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You can certainly use an OEM license to qualify for an upgrade *on the same
system*, but not on a different one. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Beth I'm going to look into this further because my understanding is that you can use an OEM Office as an upgrade qualification. In a similar way, you can purchase a software assurance upgrade for an OEM version of Office. Perhaps this has changed since I last had a Microsoft License Overview, maybe with the introduction of Office 2007? Terry "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... You can't use an OEM version of Office as a qualifying product on another computer. You noted, an OEM version is tied to the computer it is installed on and the license cannot be transferred to another computer. The original version and upgrade are considered a single product and cannot be separated. So if the OEM license is dead it can't be used at all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx |
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What Suzanne said. ;-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Beth I'm going to look into this further because my understanding is that you can use an OEM Office as an upgrade qualification. In a similar way, you can purchase a software assurance upgrade for an OEM version of Office. Perhaps this has changed since I last had a Microsoft License Overview, maybe with the introduction of Office 2007? Terry "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... You can't use an OEM version of Office as a qualifying product on another computer. You noted, an OEM version is tied to the computer it is installed on and the license cannot be transferred to another computer. The original version and upgrade are considered a single product and cannot be separated. So if the OEM license is dead it can't be used at all. |
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Hi Beth,
Actually, you can use an OEM edition CD as the qualifying product to install a retail edition upgrade. Outside of the U.S. there are some issues that would make precluding that a problem, so the OEM products are accepted as upgrade qualifiers when installing Office on another machine. ============= "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... You can't use an OEM version of Office as a qualifying product on another computer. You noted, an OEM version is tied to the computer it is installed on and the license cannot be transferred to another computer. The original version and upgrade are considered a single product and cannot be separated. So if the OEM license is dead it can't be used at all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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That's not my understanding or what I've been told when I've asked about
licensing, which includes OEM . Do you have a link to content that explains this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... Hi Beth, Actually, you can use an OEM edition CD as the qualifying product to install a retail edition upgrade. Outside of the U.S. there are some issues that would make precluding that a problem, so the OEM products are accepted as upgrade qualifiers when installing Office on another machine. ============= "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... You can't use an OEM version of Office as a qualifying product on another computer. You noted, an OEM version is tied to the computer it is installed on and the license cannot be transferred to another computer. The original version and upgrade are considered a single product and cannot be separated. So if the OEM license is dead it can't be used at all. |
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Thanks for your email with your rationale behind why you feel an OEM version
can legally be used as a qualifying product on another computer. :-) It's too bad you were unable to find a link citing the legalities of OEM licensing. I still stand by the fact that since an OEM license cannot be transferred to another computer and the fact that the original version and upgrade are considered a single product and cannot be separated. If you can't use the OEM license on another computer then you can't use its license in conjunction with an upgrade on another computer. Now, does it work? Sure. Is it legal? I think that's the primary question at hand. g ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... That's not my understanding or what I've been told when I've asked about licensing, which includes OEM . Do you have a link to content that explains this? "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... Hi Beth, Actually, you can use an OEM edition CD as the qualifying product to install a retail edition upgrade. Outside of the U.S. there are some issues that would make precluding that a problem, so the OEM products are accepted as upgrade qualifiers when installing Office on another machine. ============= "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... You can't use an OEM version of Office as a qualifying product on another computer. You noted, an OEM version is tied to the computer it is installed on and the license cannot be transferred to another computer. The original version and upgrade are considered a single product and cannot be separated. So if the OEM license is dead it can't be used at all. |
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"Beth Melton" wrote in message
... Now, does it work? Sure. Is it legal? I think that's the primary question at hand. g I think "legal" is not the right concept. It /may/ be in violation of the EULA, but is the EULA legal? MS has certainly never tested any so-called violations of its many different EULAs in a court of law in any country - and that says to me, that the reason they haven't is because they wouldn't win. |
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"Gordon" wrote in message
... "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... Now, does it work? Sure. Is it legal? I think that's the primary question at hand. g I think "legal" is not the right concept. It /may/ be in violation of the EULA, You're right, that's probably a better way to put it. :-) but is the EULA legal? MS has certainly never tested any so-called violations of its many different EULAs in a court of law in any country - and that says to me, that the reason they haven't is because they wouldn't win. Since I'm not an attorney I really don't know. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx |
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I'm still looking for a written answer to this. At the moment I can only
confirm that (my old employers) still sell Upgrades and use the old OEM CD from the scrapped PC as the qualifying app. They are trying to find the source of the information. Terry Farrell "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... What Suzanne said. ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Beth I'm going to look into this further because my understanding is that you can use an OEM Office as an upgrade qualification. In a similar way, you can purchase a software assurance upgrade for an OEM version of Office. Perhaps this has changed since I last had a Microsoft License Overview, maybe with the introduction of Office 2007? Terry "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... You can't use an OEM version of Office as a qualifying product on another computer. You noted, an OEM version is tied to the computer it is installed on and the license cannot be transferred to another computer. The original version and upgrade are considered a single product and cannot be separated. So if the OEM license is dead it can't be used at all. |
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Please let me know if you find something, Terry. I was verbally told it
couldn't be used as a qualifying product on another computer in a session on licensing a summit or two ago. I did a little searching too. I haven't found anything that explicitly discusses OEM licensing and upgrades but this link seems to imply it can't be used on another computer: http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/sma...sbe/newpc.mspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... I'm still looking for a written answer to this. At the moment I can only confirm that (my old employers) still sell Upgrades and use the old OEM CD from the scrapped PC as the qualifying app. They are trying to find the source of the information. Terry Farrell "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... What Suzanne said. ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Beth I'm going to look into this further because my understanding is that you can use an OEM Office as an upgrade qualification. In a similar way, you can purchase a software assurance upgrade for an OEM version of Office. Perhaps this has changed since I last had a Microsoft License Overview, maybe with the introduction of Office 2007? Terry "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... You can't use an OEM version of Office as a qualifying product on another computer. You noted, an OEM version is tied to the computer it is installed on and the license cannot be transferred to another computer. The original version and upgrade are considered a single product and cannot be separated. So if the OEM license is dead it can't be used at all. |
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Beth
I agree that this does certainly imply so. It still seems a bit hazy because if you purchase a retail pack upgrade for the old PC, the Eula for the upgrade implies it is transferable (with no mention of the qualifying app needing to be transferable too). It is a bit of a shady area unless there is something written. Normally, we would call Microsoft business support for queries like this, but lately we have been getting different answers to licensing queries depending on who answers the call! Terry "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... Please let me know if you find something, Terry. I was verbally told it couldn't be used as a qualifying product on another computer in a session on licensing a summit or two ago. I did a little searching too. I haven't found anything that explicitly discusses OEM licensing and upgrades but this link seems to imply it can't be used on another computer: http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/sma...sbe/newpc.mspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... I'm still looking for a written answer to this. At the moment I can only confirm that (my old employers) still sell Upgrades and use the old OEM CD from the scrapped PC as the qualifying app. They are trying to find the source of the information. Terry Farrell "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... What Suzanne said. ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Beth I'm going to look into this further because my understanding is that you can use an OEM Office as an upgrade qualification. In a similar way, you can purchase a software assurance upgrade for an OEM version of Office. Perhaps this has changed since I last had a Microsoft License Overview, maybe with the introduction of Office 2007? Terry "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... You can't use an OEM version of Office as a qualifying product on another computer. You noted, an OEM version is tied to the computer it is installed on and the license cannot be transferred to another computer. The original version and upgrade are considered a single product and cannot be separated. So if the OEM license is dead it can't be used at all. |
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