license

[L.]

Try owning a small business with only 3 desktops and 1 laptop.

That's why we're still running Office 2k and will continue.
I believe MS is missing the boat with very small business' but that's their
choice.
I'd be happy to keep things updated but not at that cost.

L.

Susan, thank you for your answer.

I just spoke with a representative (pleasant surprise) and the answer is:

"Installing on two desktops is not legal, even if it's in the same
household." (unpleasant surprise)

The price of additional license is (almost) the same as for the first one.

My opinion is that this is very unfair by Microsoft. There should be some
sort of "household" license as there are many households that have more
than
one computer in their home LAN.

NOTE: As stated already in this thread, the EULA permits installing second
license on a laptop (so if you have desktop + laptop you're ok, but not
if
you have desktop + desktop... hmmm....)

Hi, AR,

To be certain of the terms of the license agreement for the software you
purchased, please read the terms that came with it.

That said, I believe that it is legal to install a single copy of Office
2003 Pro retail on a desktop and a laptop. I don't know why, but it's
basically a single-user license that they have extended to accommodate
people who also have laptops. You could contact a licensing specialist
at
Microsoft if you want more information:

Call 1-800-426-9400, Monday through Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.
(Pacific
time)
and ask to speak directly to a Microsoft licensing specialist. (Worldwide
customers can use the Guide to Worldwide Microsoft Licensing Sites to
find
contact information in their locations.)

I've called them and have had good luck speaking with a real person for
free.

--
Susan Ramlet
MVP - Office

Please reply to the newsgroups where others may benefit.

I bought office 2003 pro retail; I have two desktops at home, I use
both.
Actually, one is mostly used by my wife, and the other by myself.

We use it for non-professional activities, i.e. the closest to the business
use it gets is writing our resumes in Word.

Can I legally install second license on my other desktop?

It would be unfair if Microsoft required purchase of a second license.



:

No, that is not a legal use of Office.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



For say my brother, sister & myself each have a PC can we load our
individual
PC

:

You mean the part about installing on the PCs of 3 members of the same
household?

smbellani wrote:

when the products says for upto 03 PCs , does it means one can install
onto
03 PCS beloging to 03 individuals , or it just meant to be
licensed to
01
individual having 03 PCs