How to upgrade Office Pro onto new computer?

I hold an OEM license for MS Office Pro 2000 which came bundled with
my Win98 'old' (meaning the one I recently replaced with my 'new')
computer. Being 'Pro' it, of course, includes MS Access.

My 'new' XP Pro computer came with a preinstalled MS Office 60 Day
Trial, which I have not started. My understanding is that I can
convert the 'Trial' to a real license at the upgrade price. The
'Trial' does not include MS Access.

Question: How can I get a fully licensed, current version of MS Office
Pro (with Access) on the 'new' computer?

Is the 'Trial' directly upgradeable to 'Pro' on the new machine?

If I try to install a 'Pro Upgrade' on the 'new' machine, will it
somehow give me a chance to demonstrate that I hold a 'Pro' license on
the 'Old' machine and shift the license to the 'new' machine?

I'm hesitant to install the 'Pro 2000' version from the 'old' machine
onto the 'new' machine and then introduce a 'Pro upgrade' on the 'new'
machine because that would result in three versions on the 'new'
machine at the same time - and that sounds like trouble.

So how do I get the current version of Office Pro on my 'new' machine
at upgrade pricing?

Thanks

Assuming you have the CD from your OEM license of Office Pro 2000, you can
purchase the upgrade version of Office 2003 Pro from your favorite retailer
and install it after uninstalling the trial version. The installer program
will search for a qualifying product on your hard drive, and when it doesn't
find it, you will be given a chance to insert the Office 2000 Pro CD into the
CD-ROM drive for the installer program to read it. You can also choose
online conversion of your Office 2003 trial into a perpetual license, but I
think online conversion limits you to converting to the same version as the
trial (e.g., if your trial is Office 2003 Standard, the online conversion
will be to Office 2003 Standard, and you can't choose online conversion to a
different version such as Professional). See
http://www.microsoft.com/office/pctrial/faq.mspx for more info.

"tcumming" wrote:

I hold an OEM license for MS Office Pro 2000 which came bundled with
my Win98 'old' (meaning the one I recently replaced with my 'new')
computer. Being 'Pro' it, of course, includes MS Access.

My 'new' XP Pro computer came with a preinstalled MS Office 60 Day
Trial, which I have not started. My understanding is that I can
convert the 'Trial' to a real license at the upgrade price. The
'Trial' does not include MS Access.

Question: How can I get a fully licensed, current version of MS Office
Pro (with Access) on the 'new' computer?

Is the 'Trial' directly upgradeable to 'Pro' on the new machine?

If I try to install a 'Pro Upgrade' on the 'new' machine, will it
somehow give me a chance to demonstrate that I hold a 'Pro' license on
the 'Old' machine and shift the license to the 'new' machine?

I'm hesitant to install the 'Pro 2000' version from the 'old' machine
onto the 'new' machine and then introduce a 'Pro upgrade' on the 'new'
machine because that would result in three versions on the 'new'
machine at the same time - and that sounds like trouble.

So how do I get the current version of Office Pro on my 'new' machine
at upgrade pricing?

Thanks

Do I understand correctly that my OEM 'old' Pro 2000 license permits
an upgrade to Pro 2003 on my 'new' computer?

There are bits of discussion in the newsgroup to the effect that OEM
licenses are bound to their original hardware and cannot be relocated
to new hardware. It's not clear to me that this restriction has
applied to *all* versions of Office.

...and while I'm at it..

If I install a retail upgrade on top of my 'trial' am I correct that I
end up with a perpetual (meaning transferable to a 'newer' machine)
license?

Thanks for the reply.



garfield-n-odie wrote in message ...
Assuming you have the CD from your OEM license of Office Pro 2000, you can
purchase the upgrade version of Office 2003 Pro from your favorite retailer
and install it after uninstalling the trial version. The installer program
will search for a qualifying product on your hard drive, and when it doesn't
find it, you will be given a chance to insert the Office 2000 Pro CD into the
CD-ROM drive for the installer program to read it. You can also choose
online conversion of your Office 2003 trial into a perpetual license, but I
think online conversion limits you to converting to the same version as the
trial (e.g., if your trial is Office 2003 Standard, the online conversion
will be to Office 2003 Standard, and you can't choose online conversion to a
different version such as Professional). See
http://www.microsoft.com/office/pctrial/faq.mspx for more info.

"tcumming" wrote:

I hold an OEM license for MS Office Pro 2000 which came bundled with
my Win98 'old' (meaning the one I recently replaced with my 'new')
computer. Being 'Pro' it, of course, includes MS Access.

My 'new' XP Pro computer came with a preinstalled MS Office 60 Day
Trial, which I have not started. My understanding is that I can
convert the 'Trial' to a real license at the upgrade price. The
'Trial' does not include MS Access.

Question: How can I get a fully licensed, current version of MS Office
Pro (with Access) on the 'new' computer?

Is the 'Trial' directly upgradeable to 'Pro' on the new machine?

If I try to install a 'Pro Upgrade' on the 'new' machine, will it
somehow give me a chance to demonstrate that I hold a 'Pro' license on
the 'Old' machine and shift the license to the 'new' machine?

I'm hesitant to install the 'Pro 2000' version from the 'old' machine
onto the 'new' machine and then introduce a 'Pro upgrade' on the 'new'
machine because that would result in three versions on the 'new'
machine at the same time - and that sounds like trouble.

So how do I get the current version of Office Pro on my 'new' machine
at upgrade pricing?

Thanks

Hi T.,

The OEM editions of Office are licensed only to
the original computer. Those that require activation
use that as the enforcement method.

You can, however, use an OEM edition CD or install
as the qualifying product for a retail edition
(any package) of Office System 2003.
http://microsoft.com/office/howtobuy

If you purchase a retail MS Office 2003 edition then
the license/install is not limited to a particular
PC and you can move your copy of MS Office 2003.


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"tcumming" wrote in message om...
Do I understand correctly that my OEM 'old' Pro 2000 license permits
an upgrade to Pro 2003 on my 'new' computer?

There are bits of discussion in the newsgroup to the effect that OEM
licenses are bound to their original hardware and cannot be relocated
to new hardware. It's not clear to me that this restriction has
applied to *all* versions of Office.

...and while I'm at it..

If I install a retail upgrade on top of my 'trial' am I correct that I
end up with a perpetual (meaning transferable to a 'newer' machine)
license?

Thanks for the reply.
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp