Moving Office Software

webby962

Hi, a few years ago I purchased MS Office 2007 Pro as part of the Home Users deal MS were offering government employees. At the time I had a desktop PC and a Laptop. Part of the licence agreement was being able to run the software on two platforms, so I installed it on both. Now a few years later, and the desktop is no longer used, and I have just purchased a netbook for traveling. Is it possible to uninstall and unregister the software from the desktop, and install it on the new netbook instead?

Anyone done this?

Rgds


Adie

gonzo127

dont know if it will be possible it will depend on the license so you might need to speak to your employer IT department about it, just be careful as a lot of these home user deals have not been renewed such as the one in the NHS and according to the license on the NHS one all user's should have uninstalled it

in any case it might be worth you looking into the free office solutions such as open office or libre office - although libreoffice is only currently in beta

webby962

The licence is still fine, it's the MoD licence. Not into Open office as I use MS at work.

webby962

OK, so I'm guessing it can't be done then? Impossible to uninstall MS Office, de-register it with MS and re-install it on a new machine?

Donnie

webby962 wrote: »

OK, so I'm guessing it can't be done then? Impossible to uninstall MS Office, de-register it with MS and re-install it on a new machine?

It can be done. Just uninstall and reinstall on the new machine. See here.

busenbust

webby962 wrote: »

Hi, a few years ago I purchased MS Office 2007 Pro as part of the Home Users deal MS were offering government employees. At the time I had a desktop PC and a Laptop. Part of the licence agreement was being able to run the software on two platforms, so I installed it on both. Now a few years later, and the desktop is no longer used, and I have just purchased a netbook for traveling. Is it possible to uninstall and unregister the software from the desktop, and install it on the new netbook instead?

Anyone done this?

Rgds


Adie

In a word, yes. any problems with registration/license key -- give MS support a call.

webby962

Brilliant, I'll give it a ago tonight. Many thanks

busenbust

busenbust wrote: »

In a word, yes. any problems with registration/license key -- give MS support a call.

Telephone number for Microsoft: Microsoft Telephone Number: 0844 41 45 387

Telephone number for Microsoft UK: Microsoft UK Telephone Number: 08455 19 14 39

busenbust

webby962 wrote: »

Brilliant, I'll give it a ago tonight. Many thanks

Not a problem; let us all know if u need additional help. good weekend too

busenbust

^^Microsoft Support numbers above.