follow up to "wrong code" discussion below

[schraderclan]

still wondering if there's any way to salvage using this Office
V.x ... (see "wrong code" below)... but another development. The
software was from my husband's office and according to the "rules" he
was authorized to install it once, at home, which we wanted to do on
my daughter's computer. We just found out from our son that he
actually began installing the CD (he has a fairly new macbook too),
realized he was installing the wrong thing (we had a number of things
for them to install) and aborted the installation.

Then, not knowing that, we went to do our "one installation" on our
daughter's computer, all went well, until prompted to enter the CD Key
to use a specific function.

Would our son's mistake have somehow negated the key number?

Of course at this point we're not even clear what the CD key is. In
the "wrong code" thread below, Diane reminded us that the product ID
and the CD key are two different things, but the very next comment
said the CD key was on the orange sticker on the back of the box. Our
orange sticker on the back of the box says "product key" and that is
indeed the 25-digit number that will not work.

help?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Product ID and Product Key are different things. Sounds like you have
the right number. Keep in mind that B and 8 and O and 0 are very similar.

I'm not sure whether the mechanism to prevent multiple installs kicks in
at the time of installation--but you can test it by disconnecting the
computer from any sort of network while installing Office X, including
wireless.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

 

[CyberTaz]

Let your son off the hook Nothing he did would cause the problem your
having *unless* the 2 Macs are connected on a network - wired or wireless.
Even so, if he did in fact abort/cancel the installation there "shouldn't"
be a conflict because the mission was canceled before the key got entered.

Office on the Mac works different than on the PC. Although it's a definite
violation of the EULA you can install on as many different Macs as you wish
from the same install CD using the same product key & be able to run
everything in Office on them all at the same time as long as they aren't
able to talk to each other. It's when one goes bragging to the next about
the wonderful stuff it has that the latecomer gets snuffed out.

My bet is that I guessed [rather] accurately in my reply to your other
post... If his employer has more than one Mac & it wasn't a *sealed* copy of
Office they sent your hubby home with, the wrong CD got stuck in the box
back at the shop

 

[schraderclan]

thanks everybody