Switching Office versions between 2 machines...

[Conan Kelly]

Hello all,

My laptop has Office XP. My desktop has Office 2003. If I wanted to switch
the Office versions between the two machines so the laptop would have 2003
and the desktop would have XP (2002), what would be the best way to go about
doing that?

Should I just uninstall each one and then reinstall the version I want on
the machine I want? If I do it this way, should I expect a call from
Microsoft wondering what's going on or worried that I'm installing the same
software on two machines?

Should I try to contact Microsoft first?

Also, any advice on backing up emails, appointments, settings, email
accounts (with settings), etc. would be appreciated.

Thanks for any help anyone can provide,

Conan Kelly

 

[bxb7668]

Assuming that both versions are retail versions, there is no problem
with what you want to do. To make sure you should read the EULA for
both. If either of them are OEM however, then that version is locked
to the original hardware and cannot be moved.

Brian Bygland