Bought a new laptob, want to install Office XP I own, so...

[toebreaker]

I just got a new laptop w/o office installed. It has Vista and pretty much
nothing else. Years ago I bought Office XP Standard. I want to install this
on my new laptop, but MS put that now legally-repelled one-time product
activation on Office XP. Does anyone know if MS will give me another
activation for this Office XP I OWN so I can use it on my new laptop? Or do
I just have a worthless coaster now? Thanks!

 

[Jay Freedman]

I just got a new laptop w/o office installed. It has Vista and pretty much
nothing else. Years ago I bought Office XP Standard. I want to install this
on my new laptop, but MS put that now legally-repelled one-time product
activation on Office XP. Does anyone know if MS will give me another
activation for this Office XP I OWN so I can use it on my new laptop? Or do
I just have a worthless coaster now? Thanks!

If online activation tells you that you've used up your license, you should also
see a telephone number. Call and explain that you're transferring Office to the
new computer.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

If your copy of Office was an OEM version, you can't move it to another
computer. (BTW, you don't own the software, Microsoft is granting you a
license to use it and you agreed to those terms. Seriously, read the license
agreement - and remember that I'm not the person who wrote them.)