Hmmm. Sounds like I can do it. I have a retail version. Also, per what you
said, I think I'd be good with even an OEM version, if it really allows one
partition at a time, because, for sure, I would only be using it on one
partition at a time, depending on which OS is active. Thx, Dave

"LVTravel" wrote:

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> "dlandsman" <dlandsman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0C14C876-72F1-4914-989B-B26A22EFF940@microsoft.com...
> > I have just set up a dual boot environment in order to test Win7. I will
> > have to install Office on my new Win7 partition.
> >
> > Can I activate the same copy of office on two different boot environments
> > if
> > they are running on the same physical HW? That is, does the license
> > recognize the physical HW or the boot environment.
> >
> > If I cannot use/activiate in both environments without getting a new
> > license, which is really not acceptable, do I have to de-activate my copy
> > on
> > XP and re-install on Win7? (Big hassle, by the way, because the whole
> > point
> > is to enable easy migration and have a backstop until I am sure my new
> > environment is stable. I do not want to 'upgrade" because I want a clean
> > registry.)
>
> If you have a retail version of the software and only have it installed one
> time then you possibly can install it into the Win 7 partition and activate
> it. Retail versions allow the installation on a primary device, your Win XP
> install, and a "portable" device, the Win 7 install, for the exclusive use
> of the primary user of the primary device. (My paraphrasing. While it is
> technically not a portable device I don't think the Microsoft install cops
> will come checking.
>
> If it is an OEM version it can only be installed on the original computer
> (it can't be transferred to a different computer but can be used in a
> different operating system on the original computer) in one partition at a
> time. If it is an enterprise version it is the same as OEM.
>
> Of course you do realize that the Win 7 beta partition will, in all
> probability, have to be dumped and rebuilt when Win 7 is released as a final
> version and you desire to install it.
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