| Re: need to move office 07 to a different computer I have the same problem do you have a telephone number for the activation line?
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
> It depends on how you acquired Office 2007. If it came pre-installed on your old machine, it cannot be moved as it is tied to that machine. If it is a retail version, then you need to use the telephone activation method to activate.
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> After furious head scratching, - Jimgz asked:
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> | How do I "de-activate" (or whatever you call it) my Office 2007 so
> | that I can put it on my new laptop? I tried uninstalling off old
> | laptop and then installing on new laptop and when I go to activate
> | the software it tells me that I can't activate it because I've
> | exceeded the number of times it could be activated.
> |
> | I can't believe that they would make me buy all new software just
> | because I'm getting a new laptop. I can see where that would be a
> | problem if I were putting it on multiple machines, but I've taken it
> | off of the old one. Can anyone help?
> |
> | Thanks,
> |