install Office on a work computer

My mom works as a the treasurer for a local ambulance and she goes to a lot
of seminars for her job. I was wondering if I could install Microsoft Office
2007 on her laptop. It's not a commercial business could I still install it
even though it's home and student?

That would be against the license. Even if it's volunteer work, it's not
allowed.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"lizzymae17" wrote in message
...
My mom works as a the treasurer for a local ambulance and she goes to a
lot
of seminars for her job. I was wondering if I could install Microsoft
Office
2007 on her laptop. It's not a commercial business could I still install
it
even though it's home and student?

JoAnn,
Is that true if the install is the only instance for the package? Home and
Student has a different feature set, not different installation conditions.

If a person can do what they do with the Home & Student Edition, MSoft does
not care, do they? What gets Bill & The Boys all knotted up is when the same
package is installed multiple times, they don't really care what package is
installed for a particular User Application.


TO THE OP
Home & Student has a differennt mix of applications than Small Business
Edition. If your Mom can get her stuff done with Home & Student, then it is
fine for her to carry it on her laptop. The problem is that there are
multiple installs of a product that is supposed to be installed only once.

You need to read the End User License Agreement (EULA) to ascertain whether
the package can be installed on two machines owned by the same person. (This
was allowable once upon a time, I can't say that it is still allowed or
not.) The idea is that a perosn might have a machine at home and a machine
they carry -- a laptop, for example. This person would not reasonably use
both machines at the same time, nor would one person be on one machine while
another person was on the other machine, so while the package was installed
twice, it was only used once at any given time. In such a scenario, your Mom
would have a computer in her office at home and her laptop. She would go
into the field with the laptop and perform some task(s), then come home and
load the files she created onto her computer in the office and do more work
on the same files. Or even make different files.

The rub comes when she is in the field and you are in her office, and both
are using the Office Suite that MSoft reasonably wants both of you to have
paid for.

The clear violation of the EULA would be for you or your Mom to have
purchased Home & Student, and then installed it on your machine, her
machine, your brother's machine, your uncle's machine, the machine of three
of your neighbors, and so on.




"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
...
That would be against the license. Even if it's volunteer work, it's not
allowed.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"lizzymae17" wrote in message
...
My mom works as a the treasurer for a local ambulance and she goes to a
lot
of seminars for her job. I was wondering if I could install Microsoft
Office
2007 on her laptop. It's not a commercial business could I still install
it
even though it's home and student?

Jeff

Who in the world was mentioning H&S version at all. As far as Jo-Ann's answer goes
she is absolutely correct in her posting.
Any version of Office that is purchased at a Retail level is for personal use. For
business use you need to purchase and install a VLK version and that is a complete
different story

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Jeff Strickland" wrote in message
...
JoAnn,
Is that true if the install is the only instance for the package? Home and Student
has a different feature set, not different installation conditions.

If a person can do what they do with the Home & Student Edition, MSoft does not
care, do they? What gets Bill & The Boys all knotted up is when the same package
is installed multiple times, they don't really care what package is installed for
a particular User Application.


TO THE OP
Home & Student has a differennt mix of applications than Small Business Edition.
If your Mom can get her stuff done with Home & Student, then it is fine for her to
carry it on her laptop. The problem is that there are multiple installs of a
product that is supposed to be installed only once.

You need to read the End User License Agreement (EULA) to ascertain whether the
package can be installed on two machines owned by the same person. (This was
allowable once upon a time, I can't say that it is still allowed or not.) The idea
is that a perosn might have a machine at home and a machine they carry -- a
laptop, for example. This person would not reasonably use both machines at the
same time, nor would one person be on one machine while another person was on the
other machine, so while the package was installed twice, it was only used once at
any given time. In such a scenario, your Mom would have a computer in her office
at home and her laptop. She would go into the field with the laptop and perform
some task(s), then come home and load the files she created onto her computer in
the office and do more work on the same files. Or even make different files.

The rub comes when she is in the field and you are in her office, and both are
using the Office Suite that MSoft reasonably wants both of you to have paid for.

The clear violation of the EULA would be for you or your Mom to have purchased
Home & Student, and then installed it on your machine, her machine, your brother's
machine, your uncle's machine, the machine of three of your neighbors, and so on.




"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
...
That would be against the license. Even if it's volunteer work, it's not allowed.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"lizzymae17" wrote in message
...
My mom works as a the treasurer for a local ambulance and she goes to a lot
of seminars for her job. I was wondering if I could install Microsoft Office
2007 on her laptop. It's not a commercial business could I still install it
even though it's home and student?

The OP clearly stated that her Mom wanted to install H & S. Read the
original post.

