How do licenses apply across dual boot installation

[dlandsman]

I have just set up a dual boot environment in order to test Win7. I will
have to install Office on my new Win7 partition.

Can I activate the same copy of office on two different boot environments if
they are running on the same physical HW? That is, does the license
recognize the physical HW or the boot environment.

If I cannot use/activiate in both environments without getting a new
license, which is really not acceptable, do I have to de-activate my copy on
XP and re-install on Win7? (Big hassle, by the way, because the whole point
is to enable easy migration and have a backstop until I am sure my new
environment is stable. I do not want to 'upgrade" because I want a clean
registry.)

 

[LVTravel]

I have just set up a dual boot environment in order to test Win7. I will
have to install Office on my new Win7 partition.

Can I activate the same copy of office on two different boot environments
if
they are running on the same physical HW? That is, does the license
recognize the physical HW or the boot environment.

If I cannot use/activiate in both environments without getting a new
license, which is really not acceptable, do I have to de-activate my copy
on
XP and re-install on Win7? (Big hassle, by the way, because the whole
point
is to enable easy migration and have a backstop until I am sure my new
environment is stable. I do not want to 'upgrade" because I want a clean
registry.)

If you have a retail version of the software and only have it installed one
time then you possibly can install it into the Win 7 partition and activate
it. Retail versions allow the installation on a primary device, your Win XP
install, and a "portable" device, the Win 7 install, for the exclusive use
of the primary user of the primary device. (My paraphrasing. While it is
technically not a portable device I don't think the Microsoft install cops
will come checking.

If it is an OEM version it can only be installed on the original computer
(it can't be transferred to a different computer but can be used in a
different operating system on the original computer) in one partition at a
time. If it is an enterprise version it is the same as OEM.

Of course you do realize that the Win 7 beta partition will, in all
probability, have to be dumped and rebuilt when Win 7 is released as a final
version and you desire to install it.

 

[dlandsman]

Hmmm. Sounds like I can do it. I have a retail version. Also, per what you
said, I think I'd be good with even an OEM version, if it really allows one
partition at a time, because, for sure, I would only be using it on one
partition at a time, depending on which OS is active. Thx, Dave

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

From the Microsoft Software License Agreement for Office 2007:

"1. OVERVIEW. These license terms permit installation and use of one copy
of the software on one device, along with other rights, all as described
below.
2. INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. Before you use the software under a
license, you must assign that license to one device. That device is the
“licensed device.” A hardware partition or blade is considered to be a
separate device.

Use at your own risk and your own conscience.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, dlandsman asked:

| I have just set up a dual boot environment in order to test Win7. I
| will have to install Office on my new Win7 partition.
|
| Can I activate the same copy of office on two different boot
| environments if they are running on the same physical HW? That is,
| does the license recognize the physical HW or the boot environment.
|
| If I cannot use/activiate in both environments without getting a new
| license, which is really not acceptable, do I have to de-activate my
| copy on XP and re-install on Win7? (Big hassle, by the way, because
| the whole point is to enable easy migration and have a backstop until
| I am sure my new environment is stable. I do not want to 'upgrade"
| because I want a clean registry.)

 

[Earle Horton]

Afaik, Microsoft activation software uses a "hardware hash" to determine if
it is on the same computer/device as one already registered with the
activation server. I have yet to have changing the HD, repartitioning or
moving the system partition provoke an activation attempt. I am thinking
that the software cannot tell that it is on a different partition. As Milly
says, use this information "at your own risk and your own conscience".

What is a "blade"? I have never heard anyone call it that. Is it a Brit
thing?

Earle

 

[Bob I]

Abbreviation for "Blade server"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_server

Afaik, Microsoft activation software uses a "hardware hash" to determine
if it is on the same computer/device as one already registered with the
activation server. I have yet to have changing the HD, repartitioning
or moving the system partition provoke an activation attempt. I am
thinking that the software cannot tell that it is on a different
partition. As Milly says, use this information "at your own risk and
your own conscience".

What is a "blade"? I have never heard anyone call it that. Is it a
Brit thing?

Earle

From the Microsoft Software License Agreement for Office 2007:

"1. OVERVIEW. These license terms permit installation and use of one
copy
of the software on one device, along with other rights, all as described
below.
2. INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. Before you use the software under a
license, you must assign that license to one device. That device is the
"licensed device." A hardware partition or blade is considered to be a
separate device.

Use at your own risk and your own conscience.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, dlandsman asked:

| I have just set up a dual boot environment in order to test Win7. I
| will have to install Office on my new Win7 partition.
|
| Can I activate the same copy of office on two different boot
| environments if they are running on the same physical HW? That is,
| does the license recognize the physical HW or the boot environment.
|
| If I cannot use/activiate in both environments without getting a new
| license, which is really not acceptable, do I have to de-activate my
| copy on XP and re-install on Win7? (Big hassle, by the way, because
| the whole point is to enable easy migration and have a backstop until
| I am sure my new environment is stable. I do not want to 'upgrade"
| because I want a clean registry.)