Having to buy a volume liceanse to install onto another home comp.

[x]

I bought a Microsoft Office XP version 2002 for students and teachers and
installed it onto my desktop computer. I would like to install it onto my
notebook as well. After spending the money on this program I am highly
frustrated that I cannot install it onto my notebook without a volume
liceanse. This is bad business! I am not sharing this program with other
people or outside of my home. I recommend that you change this in future
versions and face the reality that a professional owns a desktop and a
notebook and should not have to purchase any additional items to run the same
exact program.

 

[Van T. Dinh]

Microsoft don't read these newsgroups and virtually all replies are done by
volunteers here, not Microsoft staff.

Suggest you use the Microsoft Web site to contact Microsoft instead.

 

[MBlake]

My understanding is that Microsoft will allow you to install onto 1 desktop
and 1 laptop. They do this for Windows XP and I thought they did it for MS
Office as well. Give them a ring and try it out.

Mickey

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

I bought a Microsoft Office XP version 2002 for students and teachers
and installed it onto my desktop computer. I would like to install
it onto my notebook as well. After spending the money on this
program I am highly frustrated that I cannot install it onto my
notebook without a volume liceanse. This is bad business! I am not
sharing this program with other people or outside of my home. I
recommend that you change this in future versions and face the
reality that a professional owns a desktop and a notebook and should
not have to purchase any additional items to run the same exact
program.

The End User License Agreement of my copy of Access 2002 (from Office XP
Professional) says:

<quote>
General License Grant to Install and Use Software Product. You may
install and use one copy of the Software Product on a single computer,
device, workstation, terminal, or other digital electronic or analog
device ("Device"). You may make a second copy of the Software Product
and install it on a portable Device for the exclusive use of the person
who is the primary user of the first copy of the Software Product. A
license for the Software Product may not be shared.
</quote>

I interpret this to mean I can install one copy of the software on my
desktop PC, and one on my laptop -- although as it happens I haven't
done that. I don't know if the Students and Teachers Edition is
different; it may be, so you ought to read the EULA carefully to see
exactly what it says on the matter.

I *think* I have been told that the Access 2003 EULA does *not* allow
you to install it on both a desktop machine and a laptop or notebook PC,
but I could be wrong about that.