Office XP Question

[JimFor]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I thought I'd try. I have
purchased and registered Office XP Professional and it is loaded on one of my
computers at home. However, I now need to use Office on another computer at
my home.( I have some data in a program on the second computer and I want to
compare it with some data I will download into Excel.) I registered the
Office program from the first computer. Can I load Office on my second
computer and use it it has been registered on the first computer? I seem to
recall that after I installed it the first time, it prompted me to register it
and a message appeared which informed me I only had a limited amount of usage
of the program until I registered it. Right now I don't want to go through
the installation process if I can't use the program after a certain number of
times because it has already been registered from another computer. Hope this
question is clear. Can I use the first registration when I load Office onto
the second computer? If so, how? Is there another option? Or am I limited
to using Office on the computer from which it was registered? There may be a
simple answer to this but I've never installed Office before and don't know
much about the registration process.


Thanks

 

[Alias]

Only one copy of XP Office per computer. You need to buy another one.

Office 2000, OTOH ... you actually get to practise "fair use". With XP, your
"fair use" is gone. It's all part of MS' fight against MS having low prices,
er, I mean, "piracy".

Alias

 

[Eric McG]

You would be better served by posting your question to one of the MS Office
newsgroups.

In case you don't get the answer you're wanting to hear, there's an alternative
solution and it's free. It's called OpenOffice.

You can get the whole suite of productivity apps that are very similar to and
compatible with the MS Office suites. See this link for more info:

OpenOffice.org 1.1
http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html

Here's a link to an article that gives you a pro & con comparison to the latest
MS Office suite:

Office 2003 vs. OpenOffice.Org
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1570801,00.asp

Good luck!

 

[Matija Hrovat, Avtenta.Si]

Hi,
it's not the right place.
You should go to:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.office.setup

But as long as you post it and as long as it's a Saturday .....

You are probably talking about activation.

Activation and Registration of a Microsoft Product
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326851

You must contact your salesman, the one where you purchase you Office.
He must inform you which version do you have ??

More at:

Frequently Asked Questions About Office XP
http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/xp/faq.asp

Q.Can I install my copy of Office XP on my home computer and my laptop?

A.Depending upon the version of Office XP you are using, you may be able to
install it on a second computer. Office XP for Students and Teachers
includes a license to use the software on a single computer. Retail versions
of Office XP Standard and Office XP Professional include licenses which
allow you to install and use the software on a single desktop computer and
on a second laptop computer, for your exclusive use. However, this does not
apply to Office XP product licenses acquired with the purchase of a
computer. These original equipment manufacturer (OEM) licenses are
single-use licenses that cannot be transferred to another desktop computer
or laptop computer.

So...
Any other questions ?
Read also:
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/activation.mspx

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[JimFor]

Thanks!

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Read the EULA that comes with your copy of Office XP. In the
past, retail Office licenses have permitted the applications to be
installed upon one desktop computer and one portable computer
simultaneously, provided that there was a single primary user for both
machines.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Only one copy of XP Office per computer. You need to buy another one.

Not necessarily correct. Have you ever bothered to read _any_
EULA?

Office 2000, OTOH ... you actually get to practice "fair use". With XP, your
"fair use" is gone. It's all part of MS' fight against MS having low prices,
er, I mean, "piracy".

The question has absolutely nothing to do with "fair use, " which
is a very specific term, under U.S. copyright law:

"Fair use is a copyright principle based on the belief that the
public is entitled to freely use *portions* of copyrighted materials
for purposes of *commentary and criticism*. For example, if you wish
to criticize a novelist, you should have the freedom to quote a
portion of the novelist's work without asking permission. Absent this
freedom, copyright owners could stifle any negative comments about
their work."
(http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/
index.html) (Emphasis mine.)

