize my OEM product ID and allow the
upgrade. I need to find out before I buy the upgrade version since once I
open it I wouldn't be able to return it.

Thanks...

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

See this article:

Products that qualify for the Office 2003 upgrade
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832288


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After furious head-scratching, JDFnh asked this group:

| I have MS Works 7.0 OEM which came installed on my computer. I tried
| to register it online when prompted, but the Microsoft site said I
| had an invalid product ID, probably because it has -OEM- in the ID.
| That's fine, I don't need to register it, I don't plan on using
| Works. But the fact that my product ID wasn't accepted makes me
| wonder if I will be able to upgrade my Works OEM version to Office
| 2003.
|
| Does anyone know if the Microsoft Office 2003 Professional "Upgrade"
| CD will acknowledge my OEM copy of Works 7.0 and allow me to upgrade
| it? The packaging says 2003 Professional Upgrade is eligible from
| Works 8.0, 7.0, and
| 6.0 but I don't know if it will recognize my OEM product ID and allow
| the upgrade. I need to find out before I buy the upgrade version
| since once I open it I wouldn't be able to return it.
|
| Thanks...

 

[JDFnh]

The article doesn't mention whether OEM software (OEM version of MS Works)
qualifies to be upgraded. Do you know if I can find out before I buy the
upgrade?
The MS Works registration page does not accept my OEM product ID so I don't
know if the upgrade will accept it.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi J.D.,

The MS Office 2003 upgrade doesn't differentiate
between OEM and retail copies of qualifying products.
It will accept either. It doesn't use the product ID
it looks for either an installed copy of the qualifying
product or reads data from the original CD.

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The article doesn't mention whether OEM software (OEM version of MS Works)
qualifies to be upgraded. Do you know if I can find out before I buy the
upgrade?
The MS Works registration page does not accept my OEM product ID so I don't
know if the upgrade will accept it. >>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx