How install office on netbook with existing prod key no cd drive

[kristena777]

Need to install office 2003 small business and have product key from CD I
have, but netbook has no CD or DVD drive, so need to download full version.
Where? Help!

 

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[Jeff Strickland]

Need to install office 2003 small business and have product key from CD I
have, but netbook has no CD or DVD drive, so need to download full
version.
Where? Help!

You need to make the CD/DVD a Shared Drive on a wireless network, then logon
to the network with the Netbook and install from the shared drive. You will
need to open Windows Explorer and navigate to the shared drive, and find
SETUP.EXE, then double-click on it.

 

[Jo-Ann Proctor]

I have just purchased HP mini notebook and have Office Home and Student on my desktop pc. As I am supposedly able to use the software on 3 computers, I would like to install on my notebook.
"You need to make the CD/DVD a Shared Drive on a wireless network, then logon
to the network with the Netbook and install from the shared drive. You will
need to open Windows Explorer and navigate to the shared drive, and find
SETUP.EXE, then double-click on it."
Unfortunately, I don't know how to make the CD/DVD a shared drive. I have a router but don't know much about wireless networks. Please help as I have been at this all night and am feeling particularly stupid.



Jeff Strickland wrote:

You need to make the CD/DVD a Shared Drive on a wireless network, then logonto
03-Jan-10

You need to make the CD/DVD a Shared Drive on a wireless network, then logo
to the network with the Netbook and install from the shared drive. You wil
need to open Windows Explorer and navigate to the shared drive, and fin
SETUP.EXE, then double-click on it.

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[LVTravel]

I have just purchased HP mini notebook and have Office Home and Student on
my desktop pc. As I am supposedly able to use the software on 3 computers,
I would like to install on my notebook.
"You need to make the CD/DVD a Shared Drive on a wireless network, then
logon
to the network with the Netbook and install from the shared drive. You
will
need to open Windows Explorer and navigate to the shared drive, and find
SETUP.EXE, then double-click on it."
Unfortunately, I don't know how to make the CD/DVD a shared drive. I have
a router but don't know much about wireless networks. Please help as I
have been at this all night and am feeling particularly stupid.



Jeff Strickland wrote:

You need to make the CD/DVD a Shared Drive on a wireless network, then
logonto
03-Jan-10

You need to make the CD/DVD a Shared Drive on a wireless network, then
logon
to the network with the Netbook and install from the shared drive. You
will
need to open Windows Explorer and navigate to the shared drive, and find
SETUP.EXE, then double-click on it.

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Do you have a computer that has a CD/DVD drive? If so put the disk in that
computer and copy all the files on the CD/DVD onto a USB stick or USB hard
drive. Unhook the USB drive and plug it into the netbook. Click Computer
and find the drive for the USB drive. Double click. Find the Setup.exe
file (will be Setup if you don't have show extensions for known file types
checked) and run that file to start the installation.

Method two. To create a network using your router, search for network setup
in Windows help and also on Google. If you have two computers that can "see"
each other on a network (wireless or not) and one has a CD/DVD drive and the
other doesn't you need to put the CD in the computer that has the drive,
share the drive letter (right click on the drive letter and then left click
share and follow the prompts) then map the drive on the netbook (Open
Computer, click tools, Map Network Drive and then find the drive that you
shared in the first part. Run the installation from the shared drive.

Method three (recommended) is to purchase a USB CD/DVD drive and use that
connected to the netbook to install the software. You will almost always
need a CD/DVD drive to effectively use a computer in this day and age. They
don't cost too much but they can be invaluable.

 

[Jeff Strickland]

I have just purchased HP mini notebook and have Office Home and Student on
my desktop pc. As I am supposedly able to use the software on 3 computers,
I would like to install on my notebook.
"You need to make the CD/DVD a Shared Drive on a wireless network, then
logon
to the network with the Netbook and install from the shared drive. You
will
need to open Windows Explorer and navigate to the shared drive, and find
SETUP.EXE, then double-click on it."
Unfortunately, I don't know how to make the CD/DVD a shared drive. I have
a router but don't know much about wireless networks. Please help as I
have been at this all night and am feeling particularly stupid.

One, when you Reply you ought to insert a few blank lines so your comments
stand apart from others.

All you need do is start Windows Explorer, right-click on the CD/DVD and
select Sharing and Security, then select Share on Network.

There's a chance you will have to make a Workgroup, but if you need to do
this, getting help here is probably too technical and will only serve to be
a frustratiing adventure.

