If I buy Office 2007, how many computers can I install it on?

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Peter Foldes

You will need to read the Eula. Most probably it will remain the same as it is at present.
 
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don101 said:
If I buy Office 2007, how many computers can I install it on?
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Oh, now this is just irritating. I looked for EULA at
http://office.microsoft.com, and here's what I got.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA012340811033.aspx Geeze.
http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/default.aspx has potential,
but it doesn't have the Office 2007 suites yet.

If you buy Office already installed on your computer, that's known as an OEM
license. OEM licenses are tied to that computer, and often (always?) aren't
legally installable on a second system (a laptop). Office Basic is available
only as an OEM license.

If you purchase Office separately, that's a retail license. You can usually
install it on one desktop and one laptop for which you're the primary user,
and those are not supposed to be used at the same time. (In other words, you
aren't supposed to install on your desktop and, say, your wife's laptop.
It's not like you're getting two licenses for the cost of one -- think of it
more like you get a license to use Office when you're at home on your
desktop and when you're traveling with your laptop.)

Microsoft also has an Office "Home and Student" version that allows you to
install on three computers in your household, "for non-commercial use by
people who reside in your household." (That quote is from the Office 2003
Student and Teachers EULA, but I believe it's the same or at least similar
for 2007.) Home and Student is also available as a retail license.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/FX101635841033.aspx lists the
various Office 2007 suites and what applications come with each.

There are also "volume licenses." Two of the current Office suites,
Professional Plus and Enterprise, are available only through volume
licenses. That generally means a company would be installing those, so it's
not something you would be installing on your home or small business systems
anyway. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/FX101678741033.aspx has
more information on volume licensing if you need it.
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Hi Peter - welcome back and happy new year! I hope this one is better than last year - how are you feeling?

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After furious head scratching, Peter Foldes asked:

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|| If I buy Office 2007, how many computers can I install it on?
 
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Peter Foldes

Hello Milly

Thank you and the same to you and yours. I am feeling fine except for the disability that remained with me. A bit of a slurred speech and my left side is a bit paralyzed. So I chug along and I will adapt very quickly.

Again a Happy New Year

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Hi Peter - welcome back and happy new year! I hope this one is better than last year - how are you feeling?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.


After furious head scratching, Peter Foldes asked:

| You will need to read the Eula. Most probably it will remain the same
| as it is at present.
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|| If I buy Office 2007, how many computers can I install it on?
 
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