"Judges use four factors in resolving fair use disputes, which are
discussed in detail below. It's important to understand that these
factors are only guidelines and the courts are free to adapt them to
particular situations on a case-by-case basis. In other words, a judge
has a great deal of freedom when making a fair use determination and
the outcome in any given case can be hard to predict.

"The four factors judges consider are:

1.. the purpose and character of your use
2.. the nature of the copyrighted work
3.. the amount and substantiality of the portion taken, and
4.. the effect of the use upon the potential market. "
(http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/
9-b.html)

Feel free to peruse the entire article, which will make it
abundantly clear that there is no way that anyone could successfully
argue that installing a second copy of an operation system or
application suite onto a second computer, without the copyright
holder's express permission, for the sole purpose of not having to buy
a second license, could possibly meet the criteria of "Fair Use."

You might also try actually reading the law, though it won't
support your position, either:

TITLE 17 , CHAPTER 1 , Sec. 107.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html


Bruce Chambers
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[CS]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I thought I'd try. I have
purchased and registered Office XP Professional and it is loaded on one of my
computers at home. However, I now need to use Office on another computer at
my home.( I have some data in a program on the second computer and I want to
compare it with some data I will download into Excel.) I registered the
Office program from the first computer. Can I load Office on my second
computer and use it it has been registered on the first computer? I seem to
recall that after I installed it the first time, it prompted me to register it
and a message appeared which informed me I only had a limited amount of usage
of the program until I registered it. Right now I don't want to go through
the installation process if I can't use the program after a certain number of
times because it has already been registered from another computer. Hope this
question is clear. Can I use the first registration when I load Office onto
the second computer? If so, how? Is there another option? Or am I limited
to using Office on the computer from which it was registered? There may be a
simple answer to this but I've never installed Office before and don't know
much about the registration process.

If your copy of Office XP Pro is a MS retail boxed copy, it may be
activated on a desktop and mobile machine belonging to you. Or can be
activated on a home machine and work machine belonging to you. In
other words it can be activated twice. See the EULA. The second
activation must be phoned in to MS - it's not automatic.

Note - the above is only for the MS boxed retail version. Not for OEM
versions.

 

[Alan]

Did anyone tell Bruce Chambers about this?

Alan

If your copy of Office XP Pro is a MS retail boxed copy, it may be
activated on a desktop and mobile machine belonging to you. Or can be
activated on a home machine and work machine belonging to you. In
other words it can be activated twice. See the EULA. The second
activation must be phoned in to MS - it's not automatic.

Note - the above is only for the MS boxed retail version. Not for OEM
versions.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I thought I'd try. I have
purchased and registered Office XP Professional and it is loaded on one of my
computers at home. However, I now need to use Office on another computer at
my home.( I have some data in a program on the second computer and I want to
compare it with some data I will download into Excel.) I registered the
Office program from the first computer. Can I load Office on my second
computer and use it it has been registered on the first computer?

A Retail copy of Office is licensed to be installed on a desktop machine
plus another described as a laptop computer that is the personal
property of the owner of the desktop machine

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Why would I need to be told something that's been common knowledge
in the IT field for years now? I'd already posted the same
information almost an hour earlier.


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[Alan]

Well Bruce, as your comment stated, "In the past, retail Office licenses
have permitted the applications to be
installed upon one desktop computer and one portable computer...." one could
infer that was no longer the case.

Had you chosen to be clear and responsive to the question, you would have
responded with a simple "Yes."

Alan

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Well Bruce, as your comment stated, "In the past, retail Office licenses
have permitted the applications to be
installed upon one desktop computer and one portable computer...." one could
infer that was no longer the case.

Or one could deduce the correct situation - that I do not have a
copy of a retail Office XP EULA readily available with which to verify
my recollection, and did not want to inadvertently give an incorrect
answer. That's why I referred the OP to his own EULA.


Bruce Chambers
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[Bob I]

Actually the "correct answer" WAS "NO this is Not the correct place to
ask this question". Please go to "microsoft.public.office.misc".