How do I deactivate my Office 2003 to reinstall on another PC?

I have purchased Office 2003 and want to take it off one PC and install on
another. Microsoft wont allow the product to be registered twice, so how do I
deactivate from my current PC?

Thanks

Julian

Hi Julian,

There isn't a 'deactivation' featuere. If you have a retail copy of MS Office and are having difficulty activating it on another
computer you can use the telephone activation method.

If you have an 'OEM' copy of Microsoft Office (intended to be preinstalled on new computers and sold by MS only to PC suppliers, not
to the public) then it's licensed to the machine and isn't generally transferable.

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"JulianZ" wrote in message ...
I have purchased Office 2003 and want to take it off one PC and install on
another. Microsoft wont allow the product to be registered twice, so how do I
deactivate from my current PC?

Thanks

Julian
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I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office system products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:
http://microsoft.com/learning/office...oksfrommspress

2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
e-learning courses, doucmentation and movies:
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

3. Send 2007 Office System Beta 2 feedback directly to the MS Office 2007 product team with this feedback tool:
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

4. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview website , without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033

b. then visit
http://officebeta.iponet.net

I have 2 new computers sitting here and accidently installed a Basic Edition
of Office 2003 on the wrong computer AND activated it before I realized what
I did. How do I correct that error?

Denise

"JulianZ" wrote:

I have purchased Office 2003 and want to take it off one PC and install on
another. Microsoft wont allow the product to be registered twice, so how do I
deactivate from my current PC?

Thanks

Julian

Just uninstall it and install on the new machine. If you receive an
activation error then you can activate by phone.

Joe

"Denise" wrote in message
...
I have 2 new computers sitting here and accidently installed a Basic
Edition
of Office 2003 on the wrong computer AND activated it before I realized
what
I did. How do I correct that error?

Denise

"JulianZ" wrote:

I have purchased Office 2003 and want to take it off one PC and install
on
another. Microsoft wont allow the product to be registered twice, so how
do I
deactivate from my current PC?

Thanks

Julian

Thank you for responding. I just read another thread that says if it's OEM
software, you're out of luck. This is an OEM version of Office 2003 Basic
Edition. Do you think there is a way to override my error? (I'm new with an
IT company and the computers are going to 2 different clients!)

It seemed like a simple responsibility!

Denise

"Joe Grover" wrote:

Just uninstall it and install on the new machine. If you receive an
activation error then you can activate by phone.

Joe

"Denise" wrote in message
...
I have 2 new computers sitting here and accidently installed a Basic
Edition
of Office 2003 on the wrong computer AND activated it before I realized
what
I did. How do I correct that error?

Denise

"JulianZ" wrote:

I have purchased Office 2003 and want to take it off one PC and install
on
another. Microsoft wont allow the product to be registered twice, so how
do I
deactivate from my current PC?

Thanks

Julian

You can try to reinstall it and use the telephone activation option but
there's no guarantee that will work.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



"Denise" wrote in message
...
Thank you for responding. I just read another thread that says if it's
OEM
software, you're out of luck. This is an OEM version of Office 2003 Basic
Edition. Do you think there is a way to override my error? (I'm new with
an
IT company and the computers are going to 2 different clients!)

It seemed like a simple responsibility!

Denise

"Joe Grover" wrote:

Just uninstall it and install on the new machine. If you receive an
activation error then you can activate by phone.

Joe

"Denise" wrote in message
...
I have 2 new computers sitting here and accidently installed a Basic
Edition
of Office 2003 on the wrong computer AND activated it before I realized
what
I did. How do I correct that error?

Denise

"JulianZ" wrote:

I have purchased Office 2003 and want to take it off one PC and
install
on
another. Microsoft wont allow the product to be registered twice, so
how
do I
deactivate from my current PC?

Thanks

Julian