Loaded MS Office onto Wrong PC

loucroft

Hi

I installed Office on my laptop but didn't activate it. I now realise I prefer it on a different laptop, can I reverse the install and use the same product key when I install on the 2nd computer?

Thanks
L

Donnie

Yes.
Actually the licence may cover the Desktop and the laptop. Check it.

loucroft

Thanks Donnie, two laptops does that make a difference. Will have a quick read

JasX

loucroft wrote: »

Thanks Donnie, two laptops does that make a difference. Will have a quick read

legally yes but you'll probably get away with it.... in any case I believe MS office licenses are all transferrable so so long as you remove/uninstall if from the maching you don;t want it on you can reinstall it somewhere else and keep repeating that to your hearts content.

for the machine you don't put it on openoffice is free and a very good substitute

(Actually I can get the full version of MS Office from work to use at home for about £12 under some scheme but still choose to stick with openoffice )

JJ_Egan

Simple answer is to remove it from first laptop install on second laptop ( or not ) . Activate follow the prompts and you will probably end up fail activation . Then use the on screen phone number and you go through to a MS human just say that you have changed your machine .They will then reactivate for the new machine i done it loads of times .

jje

HO87

JJ_Egan wrote: »

Simple answer is to remove it from first laptop install on second laptop ( or not ) . Activate follow the prompts and you will probably end up fail activation . Then use the on screen phone number and you go through to a MS human just say that you have changed your machine .They will then reactivate for the new machine i done it loads of times .

jje

I think that is likely to be unnecessary. The clue was in the OP's original post:

loucroft wrote: »

I installed Office on my laptop but didn't activate it........
Thanks

@OP Just go ahead and reinstall the software on the other lappie and - if the EULA prevents you from having multiple installations - uninstall it from the machine you accidentally installed it on.

As suggested OpenOffice is a very good and entirely free alternative to MS Office - a utility you will not find a copy of in this household despite both remaining sons studying academic subjects in further education and me and the OH both being professionals. It is perfectly possible to live through Redmond Bloatware (MS) and come out the other side and survive.[/shameless plug]

loucroft

JasX wrote: »

for the machine you don't put it on openoffice is free and a very good substitute

(Actually I can get the full version of MS Office from work to use at home for about £12 under some scheme but still choose to stick with openoffice )

Thanks for that, yes I've used it before its very useful. Only thing is, I want my new one to be a 'work' one so all the top software, and the other one can be a sort of backup / family machine - hubby has no idea how to use one so that might be good practise for him ha ha!

loucroft

HO87 wrote: »

As suggested OpenOffice is a very good and entirely free alternative to MS Office - a utility you will not find a copy of in this household despite both remaining sons studying academic subjects in further education and me and the OH both being professionals. It is perfectly possible to live through Redmond Bloatware (MS) and come out the other side and survive.[/shameless plug]

Ha ha!

Thanks for the recommendation, lots of good stuff on openoffice

jayme1

you cant really say openoffice is without the 'bloat' as you do HAVE to install stupid 'install the new updates ten times a day' java, which I find is about a million billion times worse than any bloat of microsoft office.

The only fully lean way is to use one of the web apps, personally office web apps and google docs are what I recommend, although if you need more than basic features it may not be an option.

loucroft

All done, thanks everyone L