Re: Office Activation- dual boot

From: Miss Perspicacia Tick (misstick_at_lancre.dw)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:53:33 -0000

Joe wrote:
> I am planning a new multiboot PC with Windows XP Pro (retail) on two
> partitions.
> My questions concern Office 2003 which I intend to install on both
> partitions.
> My understanding is that I will only need one licences.
> 1: How do I activate? Do I need to activate from both partitions or
> only from one- if one, which one.
> 2: Although I expect that there will seldom be significant hardware
> changes, I do expect that I may have to on occasion reformat one of
> the partitions and do a new clean install of WIN XP Pro and Office
> (as I will be testing
> some potentially poorly behaved software). Will I have to reactivate
> Office after
> any reinstalltion and if so how?
> thank

Sorry, but you are *WRONG*. You will require *two* Windows licences and
*two* Office licences. The Windows licence is a one time installation (i.e.
you *cannot* dual boot with the same licence) on one computer.

The Office licence is the same. The EULA states that it may be installed one
time on one desktop and one laptop - providing they are for the sole use of
the licencee and are not in simultaneous use. Dual booting is (as far as the
licence is concerned) two desktops and, therefore, two licences are
required. 

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