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Ability to unregister or unactivate apps as part of uninstall
The lifespan of Office software may exceed the lifespan of my PC, especially
if I buy a new PC every year. Trouble is, if you try to install Office on a new PC and activate it, an error message will inform you that the product is already activated on another PC. This is so even if the product has already been uninstalled from the old PC. Why not provide a way to un-activate the old one at the time of uninstallation? It stinks that Microsoft assumes you will install it once and when you throw your PC away, you will just buy a new Office license. It really, really, really stinks! ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...c.office.setup |
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If your copy of MS Office is an OEM one
(intended for sale/pre-install on a new PC) that copy is licensed to the machine rather than to the individual and is not transferable. If it's a retail copy you can use Telephone activation to explain the situation to a MS Activation technician to move your product. ===== "Drizzt197three" wrote in message ... The lifespan of Office software may exceed the lifespan of my PC, especially if I buy a new PC every year. Trouble is, if you try to install Office on a new PC and activate it, an error message will inform you that the product is already activated on another PC. This is so even if the product has already been uninstalled from the old PC. Why not provide a way to un-activate the old one at the time of uninstallation? [snip] -- Let us know if this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* Office 2003 Editions explained http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx |
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Yea but what if you have a retail copy or in my case a MS Action Pack version
and every time i reinstall it or move it from machine to machine for what ever reason (still staying within the licensing of course) i have to call MS for activation, sure it only takes 5 min (now that i figured out you can use the key pad and not mess with the voice rec) but thats 5 min u have to spend doing it. I like that idea, have a way to "un-activate", maybe have a username and password or something to allow someone to do that... "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: If your copy of MS Office is an OEM one (intended for sale/pre-install on a new PC) that copy is licensed to the machine rather than to the individual and is not transferable. If it's a retail copy you can use Telephone activation to explain the situation to a MS Activation technician to move your product. ===== "Drizzt197three" wrote in message ... The lifespan of Office software may exceed the lifespan of my PC, especially if I buy a new PC every year. Trouble is, if you try to install Office on a new PC and activate it, an error message will inform you that the product is already activated on another PC. This is so even if the product has already been uninstalled from the old PC. Why not provide a way to un-activate the old one at the time of uninstallation? [snip] -- Let us know if this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* Office 2003 Editions explained http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx |
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Activation is anonymous, to add a username would sort of defeat that The MS Partner's Action Pack is a special edition, supported through the MS Partner folks. MS Action Pack for Office has 5 retail product licenses, each supporting two activations. Action pack copies are for internal use only https://partner.microsoft.com/US/sal...rview/40009853 ====== "WebNet" wrote in message ... Yea but what if you have a retail copy or in my case a MS Action Pack version and every time i reinstall it or move it from machine to machine for what ever reason (still staying within the licensing of course) i have to call MS for activation, sure it only takes 5 min (now that i figured out you can use the key pad and not mess with the voice rec) but thats 5 min u have to spend doing it. I like that idea, have a way to "un-activate", maybe have a username and password or something to allow someone to do that... -- Let us know if this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* Office 2003 Editions explained http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx |
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I have the retail edition, not OEM. Yes, I can and have called when moving
the software from one PC to another, but its inconvenient. Also, I would think that Microsoft would want to implement something like this because all they can do when I call them is provide a new CD key. The ability to unactivate my app and then activate later on a different PC would guarantee that I'm running only a single copy, the copy that I paid for. If they give me a customer a second CD key, they can't guarantee the customer will uninstall it from the old PC. Finally, it doesn't have to be a user name, now does it? The registration is done using the CD key itself, so the unregistration could use the same. Can't imagine why anybody (Bob?) would think that a corresponding ability to unregister/unactivate should go along with the ability to register/activate. To me, it just seems like common sense. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Activation is anonymous, to add a username would sort of defeat that The MS Partner's Action Pack is a special edition, supported through the MS Partner folks. MS Action Pack for Office has 5 retail product licenses, each supporting two activations. Action pack copies are for internal use only https://partner.microsoft.com/US/sal...rview/40009853 ====== "WebNet" wrote in message ... Yea but what if you have a retail copy or in my case a MS Action Pack version and every time i reinstall it or move it from machine to machine for what ever reason (still staying within the licensing of course) i have to call MS for activation, sure it only takes 5 min (now that i figured out you can use the key pad and not mess with the voice rec) but thats 5 min u have to spend doing it. I like that idea, have a way to "un-activate", maybe have a username and password or something to allow someone to do that... -- Let us know if this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* Office 2003 Editions explained http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx |
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