Question about upgrading

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Annie

I have a computer with an oem version of Office 2000 and I am getting a new
computer. Can I use my oem software as a qualifying product for Office 2003
upgrade for the new computer?

Annie
 
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Tom [Pepper] Willett

No.

|I have a computer with an oem version of Office 2000 and I am getting a new
| computer. Can I use my oem software as a qualifying product for Office
2003
| upgrade for the new computer?
|
| Annie
 
A

Annie

Darn. I had a feeling that was the answer but I couldn't find anything that
stated it plainly.

Thank you Mr Willett.

Annie
 
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ANONYMOUS

YES but read further .... and I know people who have done it. When you
buy an upgrade version, just install it on your new computer and when it
says it can't find the qualifying product, just insert your OEM Office
2000 CD in the drive (but don't install it as it is not necessary).
Then follow the instructions given on screen.

With Office 2003 retail version, you are allowed to install it on two
systems so technically you are wthin your rights to install it on your
new PC as well as old system!!!. You could also get any version of
Microsoft Works (ver 6, 7, 8, 8.5) which you can buy from Amazon for a
sausage!! This also is a qualifying product.

hth
 
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Annie

What you talk about in your first paragraph is exactly what was thinking
about trying. I just didn't want to buy something I couldn't use.

And I wish I could install Office 2003 on my old computer but it still has
Win98SE. (No reason to buy a new computer until recently.) Plus I am thinking
about donating it to a family member who doesn't have a computer.
 
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ANONYMOUS

Annie said:
What you talk about in your first paragraph is exactly what was thinking
about trying. I just didn't want to buy something I couldn't use.

And I wish I could install Office 2003 on my old computer but it still has
Win98SE. (No reason to buy a new computer until recently.) Plus I am thinking
about donating it to a family member who doesn't have a computer.
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Annie, The two license of Office 2003 is for households only. You can't
donate the PC to somebody who is not within the same household.

conditions of this EULA:
1.1 Installation and use. You may:
(a) install and use a copy of the Software on one personal computer or
other device; and
(b) install an additional copy of the Software on a second, portable
device for the exclusive use of the primary
user of the first copy of the Software.

Win98SE can't run Office 2003 but it can run Office XP professional if
you can find a copy somewhere in your country. In UK it is not possible
to buy unless you buy it on EBAY. I don't recommend this at all. Avoid
Ebay at all costs!!!


hth
 
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Annie

I know I can't "share" Office. That would be illegal. I wanted to uninstall
it from the old computer completely. Even then, I don't know if my SIL even
wants a computer. You know how it goes - one day they want one, the next day
you can't pay them to take it.

If I take it off of the old comoputer, you think I can use it as the
qualifying program for the upgrade version on a new?

(by the way, thank you for trying to help me)
 
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ANONYMOUS

Yes. You can use OEM version of old Office products as qualifying
product for upgrades to Office 2003. You do have the original CD
right?

Also, if the new PC comes with Works then that also is a qualifying
product.

Regards,
 
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Annie

Yes, I do have the CDs. It's just that I've seen some comoputers that don't
have Works, they have Corel. Even though some poeple disagree with me, I
prefer to continue using Microsoft's Office programs.
 
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ANONYMOUS

Yes Office is de-facto industry standard and 95% of offices use
Microsoft Office versions Office 97, Office 2000, Office XP, Office
2003.

There is another product which you can use in the old PC and it is
free. It is called OpenOffice from:

http://www.openoffice.org/

It is very much like Microsoft Office but it can be sometimes
temperamental and close down. I don't like it that much but sometimes I
need to create documents for Not-For Profit organizations here in the
UK.

Regards,
 
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