MSoft is not going to care (as a practical matter) if you carry your
personal laptop around and create files that you use in the conduct of your
business. The various Office Suites offer different mixes of applications.
MSoft's concern is that you buy one copy and install it all over town. They
are not going to care that it is used in any given environment, provided it
is installed legally.

The OP's question was if Home & Student could be installed for a particular
environment that was different than Home & Student. The answer to that is
absolutely yes. The only condition is that it is a single installation of
the package, not a multiple installation.

Here's a link you should look at ...
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/pr...635841033.aspx



OMG! Look at this, from the link I provided ...
1Office Home and Student 2007 Retail License Terms allow for installation on
three devices. OEM License Terms limit the installation to the device on
which the software was pre-installed. » View licensing terms




Oh my! The OP can install on her mom's home machine and her mom's laptop.

"lizzymae17" wrote in message
...
My mom works as a the treasurer for a local ambulance and she goes to a
lot
of seminars for her job. I was wondering if I could install Microsoft
Office
2007 on her laptop. It's not a commercial business could I still install
it
even though it's home and student?



Lizzymae,
You can install H & S on up to three machines.

Drive happy.

"Jeff Strickland" wrote in message
...

"lizzymae17" wrote in message
...
My mom works as a the treasurer for a local ambulance and she goes to a
lot
of seminars for her job. I was wondering if I could install Microsoft
Office
2007 on her laptop. It's not a commercial business could I still install
it
even though it's home and student?



Lizzymae,
You can install H & S on up to three machines.

Drive happy.




1Office Home and Student 2007 Retail License Terms allow for installation on
three devices. OEM License Terms limit the installation to the device on
which the software was pre-installed. » View licensing terms

"lizzymae17" wrote in message
...
My mom works as a the treasurer for a local ambulance and she goes to a
lot
of seminars for her job. I was wondering if I could install Microsoft
Office
2007 on her laptop. It's not a commercial business could I still install
it
even though it's home and student?

JoAnn's response is correct. The Home and Student license specifically
states that it must be 1. not used for commercial purposes. The exact
wording is: "a. Licensed Device. You may install one copy of the software
on three licensed devices in your household for use by people who reside
there.
The software is not licensed for use in any commercial, non-profit, or
revenue-generating business activities."

Notice the words Commercial, Non-Profit and Revenue-generating in the
exclusions to proper licensing use....... So all the posts by Jeff
Strickland are incorrect.

Yes she can install Microsoft Office 2007 on her own laptop. She can
install anything on her laptop so just ignore everything written by
muppets who have replied so far.

Hope this helps.

lizzymae17 wrote:

My mom works as a the treasurer for a local ambulance and she goes to a lot
of seminars for her job. I was wondering if I could install Microsoft Office
2007 on her laptop. It's not a commercial business could I still install it
even though it's home and student?

Just ignore Joanne Paules. She has lost her marbles. To her anybody
asking a question here is dodgy and he/she is using dodgy microsoft
product. She is on record to say in such terms on these newsgroups.

hth


Jeff Strickland wrote:

JoAnn,
Is that true if the install is the only instance for the package? Home and
Student has a different feature set, not different installation conditions.

If a person can do what they do with the Home & Student Edition, MSoft does
not care, do they? What gets Bill & The Boys all knotted up is when the same
package is installed multiple times, they don't really care what package is
installed for a particular User Application.


TO THE OP
Home & Student has a differennt mix of applications than Small Business
Edition. If your Mom can get her stuff done with Home & Student, then it is
fine for her to carry it on her laptop. The problem is that there are
multiple installs of a product that is supposed to be installed only once.

You need to read the End User License Agreement (EULA) to ascertain whether
the package can be installed on two machines owned by the same person. (This
was allowable once upon a time, I can't say that it is still allowed or
not.) The idea is that a perosn might have a machine at home and a machine
they carry -- a laptop, for example. This person would not reasonably use
both machines at the same time, nor would one person be on one machine while
another person was on the other machine, so while the package was installed
twice, it was only used once at any given time. In such a scenario, your Mom
would have a computer in her office at home and her laptop. She would go
into the field with the laptop and perform some task(s), then come home and
load the files she created onto her computer in the office and do more work
on the same files. Or even make different files.

The rub comes when she is in the field and you are in her office, and both
are using the Office Suite that MSoft reasonably wants both of you to have
paid for.

The clear violation of the EULA would be for you or your Mom to have
purchased Home & Student, and then installed it on your machine, her
machine, your brother's machine, your uncle's machine, the machine of three
of your neighbors, and so on.




"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
...


That would be against the license. Even if it's volunteer work, it's not
allowed.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"lizzymae17" wrote in message
...


My mom works as a the treasurer for a local ambulance and she goes to a
lot
of seminars for her job. I was wondering if I could install Microsoft
Office
2007 on her laptop. It's not a commercial business could I still install
it
even though it's home and student?