My kid has a netbook, and I loaded Office '03 for her and I don't recall
making her netbook a member of the workgroup first. I recall that I only
shared the CD/DVD on my desktop and she could see it from her netbook. I
could be mistaken, I just don't recall.

To make a workgroup requires several steps. First you have to create the
workgroup name, such as TRAFFIC CONTROLS. Then the computers in the group
atuomatically log into the group at start-up. The computers in the group all
have to have the same group name -- TRAFFIC CONTROLS -- then each computer
has its own unique name, SPEED BUMP, STOP SIGN, TRAFFIC LIGHT, ETC. You can
have your group name ZOO, then the computers named LION, MONKEY, ELEPHANT,
and so on. Or NASCAR, and the computers named GORDON, WALLACE, JOHNSON,
MARTIN, and so on. You can have the group name anything you want, and the
computer names can also be anything you want, but if you give a group name
like NASCAR, then name the computers after drivers or tracks, then you will
be able to remember which computer is which if the group grows over time.
You can name your computers after the household pets if that is something
you will remember.

Before any machine will be visible on the network, it must be rebooted.

If you netbook can already see the router, and the Internet, then you are
half way home.

Vista and Windows 7 have new menus (Control Panel items) to create
workgroups, and I could muddle through the steps if I had to, but I can't
give you specific information to do it yourself.

If you have not done so, you should figure out how to get inside your router
and give it a name you will recognize also. Resist giving it your name, but
technically there's no reason to not do that. You want to secure your router
with WEP encryption. You must select a 10-digit password that is used to
connect to the router. If you have a visitor to your home, they might bring
their own laptop and want to get onto the 'net through your router. You will
find your router because it will have a familiar name that you selected. You
could name your router SYLVESTER instead of the 5-digit name it has now that
you have no clue what it is. Your visiter simply seeks for available
connections, you tell him that your's is SYLVESTER, and the password you
selected is 1234567890 -- the password must be 10 digits in the range of 0 -
9, plus A - F. A phone number works well here, but I suggest you do not use
your own, use your mother's instead. Any 10-digit number is fine, but it's
imperative you remember what number you decided to use.

The typical address to a router is 192.168.1.1. Enter this into the address
line of your browser, and if it works, the router will ask for a user name
and password. When you get in, find the Security Settings and make your
router secure by selecting the WEP key. This will also be the portal for you
to make edits to the name of the router and assign the Log On Password.

 

[Jeff Strickland]

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Do you have a computer that has a CD/DVD drive? If so put the disk in that
computer and copy all the files on the CD/DVD onto a USB stick or USB hard
drive. Unhook the USB drive and plug it into the netbook. Click Computer
and find the drive for the USB drive. Double click. Find the Setup.exe
file (will be Setup if you don't have show extensions for known file types
checked) and run that file to start the installation.

This is also an excellent option, but if you don't already have an external
USB drive, it is more costly than making the workgroup and doing this over
your wirteless network.

Method two. To create a network using your router, search for network
setup in Windows help and also on Google. If you have two computers that
can "see" each other on a network (wireless or not) and one has a CD/DVD
drive and the other doesn't you need to put the CD in the computer that
has the drive, share the drive letter (right click on the drive letter and
then left click share and follow the prompts) then map the drive on the
netbook (Open Computer, click tools, Map Network Drive and then find the
drive that you shared in the first part. Run the installation from the
shared drive.

Method three (recommended) is to purchase a USB CD/DVD drive and use that
connected to the netbook to install the software. You will almost always
need a CD/DVD drive to effectively use a computer in this day and age.
They don't cost too much but they can be invaluable.

This is also a very good suggestion, with a very minor caveat. Netbooks are
not really intended for doing much more than surfing the 'net and sending
the occasional email. Kids -- or anybody with small hands -- will find them
useful for extended periods of typing and other kinds of work, and loading
Office begins to make sense, but I'm 6'2'' and 225 lb., and using the
keyboard is far to much of a chore for me to try and do any useful work on a
netbook.

Netbooks are by design not very powerful, so they don't make very good
gamers. I suggest spending the money on a good USB drive instead of a
USB-based CD/DVD, then you can play with photos and some other sutff and
move it off to the external drive. Then, if you need something from a
CD/DVD, then when you get home, copy the material to the external drive so
you can access it on the Netbook.

I like Option 1 the best here, get an external USB-based harddrive. You can
get 500G drives at Costco for under $100, it won't be long before you can
get 1T drives for that -- if you can't do it already. Well, I like the
shared drive on the network the best, it the lowest cost option that's been
discussed, but is also the most technically challenging.