Should I install XP or not?

[Eric]

My boss requests privately to fix her notebook for herself, I think it will
be no problem at all. Her notebook is mainly personal use at home. When I
request her to bring all related software and notebook to me, so I can format
and install every application for her, she assumes I will use office software
to install for her. As a IT manager, should I install office copy software
for her notebook for personal usage?
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Eric

 

[PD43]

My boss requests privately to fix her notebook for herself, I think it will
be no problem at all. Her notebook is mainly personal use at home. When I
request her to bring all related software and notebook to me, so I can format
and install every application for her, she assumes I will use office software
to install for her. As a IT manager, should I install office copy software
for her notebook for personal usage?
No.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions

You could send a letter to "Dear Abby" and mark it URGENT on the
envelope, hoping to get a quick reply.

 

[Big_Al]

My boss requests privately to fix her notebook for herself, I think it will
be no problem at all. Her notebook is mainly personal use at home. When I
request her to bring all related software and notebook to me, so I can format
and install every application for her, she assumes I will use office software
to install for her. As a IT manager, should I install office copy software
for her notebook for personal usage?
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Eric

Unless you have a volume license agreement, then you probably should
not. My office bought individual retail copies of Office for example.
That makes them good for one machine per box.
I've seen volume license for Office that would allow every employee to
also put it on their personal machine as long as they were employed.

So it depends.

 

[Ron Badour]

If installing Office will violate a EULA agreement, then you should advise
her of such in an email so you can show that you acted properly. If you are
told to disregard the EULA and want to keep your employment, I'd do what the
boss wants.

 

[xfile]

Her notebook is mainly personal use at home.

My two cents,

Is the notebook a personal or company's property? If it's a company's
property, regardless of how one is using it provided within the company's
policy and guidelines, it could be considered for using the company's
license - volume or retail. If it's a personal property, I would refuse it
for obvious reasons.

Hope this helps and good luck.

 

[HeyBub]

My boss requests privately to fix her notebook for herself, I think
it will be no problem at all. Her notebook is mainly personal use at
home. When I request her to bring all related software and notebook
to me, so I can format and install every application for her, she
assumes I will use office software to install for her. As a IT
manager, should I install office copy software for her notebook for
personal usage?
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions

Of course you should install whatever she gives you.

You have no way of knowing the legal implications or permissions to which
she is entitled. By your own observation "her notebook is MAINLY
personal..." by which I infer its use is SOMETIMES business related. There
is no percentage use threshold for using company-purchased software on a
machine. For that matter, the notebook may have been bought and owned by the
company.

You are the IT manager; she is your boss. I assume she's a vice-president or
similar.

That you declined a lawful assignment due to ethical ambivalence will look
really swell on your resume.

 

[xfile]

If it's software from your office and the EULA doesn't allow

you to legally install it, then it's really a judgment call and
it would be difficult for anyone here to advise you. If it were
me I'd start by saying something like... "Since you're my boss
I will do as you ask, but I want to advise you of what's in the
EULA before I do."

Hi,

I don't see the relevance to the EULA as long as those software are legally
purchased and have not exceeded the install limits, an assumption that I've
made based on the original message, but those obviously are the company's
"resources". So the question is, how the company's resources should be
allocated and used but it varies for different companies.

On the other hand, if the situation does violate the EULA, it won't be a
judgment call and it's a clear violation of laws, so saying/writing anything
in advance will not help the OP (or you).

This is where maybe an alternative, such as Open Office, can come to play if
the OP doesn't want to use the company's resources for a clear (assumed)
personal usage or the company has no valid license left, but sill wish to
help his boss without her and the company to spend money.

 

[Eric]

Thank everyone very much for suggestions
One more question, in office, there is a printer, which contains no network
device, but there is a third party device to make this printer connecting to
the network, therefore 10 staffs can share for printer. Everyone can download
the printer driver for free. In this case, will it be legal printer
installation and use the printer driver on each PC? Since the printer is not
designed for network usage, now it can be shared for printer through a third
party device. Is there any legal agreement related to printer driver for
limited usage?
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank everyone very much for any suggestions
Eric

 

[xfile]

Is there any legal agreement related to printer driver for

limited usage?

Hi,

For myself, I never paid any attentions to the legal agreements of printer
driver (or any other device driver) but I remember that there should be a
"license agreement" section before, during, or after the installation
process.

So you may try to install the specific driver and see if there is one, or
check the vendor for additional information.

Someone else has more knowledge may also reply to your question.

Hope this helps and good luck.