office XP : OEM or Not?

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dj

I just bought a copy of office xp. It came with 3 disks (includes publisher) and was advertised as the FULL version. How do I tell if this is an OEM or Retail version. Thanks.
 
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anonymous

OEM version is only sold as package with computer
hardware. check the box and/or load first disk and run a
property on the drive it is loaded in. product number
would have OEM in serial number.
-----Original Message-----
I just bought a copy of office xp. It came with 3 disks
Click to expand...
(includes publisher) and was advertised as the FULL
version. How do I tell if this is an OEM or Retail
version. Thanks.
 
C

Cerridwen

dj said:
I just bought a copy of office xp. It came with 3 disks (includes
publisher) and was advertised as the FULL version. How do I tell if
this is an OEM or Retail version. Thanks.
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It includes Publisher, therefore it's OEM. No retail version includes
Publisher (actually, that's not strictly true, there was a limited Special
Edition, available for about four months after the initial release, which
did, but it's no longer sold).

From where did you acquire this version? As it's OEM, did it come with
hardware (if not the seller is in violation of the EULA). Is it marked with
a PC manufacturer's logo? If so, it's may only be installed on the system it
was sold with (and, indeed, may not work on any other).

The word 'full' is meaningless- there is no such thing (really) as a version
that isn't, although I guess an upgrade could be defined as not being full,
as it's only half a licence, as it were; but, in terms of what's on the
disc(s), it's the same as the 'full' version. An OEM is a 'full' version -
just with a restricted licence.

1) It may not be transferred without the original hardware.

2) It may not be installed on any other system other than the one it was
sold with (or, in the case of a licence sold with some other form of
hardware the first system it's installed on). If the original purchaser then
wishes to transfer the licence, they must then transfer the entire system.

3) No (free) support from Microsoft - all support is the responsibility
of the vendor.

If you bought it on eBay, and the above conditions were not met, then
contact both the seller and eBay's fraud department as you have been
defrauded. You should also contact PayPal if they listed it as an option.
 
S

S.B.

Haven't had a need until recently to use it but now I
discovered that PowerPoint is not on the OEM version on
OfficeXP or on Office 2000 small business....is that the
case? I feel like a bit of an idiot not knowing this but
went to the install on both of them and it was nowhere to
be found.

-----Original Message-----
I just bought a copy of office xp. It came with 3 disks
Click to expand...
(includes publisher) and was advertised as the FULL
version. How do I tell if this is an OEM or Retail
version. Thanks.
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi S.B.,

Office 2003 Small Business Edition (SBE) is the first SBE edition to include Powerpoint, whether retail or OEM.

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Haven't had a need until recently to use it but now I
discovered that PowerPoint is not on the OEM version on
OfficeXP or on Office 2000 small business....is that the
case? I feel like a bit of an idiot not knowing this but
went to the install on both of them and it was nowhere to
be found. >>
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I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

U.S.: MS Sweepstakes & Office 2003 Contest/Trial Software
http://microsoftofficecontest.com

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp
 
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