Re: How to upgrade Office Pro onto new computer?

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From: t*** (74004.2301_at_compuserve.com)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: 15 Sep 2004 18:56:02 -0700

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 <garfieldnodie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<9948780E-AFC8-4FA3-BCB5-151BB8143C9D@microsoft.com>...
> 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.
>
> "t***" 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
> >

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