I can't find on the box or on Microsoft's Web site how many PC's can Office
2007 Academic be installed on. I think of Office 2003 you could put Standard
on 3 units and Professional on 2, but what is the answer for Office 2007?

Academic is a different critter. Standard and Pro are generally one main
system and on portable used by the same person. Student and Teacher allowed
for three in the same household for non-commercial use only. Academic is
sold to qualified users by licensed resellers. I wouldn't be surprised if
they were limited to one system.

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"Frustrated system builder"
<Frustratedsystembuilder@discussions.microsoft.com > wrote in message
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>I can't find on the box or on Microsoft's Web site how many PC's can Office
> 2007 Academic be installed on. I think of Office 2003 you could put
> Standard
> on 3 units and Professional on 2, but what is the answer for Office 2007?

"JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote in message
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> Academic is a different critter. Standard and Pro are generally one main
> system and on portable used by the same person. Student and Teacher
> allowed for three in the same household for non-commercial use only.
> Academic is sold to qualified users by licensed resellers. I wouldn't be
> surprised if they were limited to one system.

I bought an Academic-priced version of Office 2007 Standard and that EULA
allows one desktop and one laptop...

I still think the OP needs to contact the reseller for the specific
information. Academic in the US is different from other countries, IIRC.

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"Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ey2Y7diyHHA.2172@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Academic is a different critter. Standard and Pro are generally one main
>> system and on portable used by the same person. Student and Teacher
>> allowed for three in the same household for non-commercial use only.
>> Academic is sold to qualified users by licensed resellers. I wouldn't be
>> surprised if they were limited to one system.
>
> I bought an Academic-priced version of Office 2007 Standard and that EULA
> allows one desktop and one laptop...
>

"JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote:

> I still think the OP needs to contact the reseller for the
> specific information. Academic in the US is different from other
> countries, IIRC.

I think MSFT has created mass confusion by having multiple EULAs for
various versions of Office.

AFAIK, they don't do this with other products do they?




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I don't know. Most applications allow you one installation, period.

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"XS11E" <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I still think the OP needs to contact the reseller for the
>> specific information. Academic in the US is different from other
>> countries, IIRC.
>
> I think MSFT has created mass confusion by having multiple EULAs for
> various versions of Office.
>
> AFAIK, they don't do this with other products do they?
>
>
>
>
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XS11E wrote:

> "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I still think the OP needs to contact the reseller for the
>>specific information. Academic in the US is different from other
>>countries, IIRC.
>
>
> I think MSFT has created mass confusion by having multiple EULAs for
> various versions of Office.
>
> AFAIK, they don't do this with other products do they?
>
>
>
>

Well the operating system EULAs are different from OEM to Retail, but
you only can install on one PC at a time. But the productivity software
angle is where the "portable" is an extension of your office desktop,
allowing you to take work home. Or the S&T or S&H versions being a
"reduced content" for home use and more liberal installation for a
non-business use.

Academic version appears to be covered by the basic EULA of the Office
product (Office Standard, in the OP's question.) So, one licenced device
plus one portable for use by the licensee.

Val

Bob I <birelan******.com> wrote:

> XS11E wrote:

>> I think MSFT has created mass confusion by having multiple EULAs
>> for various versions of Office.
>>
>> AFAIK, they don't do this with other products do they?

> Well the operating system EULAs are different from OEM to Retail,
> but you only can install on one PC at a time. But the productivity
> software angle is where the "portable" is an extension of your
> office desktop, allowing you to take work home. Or the S&T or S&H
> versions being a "reduced content" for home use and more liberal
> installation for a non-business use.

Where it's confusing is that the OS would have to be considered
productivity software but the EULA doesn't allow installation on one
desktop and one laptop.

I think the Office "one desktop, one laptop" is logical and I'd like to
see something similar with the OS, at least in some limited cases, ie:

MSFT customer has a desktop and a laptop both with Windows XP Home.
He/She decides to upgrade to Vista Home Premium and decides to purchase
the retail version. It would be VERY nice if he/she could install that
copy on both for compatibility purposes. Since he/she can't, the net
result is probably a loss to MSFT since the customer will probably
decide NOT to upgrade to Vista on either machine because of cost.

Oh, well, it's not going to happen...






