Microsoft Office

[Trish]

My boyfriend & I both have XP Home Edition on our computers.
He has Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003 on his desk top and I have
Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
(which includes PowerPoint) on my laptop which I am licensed
to use on two other computers in the household.
Is it necessary to uninstall the Basic Edition from his
machine or can we install my edition on top of it?
Trish UK

 

[Leythos]

My boyfriend & I both have XP Home Edition on our computers.
He has Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003 on his desk top and I have
Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
(which includes PowerPoint) on my laptop which I am licensed
to use on two other computers in the household.
Is it necessary to uninstall the Basic Edition from his
machine or can we install my edition on top of it?
Trish UK

OEM editions, like the Student/Teacher editions, are only licensed for
installation on a SINGLE computer system.

Retail versions can be installed on a single computer and a laptop IF
both systems are only used by the same person.

Now, what you can get away with and what you are licensed for can be
different things.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Uninstall the Basic version first.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| My boyfriend & I both have XP Home Edition on our computers.
| He has Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003 on his desk top and I have
| Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
| (which includes PowerPoint) on my laptop which I am licensed
| to use on two other computers in the household.
| Is it necessary to uninstall the Basic Edition from his
| machine or can we install my edition on top of it?
| Trish UK

 

[mem]

Ignore Leythos. No you do not need to uninstall the basic version.

 

[Leythos]

Ignore Leythos. No you do not need to uninstall the basic version.

I never said to uninstall anything.

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

OEM editions, like the Student/Teacher editions, are only licensed for
installation on a SINGLE computer system.

Retail versions can be installed on a single computer and a laptop IF
both systems are only used by the same person.

Now, what you can get away with and what you are licensed for can be
different things.

Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition is licensed for
installation on 3 computer. This is clearly stated on the packaging and the
EULA. There is even a bubble on the front of the box stating that it can be
installed on 3 computers. It is also *NOT* an OEM version of Office. You
were wrong on both counts.

Bobby

 

[Leythos]

[snipped unpatched Quote Fix part of Outlook express]

Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition is licensed for
installation on 3 computer. This is clearly stated on the packaging and the
EULA. There is even a bubble on the front of the box stating that it can be
installed on 3 computers. It is also *NOT* an OEM version of Office. You
were wrong on both counts.

Thanks for correcting me, I do not take proper correction as an attack
(like some) and actually appreciate your providing me with the update.

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

Is it necessary to uninstall the Basic Edition from his
machine or can we install my edition on top of it?

As has been mentioned by others, it's not necessary to uninstall but it's a
good idea to do so and might prevent some problems from showing up later. Be
sure to back up any data files he may have before uninstalling.

 

[Ed]

Is it necessary to uninstall the Basic Edition from his
machine or can we install my edition on top of it?

Its not necessary Trish but advisable according to some office upgrade
problem threads I have read. Maybe not the fault of the Office
product line or M$ or the computer it is on or the way you are holding
your mouth at the moment, but I have seen problems upgrading office
over another version or series. When the problems associated with the
upgrade were posted, it always seems that the replies suggest that one
should have uninstalled the older before installing the new. Same
with a lot of other programs out there.

Problem with uninstalling before upgrading is that with some programs,
you are not given a choice to save or backup your preferences and have
to start all over from ground floor scratch.

All of the above is based on what I have read , not witnessed first
hand. First hand, I have always uninstalled before installing the
next version just to play it safe and it has never given me any of the
problems I read about on the threads.

Regards,
Ed

 

[Patrick Keenan]

My boyfriend & I both have XP Home Edition on our computers.
He has Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003 on his desk top and I have
Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
(which includes PowerPoint) on my laptop which I am licensed
to use on two other computers in the household.
Is it necessary to uninstall the Basic Edition from his
machine or can we install my edition on top of it?
Trish UK

I would suggest uninstalling the Basic Edition first and then installing the
S&T version. Your data will be left behind, and you will be much more
certain of a clean installation. I don't know what the registry results
would be of installing S&T directly over the Basic Edition, but am sure that
bad results are not something you want to know about.

It's really not a great idea to install two different versions to get one
feature. Uninstall one, and install the other if this meets the license
terms. The risk of having two partial installs is that there are *two*
installs to maintain, and it's very easy to let them get out of sync. With
your scenario, the S&T install may not be seen as an upgrade and may not
completely remove or change key - or obscure - registry settings.

While you can just run the S&T install, you'll be saving yourself a few
minutes now at the risk of spending quite a bit of time figuring out what
exactly is wrong further down the road when you've forgotten that you
installed a second version.

HTH
-pk

 

[Trish]

My most sincere apologies to Alan and everybody else who I
have upset.
I did not see the very helpful replies referred to from so many
people, who incidentally I want to thank, until Alan sent me this URL.
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...23d5d6bf/2353d6725f1f86df?tvc=1&q=triciaskipp

I still do not know why I could not see the threads in my newsreader
before but it is no doubt due to me having the wrong settings
somewhere.
I hope to get better.
Trish