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date: 27 Jan 2007 14:19:18 -0800,
group: microsoft.public.office.mac
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Re: Running two computers on Office:Mac at same time
In article ,
tba1959@comcast.net wrote:
> Several years ago, I purchased Office:Mac v.X ST Ed. and ran it on my
> G4, sharing it with my wife's
> laptop on our home network.This month I purchased a PowerBook Pro
> which used Setup Assistant
> to transfer all of my files and apps over to the PowerBook. Now, when
> my wife is running
> Entourage, I get a msg saying I cannot run Word at the same time, and
> when I logged onto the MS help site, it says I can't run the software
> on two computers at the same time, even tho we did it for several
> years before I bought the PowerBook
>
> My software came with three Product Keys. Is there any way to fix this
> problem?
Hi Tom!
Legally you may install Office on a desktop and a mobile computer
(laptop) but you're only suppose to use one at a time. The code in
Office can detect if you're using a desktop or laptop and should not
conflict if it detects the same Office key in use on another Mac of a
different type. However, if Office on a laptop detects the same key in
use on another laptop then you won't be able to use one of the
installations.
If you have three keys then you must have purchased the Student/Teacher
edition. Simply install a unique key one each machine and you'll be
fine. You may need to uninstall and then reinstall to get the correct
key on each machine.
Hope this helps! bill
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William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows)
date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:42:01 -0600
author: William Smith
Re: Running two computers on Office:Mac at same time
For some reason I cannot get to the Microsoft Setup Assistant. I have
trashed Office twice, and reloaded
Office:mac from the CD, but when I open one of the apps, I get the
Project Gallery page instead of
the Setup Assistant.Therefore, I cannot load one of the keys on my
computer.
Can anyone help me.
Thanks
Tom
On Jan 28, 1:42 am, William Smith
wrote:
> In article ,
>
> tba1...@comcast.net wrote:
> > Several years ago, I purchased Office:Mac v.X ST Ed. and ran it on my
> > G4, sharing it with my wife's
> > laptop on our home network.This month I purchased a PowerBook Pro
> > which used Setup Assistant
> > to transfer all of my files and apps over to the PowerBook. Now, when
> > my wife is running
> > Entourage, I get a msg saying I cannot run Word at the same time, and
> > when I logged onto the MS help site, it says I can't run the software
> > on two computers at the same time, even tho we did it for several
> > years before I bought the PowerBook
>
> > My software came with three Product Keys. Is there any way to fix this
> > problem?Hi Tom!
>
> Legally you may install Office on a desktop and a mobile computer
> (laptop) but you're only suppose to use one at a time. The code in
> Office can detect if you're using a desktop or laptop and should not
> conflict if it detects the same Office key in use on another Mac of a
> different type. However, if Office on a laptop detects the same key in
> use on another laptop then you won't be able to use one of the
> installations.
>
> If you have three keys then you must have purchased the Student/Teacher
> edition. Simply install a unique key one each machine and you'll be
> fine. You may need to uninstall and then reinstall to get the correct
> key on each machine.
>
> Hope this helps! bill
> --
> William M. Smith
> (Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows)
date: 29 Jan 2007 07:58:30 -0800
author: unknown
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