It's not the home environment that concerns me here, but the business
environment where PC hardware is always switched/upgraded/tinkered with. I
wonder what kind of affect this will have on businesses who are, sometimes
exclusively, invested in their products.
Jen
On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Mary Gardiner wrote:
> 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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