Office XP on 2 machines???

[KevDODOUBLEG]

Taken from cnet's review of office xp:

And Microsoft's new activation/registration process gets under our skin. Like Office 2000 SP-1 (a second edition, essentially, of that suite), you must activate Office within the first 50 times you run it by calling a toll-free number or going online, then giving your product ID code (but not your name). What's more, you can install Office on only two machines. To do more than a pair of installations, say, if you need to reinstall it on a machine that completely wipes out, you must call another 800 number to receive a code that lets you do another installation.

Is this true??? I am talking about Office XP standard, would that make a difference?

 

[Nevyn522]

To the best of my knowledge, provided the system configuration doesn't change too much, you should be able to reinstall it repeatedly on the same machine. I THINK.

You can install it on a second machine in certain circumstances (ie, Desktop and Laptop (my favorite loophole)), but in general, the software is only licensed for one consumer.

So... TECHNICALLY it shouldn't matter that you can only install it on two machines -- you're only licensed for the one.

Beyond that... ask MS legal.

 

[KevDODOUBLEG]

Will the second PC slip past activation?

 

[KevDODOUBLEG]

Nobody lookes in the software forum,

 

[ertle]

the code you send microsoft comes from 2 things..... the key code that comes with the cd and a number made from your system configurations... the one from your system is made mostly from the MAC address of your nic, from what i've heard.

i dont' know about being able to install it on 2 computers. to install it on a seperate computer, however, you have to call microsoft and give them a reason why i guess