misplaced Office CD

[lostit]

misplaced Office installation CD. have product key. preinstalled on DELL,
who told me that they can't help me. is there a website where I can download
it if I provide the product key?

 

[Peter Foldes]

I was not aware that Dell would have a separate Office CD for their OEM install. I always thought it would be on their Recovery Disk. Oh well <s>

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

I heard about one guy who called the OEM and b*tched about his missing
Office CD. He was adamant that he didn't have it and never received it. When
they looked his order up they saw that he picked the disks up. He thought
about it for half a moment and asked, "I wonder if that's that CD that won't
play in my car's CD player?"

(I got this story directly from the woman who he was screaming at.)

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

ROFLMAO.. doesn't it frustrate you when people do not put CD's back into
their correct case?

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User

I heard about one guy who called the OEM and b*tched about his missing
Office CD. He was adamant that he didn't have it and never received it.
When they looked his order up they saw that he picked the disks up. He
thought about it for half a moment and asked, "I wonder if that's that CD
that won't play in my car's CD player?"

(I got this story directly from the woman who he was screaming at.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

It's one thing to not put it back in the correct case. It's another to not
read the label on the CD. Quel un dunce!

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

ROFLMAO.. doesn't it frustrate you when people do not put CD's back into
their correct case?

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User

I heard about one guy who called the OEM and b*tched about his missing
Office CD. He was adamant that he didn't have it and never received it.
When they looked his order up they saw that he picked the disks up. He
thought about it for half a moment and asked, "I wonder if that's that CD
that won't play in my car's CD player?"

(I got this story directly from the woman who he was screaming at.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Lostit

I would imagine, and have heard , that most households have at least one
drawer in the house that contains all kinds of things, mostly useless..
an example might be a coupon for 50c off of Tide washing liquid that
expired two years ago..

It comes as a surprise to me that the coupon is kept safe, yet a CD that
has a $300 worth is misplaced.. you are not the first to lose such an
item, and will not be the last..

Unfortunately, there is no legal way of downloading your software
(perhaps if you had an MSDN subscription) legally.. unless you find the
migrant CD, you will have to purchase MS Office in some form, or
download something like Star Office or Open Office..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


misplaced Office installation CD. have product key. preinstalled on
DELL,
who told me that they can't help me. is there a website where I can
download
it if I provide the product key?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Mike - Office 2000 was withdrawn from MSDN downloads after the Sun Java
settlement. Just an FYI.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Mike Hall (MS-MVP) asked:

| Lostit
|
| I would imagine, and have heard , that most households have at least
| one drawer in the house that contains all kinds of things, mostly
| useless.. an example might be a coupon for 50c off of Tide washing
| liquid that expired two years ago..
|
| It comes as a surprise to me that the coupon is kept safe, yet a CD
| that has a $300 worth is misplaced.. you are not the first to lose
| such an item, and will not be the last..
|
| Unfortunately, there is no legal way of downloading your software
| (perhaps if you had an MSDN subscription) legally.. unless you find
| the migrant CD, you will have to purchase MS Office in some form, or
| download something like Star Office or Open Office..
|
|
| || misplaced Office installation CD. have product key. preinstalled on
|| DELL,
|| who told me that they can't help me. is there a website where I can
|| download
|| it if I provide the product key?

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Milly

The ref was more to whatever version of Office is available through MSDN..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"