I just bought a laptop and it runs Windows XP, but did not come with Microsoft Office. Can I take a copy of Office from my desktop and install it on the laptop without Bill Gates beating down my door?

I just bought a laptop and it runs Windows XP, but did not come with Microsoft Office. Can I take a copy of Office from my desktop and install it on the laptop without Bill Gates beating down my door?

Impossible to do....

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BUSTEM clear your PM's sucka

Done

I just bought a laptop and it runs Windows XP, but did not come with Microsoft Office. Can I take a copy of Office from my desktop and install it on the laptop without Bill Gates beating down my door?

You need the original install disks to do that. Unfortunately, most of the Micosoft products I've dealt with are licensed for only one computer.

I've installed the same copy of Office for XP on three computers with no problem - two desktops and a laptop.

I just bought a laptop and it runs Windows XP, but did not come with Microsoft Office. Can I take a copy of Office from my desktop and install it on the laptop without Bill Gates beating down my door?

YES! Your license entitles you to one desktop and one laptop installation. This I learned directly from Microsoft.

YES! Your license entitles you to one desktop and one laptop installation. This I learned directly from Microsoft.
You are legally allowed to make 1 copy of MS Office as a backup. Go for it.

YES! Your license entitles you to one desktop and one laptop installation. This I learned directly from Microsoft.


:yay:

I hear Open Office is a good freeware too.

YES! Your license entitles you to one desktop and one laptop installation. This I learned directly from Microsoft.

This is true for their OS also.

I just bought a laptop and it runs Windows XP, but did not come with Microsoft Office. Can I take a copy of Office from my desktop and install it on the laptop without Bill Gates beating down my door?

Quite honestly, Microsoft doesn't care if you put a one-activation copy of Office on 3 computers. It's whne it goes on 700,000 computers that they care.

You are legally allowed to make 1 copy of MS Office as a backup. Go for it.

They don't care. I've really pushed my luck with Microsoft.

Then again, I have 20 licenses for stuff like that. I've also got 10 licenses for Windows Vista and 20 licenses for Windows XP and Office 2000. I should say I have 4 copies of Office 2000 with 20 licenses. :killingme

Also, the Office CD's that are "Distributed with a new PC" are OEM licenses. They're not as limitedin activations, usually because OEM copies are coporate owned.

let me get a key for vista then :)

They don't care. I've really pushed my luck with Microsoft.

Then again, I have 20 licenses for stuff like that. I've also got 10 licenses for Windows Vista and 20 licenses for Windows XP and Office 2000. I should say I have 4 copies of Office 2000 with 20 licenses. :killingme

Also, the Office CD's that are "Distributed with a new PC" are OEM licenses. They're not as limitedin activations, usually because OEM copies are coporate owned.

:faint: I only use two computers to surf pr0n. You have some stamina!

it really depends on what you get your hands on ....... retail version w/activation, OEM - ie like a dell recovery cd , or whitebox, or corporate w/no activation install on doz of copies - except now MS is making things a bit harder for the casual pirate w/ newer activation scheems like business having to run there own activation server and 2 part keys for Office 07 and Vista Business .........

You could always use Open Office. It's free and compatible with most of stuff your average Microsoft Office user needs to use. It also doesn't have all the security problems that Microsoft builds into their products.

http://www.openoffice.org/

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I just bought a laptop and it runs Windows XP, but did not come with Microsoft Office. Can I take a copy of Office from my desktop and install it on the laptop without Bill Gates beating down my door?

Wow, forestal, you and I agree on something. :jameo: :jameo:

Open Office is free, will read and write Microsoft Office file formats plus its own formats which are cross application standard, and OO runs on Microsoft OSs, Linux, and Unix, and probably Mac.