Okay, to clarify. The version of Office 2003 that you have, unless it
specifically states that it cannot be loaded on a second, portable device,
(read the EULA under Help->About in any Office program), CAN be legally
loaded and LEFT on the laptop. No need to load Office XP (a worse version,
IMHO, than Office 2003). The stipulation is that you cannot concurrently
use both the desktop version and the laptop version (pretty hard to do) and
that the installation on each machine is for your use, not anyone else's.
Office 2003 Retail License = 1 desktop AND 1 portable, used by the same
person but not simultanrously
Office 2003 OEM (installed by manufacturer) = only use on the machine it
was purchased with, cannot be transferred, and dies with the machine.
Office 2003 Students and Teacher's Edition = 3 installations for qualifying
households, no requirements for desktop versus laptop.
Office 2003 Basic Edition = OEM software - See point 2.
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After furious head scratching, Badknee asked:
| Milly,
|
| Thanks for the response. I was a little out of it last night, so I'd
| better make sure I am stating this right and that I am understanding
| you correctly.
|
| I currently have Office2003 installed on my PC desktop at home. I got
| it
| FREE by going to a MS workshop. Currently, I have only the operating
| system - XPP - on my laptop, since I still haven't found the OfficeXP
| disk so I can install it on my laptop.
|
| In essence, I'd like to install the Office2003 (TEPORARILY) on my
| laptop so
| I could work on some things. That means that I would concurrrently
| have TWO installations of Office2003 on TWO separate computers at the
| same time. As I said, when I find the OfficeXP disks, I will
| IMMEDIATLEY uninstall the laptop's version of Office2003 and install
| the XP version. I'm not trying to violate any copyright laws, I just
| need to get some work done and I can't carry my desktop with me. The
| only programs I really need are Word and Excel. I have no Outlook
| files.
|
| Now, does your answer still apply to the situation now?
|
| BTW, I risked life and limb (we've still got about 2-3 inches of ICE
| on our secondary roads) to come to the office and am trying
| dilligently to find the OfficeXP disk.
|
| Thanks again for your response.
|
| Badknee
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Did your Office 2003 come with the computer or did you buy it at
|| retail? If bought at retail and you have only installed it on your
|| desktop, it is perfectly legal to install on the laptop. However,
|| one thing to watch out for, when installing Outlook 2003 (if you
|| intend to use the files with prior versions of Outlook) do NOT
|| choose the new Unicode format for the .pst file.
||
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|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Badknee asked:
||
||| I had OfficeXP on my laptop. I have Office2003 on my home PC. My
||| laptop died. I had to actually get a new hard drive. My OfficeXP
||| installation materials are in my office "somewhere". (I recently had
||| to quickly change offices.) I know they are in my office, but I
||| haven't been able to find them. I REALLY need to do some work -
||| thankfully, I had the files on a thumb-drive.
|||
||| Would it be legal to install Office2003 on my laptop temporarily? I
||| would uninstall that version and install my XP version as soon as I
||| find the correct disks. I wouldn't even mind calling MS when I
||| install it to explain it to them if necessary.
|||
||| Also, IF it is legal, would the files still be compatible - can I
||| work on them in 2003 and then use them with OfficeXP? I haven't had
||| any problems in the past, but I'm not ready to purchase another
||| version of Office2003 right now.
|||
||| Thanks for your help. This is really a legitimate question.
|||
||| Badknee
