retail version of xp wont install on another computer

[melbrady]

I have a retail bought copy of microsoft xp installed on my pc, I have since
bought a laptop as well and installed office on it but it is asking me to
register and when I try to register it, message tells me it is already
registered. I was under the impression I should be able to install a retail
version multiple times, is this not correct?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

You are allowed to install it on one desktop and one laptop (as long as they
are not used simultaneously). You do have to activate the product - you need
to choose the phone option and explain it to Microsoft.

 

[melbrady]

joann, I have tried to use the phone option but it appears microsoft
australia are not around on the weekends so I will have to do it on
monday...thanx for your help

You are allowed to install it on one desktop and one laptop (as long as they
are not used simultaneously). You do have to activate the product - you need
to choose the phone option and explain it to Microsoft.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have a retail bought copy of microsoft xp installed on my pc, I have
since
bought a laptop as well and installed office on it but it is asking me to
register and when I try to register it, message tells me it is already
registered. I was under the impression I should be able to install a
retail
version multiple times, is this not correct?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

I'm glad I could help you as far as I did. Sorry I can't do more. Guess this
means you'll have to forego working this weekend. (Be glad you're not
calling Microsoft in the US. We have a three day weekend and MS will be
closed on Monday.)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

joann, I have tried to use the phone option but it appears microsoft
australia are not around on the weekends so I will have to do it on
monday...thanx for your help

You are allowed to install it on one desktop and one laptop (as long as
they
are not used simultaneously). You do have to activate the product - you
need
to choose the phone option and explain it to Microsoft.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have a retail bought copy of microsoft xp installed on my pc, I have
since
bought a laptop as well and installed office on it but it is asking me
to
register and when I try to register it, message tells me it is already
registered. I was under the impression I should be able to install a
retail
version multiple times, is this not correct?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If it is the Students and Teachers Edition, it only allows for one
installation, either desktop or laptop.

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After furious head scratching, melbrady asked:

| I have a retail bought copy of microsoft xp installed on my pc, I
| have since bought a laptop as well and installed office on it but it
| is asking me to register and when I try to register it, message tells
| me it is already registered. I was under the impression I should be
| able to install a retail version multiple times, is this not correct?

 

[P.Dorf]

I have a retail bought copy of microsoft xp installed on my pc, I have
since
bought a laptop as well and installed office on it but it is asking me to
register and when I try to register it, message tells me it is already
registered. I was under the impression I should be able to install a
retail
version multiple times, is this not correct?

Registration is optional; Activation is compulsory!

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

Reading his post again, he never does say Office XP, he only says Microsoft
XP.

Hey Melbrandy - do you mean Windows XP or Office XP or what?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

 

[Gyorgy Moldova [MCSE+I, MVP]]

I am wondering. You say (I guess) that it is your second computer. As it is
a retail (?) version of Office XP, you may install it on two computers, so
activation over the net shall pass. However, in the event of it's a S&T
version this one does not apply.

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joann, I have tried to use the phone option but it appears microsoft
australia are not around on the weekends so I will have to do it on
monday...thanx for your help

You are allowed to install it on one desktop and one laptop (as long as
they
are not used simultaneously). You do have to activate the product - you
need
to choose the phone option and explain it to Microsoft.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have a retail bought copy of microsoft xp installed on my pc, I have
since
bought a laptop as well and installed office on it but it is asking me
to
register and when I try to register it, message tells me it is already
registered. I was under the impression I should be able to install a
retail
version multiple times, is this not correct?

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

I'm glad I could help you as far as I did. Sorry I can't do more.
Guess this means you'll have to forego working this weekend. (Be glad
you're not calling Microsoft in the US. We have a three day weekend
and MS will be closed on Monday.)

Didn't know you had bank holidays in the US, Jo...

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Not a bank holiday, it is Memorial Day, look it up.

--
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
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After furious head scratching, Miss Perspicacia Tick asked:

| JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] wrote:
|| I'm glad I could help you as far as I did. Sorry I can't do more.
|| Guess this means you'll have to forego working this weekend. (Be glad
|| you're not calling Microsoft in the US. We have a three day weekend
|| and MS will be closed on Monday.)
|
| Didn't know you had bank holidays in the US, Jo...

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Not a bank holiday, it is Memorial Day, look it up.

No. If you lot in the US can be egocentric, then we Brits can too...

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

I try not to be egocentric.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Office is the product the OP is requesting information on. Re-read the
second sentence.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head-scratching, JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] asked this group:

| Reading his post again, he never does say Office XP, he only says
| Microsoft XP.
|
| Hey Melbrandy - do you mean Windows XP or Office XP or what?
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| || If it is the Students and Teachers Edition, it only allows for one
|| installation, either desktop or laptop.
||
|| --
|| 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, melbrady asked:
||
||| I have a retail bought copy of microsoft xp installed on my pc, I
||| have since bought a laptop as well and installed office on it but it
||| is asking me to register and when I try to register it, message
||| tells me it is already registered. I was under the impression I
||| should be able to install a retail version multiple times, is this
||| not correct?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Nothing egocentric about it - it is about the folks here who died saving
your ***** butts. Oh, and let's not forget the French, Polish, Italian,
Russian, etc. hind ends. Egocentricity has nothing to do with it. Show a
little respect.

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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
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After furious head scratching, Miss Perspicacia Tick asked:

| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
|| Not a bank holiday, it is Memorial Day, look it up.
|
| No. If you lot in the US can be egocentric, then we Brits can too...