Office 2003 Licensing question

[mwiner]

ok, I am sure that this is the case for many people. I have a laptop and a desktop and one license for Office 2003. Accoring to what I have read in the EULA I can legally install Office with one license on both machines. I just want to make sure that I am reading the EULA correctly.

Also Does this mean I activate on both machines?

Thanks!

-Matt

 

[byundt]

Matt,
You may appreciate Chip Pearson's discussion of the EULA at

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/EULAFAQ.htm

If you have a Retail copy of Office (not OEM), then you may install it on your desktop and your laptop computer. If you have an OEM copy of Office, it is forever married to the one machine that it was first installed on.
Brad

 

[mwiner]

then I am golden!

 

[Marcs41]

Note: That is long overdue, the article is from 03/2003 and policies changed. You cannot do that anymore these days. Check the Eula's on the MS site, THOSE are the real ones that matter.

Marc
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[byundt]

Here's a link to the EULA for all the variations of Office 2003:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/eula/en.mspx

The EULA text for the standard version of Office says that one person may install Office 2003 on both a desktop and a laptop used exclusively by that same person.

 

[Marcs41]

Well, that is correct, in a way, and always a point of discussion.
The Eula states you can install a copy on a Device located at your HOME.
So, if that one is a laptop it does not count.
The discusion point is around it being on a laptop at work, since you can potentially have them both at home..
Well, it has been changing again I see.. so, I guess mwiner is ok.

Marc
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