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Mac Forum / Applications / MS Office / February 2005Using up my 3 licenses of MS Office 2004?
I have 3 licenses with my MS Office 2004... I installed it once... but awhile later I had to re-format my hard disk on my PowerBook G4... I re-installed MS Office 2004.... does this count as "1" load, or am I up to "2" loads? How does MS Office 2004 count installs in a case like mine? It doesn't care. Just keep reinstalling with the same number. 3 licenses means 3 people in the household can use the program at the same time, nothing whatsoever to do with how many times you install it on the same computer. > I have 3 licenses with my MS Office 2004... I installed it once... but > awhile later I had to re-format my hard disk on my PowerBook G4... I > re-installed MS Office 2004.... does this count as "1" load, or am I up > to "2" loads? How does MS Office 2004 count installs in a case like > mine?  SignatureDaiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: <http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/> What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ > I have 3 licenses with my MS Office 2004... I installed it once... but > awhile later I had to re-format my hard disk on my PowerBook G4... I > re-installed MS Office 2004.... does this count as "1" load, or am I up > to "2" loads? How does MS Office 2004 count installs in a case like > mine? Office doesn't count installs. It counts machines that have the same license installed. You can't "use up" a license (i.e., it's not like activation with WinOffice) Each license allows a simultaneous installation on one desktop and one laptop (though you can't use both at the same time on the same network). There's no "load" criterion for licenses. For each license, you could remove and reinstall Office once a day if you wish. For each license, you could install Office on a different computer every day, as long as you remove it from the one you used the day before. On 2/18/05 6:02 AM, in article jemcgimpsey-070F00.07023818022005@msnews.microsoft.com, "JE McGimpsey" <jemcgimpsey@mvps.org> wrote: > Each license allows a simultaneous installation on one desktop and one > laptop (though you can't use both at the same time on the same network). Somehow I thought you could, and I think I have, John. (Perhaps I have separate licenses and am getting confused here, but I don't think so. I do have both connected by airport right now and they're both working at the same time.) There's something that detects the battery in the laptop and allows the one-desktop-one-laptop-on-same-network, I think. SignaturePaul Berkowitz MVP MacOffice Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> Please "Reply To Newsgroup" to reply to this message. Emails will be ignored. PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using - **2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. > Somehow I thought you could, and I think I have, John. (Perhaps I have > separate licenses and am getting confused here, but I don't think so. I do > have both connected by airport right now and they're both working at the > same time.) There's something that detects the battery in the laptop and > allows the one-desktop-one-laptop-on-same-network, I think. To tell the truth, I was referring only to the license, and its "exclusive use" phrase, not the technical aspect. It's true that if you're exclusively using both machines simultaneously, you can work on both at the same time. In any case, it's certainly technically possible. > > Somehow I thought you could, and I think I have, John. (Perhaps I have > > separate licenses and am getting confused here, but I don't think so. I do [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > In any case, it's certainly technically possible. In my experience, they will NOT work on the network simultaneously with the same code. I ended up having to use another of my 3 codes to allow both to work at the same time. On a separate note--that may be hijacking this thread--I was also trying to allow access over the network to the same database files (mostly out of curiousity) so the two computers could simultaneously access the same mail. This also triggered the same licensing error message coincidentally. I got the "sharing data files" thing to work IF both weren't accessing the files at once. -Mark > In my experience, they will NOT work on the network simultaneously with the > same code. I ended up having to use another of my 3 codes to allow both to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > the "sharing data files" thing to work IF both weren't accessing the files > at once. All I can say is...it's possible with XL v.X and XL04. > > In my experience, they will NOT work on the network simultaneously with the > > same code. I ended up having to use another of my 3 codes to allow both to [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > All I can say is...it's possible with XL v.X and XL04. I thought I tested all apps, but it is possible I only tested Entourage, Word and Powerpoint. I don't use Excel extensively. The other machine's copy running on a network connected machine would immediately trigger the "nastygram" error message alerting the license restriction. -Mark > I thought I tested all apps, but it is possible I only tested Entourage, > Word and Powerpoint. I don't use Excel extensively. > > The other machine's copy running on a network connected machine would > immediately trigger the "nastygram" error message alerting the license > restriction. Sorry, I was too restrictive - it works with the other apps too. > > I thought I tested all apps, but it is possible I only tested Entourage, > > Word and Powerpoint. I don't use Excel extensively. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Sorry, I was too restrictive - it works with the other apps too. I wonder what the explanation could be in my case? Under no circumstances would it allow one of the numbers to be shared by ANY two of my networked computers. Could it depend on whether Appletalk is enabled (in my case it was)? That is the one possibility I could dream up. -Mark > > > I thought I tested all apps, but it is possible I only tested Entourage, > > > Word and Powerpoint. I don't use Excel extensively. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Could it depend on whether Appletalk is enabled (in my case it was)? That > is the one possibility I could dream up. Do you have the built in firewall enabled? SignatureTom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF > > > > I thought I tested all apps, but it is possible I only tested Entourage, > > > > Word and Powerpoint. I don't use Excel extensively. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Do you have the built in firewall enabled? No, I have a hardware firewall. |
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