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XS11E wrote:

> Bob I <birelan******.com> wrote:
>
>
>>XS11E wrote:
>
>
>>>I think MSFT has created mass confusion by having multiple EULAs
>>>for various versions of Office.
>>>
>>>AFAIK, they don't do this with other products do they?
>
>
>
>>Well the operating system EULAs are different from OEM to Retail,
>>but you only can install on one PC at a time. But the productivity
>>software angle is where the "portable" is an extension of your
>>office desktop, allowing you to take work home. Or the S&T or S&H
>>versions being a "reduced content" for home use and more liberal
>>installation for a non-business use.
>
>
> Where it's confusing is that the OS would have to be considered
> productivity software but the EULA doesn't allow installation on one
> desktop and one laptop.
>
> I think the Office "one desktop, one laptop" is logical and I'd like to
> see something similar with the OS, at least in some limited cases, ie:
>
> MSFT customer has a desktop and a laptop both with Windows XP Home.
> He/She decides to upgrade to Vista Home Premium and decides to purchase
> the retail version. It would be VERY nice if he/she could install that
> copy on both for compatibility purposes. Since he/she can't, the net
> result is probably a loss to MSFT since the customer will probably
> decide NOT to upgrade to Vista on either machine because of cost.
>
> Oh, well, it's not going to happen...
>
>

Nowadays, we are starting to use "desktop capable" laptops and docking
stations, so the whole matter becomes moot.

Bob I <birelan******.com> wrote:

> Nowadays, we are starting to use "desktop capable" laptops and
> docking stations, so the whole matter becomes moot.

True for some of us but the "desktop capable" laptops are becoming too
large to be portable. My son just got a new laptop and based his
decision almost entirely on weight... Probably some day people will
have two laptops, a portable and a desktop capable?




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XS11E <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:

> Bob I <birelan******.com> wrote:
>
>> Nowadays, we are starting to use "desktop capable" laptops and
>> docking stations, so the whole matter becomes moot.
>
> True for some of us but the "desktop capable" laptops are becoming
> too large to be portable. My son just got a new laptop and based
> his decision almost entirely on weight... Probably some day people
> will have two laptops, a portable and a desktop capable?

Ooops, never did make my point which is that I don't know if a desktop
capable will cause people to go to only one computer...

In my case it wouldn't work. My main security measure on my laptop is
there's NO personal information at all. No financial data, etc. I use
my ISPs web mail for email when traveling and don't bother with
newsgroups. There's no passwords stored on any of my computers and I
use IE Privacy Keeper to delete all history, cookies, temp. internet
files and index.dat files. If my laptop is lost/stolen all I'm out is
the money it cost and that's why I wouldn't want to combine the desktop
and portable functions into one machine.



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It's that "appears" part that is the stickler. Unless the OP checks his
software, we can't know for certain. Especially since we don't know whether
he has a US academic version or another country where the license terms
could be different.

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"Val" <vmanes@NOSPAMrap.midco.net> wrote in message
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> Academic version appears to be covered by the basic EULA of the Office
> product (Office Standard, in the OP's question.) So, one licenced device
> plus one portable for use by the licensee.
>
> Val
>
>

XS11E wrote:

> Bob I <birelan******.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Nowadays, we are starting to use "desktop capable" laptops and
>>docking stations, so the whole matter becomes moot.
>
>
> True for some of us but the "desktop capable" laptops are becoming too
> large to be portable. My son just got a new laptop and based his
> decision almost entirely on weight... Probably some day people will
> have two laptops, a portable and a desktop capable?
>
>

Grin, in that case the Office EULA now says "Licensed device AND
portable" as quoted below.

2. INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. Before you use the software under a
license, you must assign that license to one device. That device is the
“licensed device.” A hardware partition or blade is considered to be a
separate device.
a. Licensed Device. You may install and use one copy of the software on
the licensed device.
b. Portable Device. You may install another copy on a portable device
for use by the single primary user of the licensed device.

XS11E wrote:

> XS11E <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Bob I <birelan******.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Nowadays, we are starting to use "desktop capable" laptops and
>>>docking stations, so the whole matter becomes moot.
>>
>>True for some of us but the "desktop capable" laptops are becoming
>>too large to be portable. My son just got a new laptop and based
>>his decision almost entirely on weight... Probably some day people
>>will have two laptops, a portable and a desktop capable?
>
>
> Ooops, never did make my point which is that I don't know if a desktop
> capable will cause people to go to only one computer...
>
> In my case it wouldn't work. My main security measure on my laptop is
> there's NO personal information at all. No financial data, etc. I use
> my ISPs web mail for email when traveling and don't bother with
> newsgroups. There's no passwords stored on any of my computers and I
> use IE Privacy Keeper to delete all history, cookies, temp. internet
> files and index.dat files. If my laptop is lost/stolen all I'm out is
> the money it cost and that's why I wouldn't want to combine the desktop
> and portable functions into one machine.
>
>
>
You may want to consider "EFS", if you don't login you can't read the
data. Of course you need to save the recovery certificate so you may get
what you want in the event you "break" your account. But that WILL
prevent access to the data. Since folks tend to negelect the recovery
agent part, EFS is frequently refered to as the "delayed recycle bin". ;-)