On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 05:43:13AM -0700, Lothan wrote:
> The activation process includes certain "allowances" for hardware changes if
> you need to reinstall everything from scratch, but only allows one copy per
> license to be installed on different hardware. This sounds like you may be
> SOL if you buy a new computer and need to install it on the new box. OEM
> versions (such as Microsoft Office bundled with new computers) will not run
> (may not install) on any other computer. I purchased a copy of Microsoft
> Office XP with my notebook, for example, but I can't use it on my desktop
> because it's an OEM version -- even though the retail version allows
> installation on both.
If you completely rebuild your box you can still use the software, but you
have to spend a bit of time hassling Micorsoft tech support for a new
authorization key to unlock the software.
Mary.
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