Re: Have to reinstall XP, how do I get a US CD of Office 2007?

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"DL" wrote:

1) You have an OEM Version of Office;
Its not licensed for your new PC, it died with your old Laptop

Nope. Bought two copies, one for each machine. When I rebuilt the desktop, I
was able to activate the product without a problem, so it is a valid license.

2) You have an OEM version of winxp, supplied with your dead Laptop its not
transferable to your new PC

Again, completely wrong and beside the point.


3) You cannot move a boot drive to a new PC, and boot from that drive,
unless its a retail version of WinXP, and as a minimum conduct a repair
installation of Win using the winxp disk

Gee, golly, 'ya think? Hmm, that must explain why I was able to put a C
drive into a new box, run repair and get my software going far enough to have
the difficulties I described. And to think I did all that before I ever
posted, you should have figured that out by the state the system was in, yet
you still felt the need to post this.

4) Winxp is not publically available to download

And, of course, I never asked for a WinXP download. I was asked for a copy
of MS Office. You do realize there's a difference between an application and
an operating system, don't you?

5) Its not a separate issue

Yes, it is. Did you learn your "accuracy" working at an IRS help desk?

If you want to install either of the above on your new built PC you need to
go and buy WinXP & Office 2007

"David Teich" <DavidTeich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C3F5BA5F-397C-4618-869E-A0203631F4C4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
? I was just pointing out why I need to reinstall Office, the drive issue
is
another thread on another newsgroup. That I haven't had any good answers
on
that either is a separate issue.

This post was specifically about how to get an English copy of MS Office
2007 for someone who already has a valid license but a foreign language
CD.
any ideas on that one?

David

"DL" wrote:

Have you visited your Laptop site and installed drivers from there?
(Or from the manufacturer of your current PC)
Do not use winupdate for drivers
And if you actually are using your old C drive on a new PC you would need
to
repair your Win installation using the winxp disk, however since winxp
was
provided for your old sys its highly likely that it is tied to that
Laptop
and wont repair, theres also the issue of it being an OEM installation,
which means the licence died with the Laptop

Since your version of Office 2007 was a OEM installation its not valied
on
your new PC
An OEM version lives & dies on the PC it was supplied with.
If indeed you have a new PC then all your licences died with the old PC

"David Teich" <DavidTeich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:59455F3C-8EDE-43D6-AEEA-FFF005FD861E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I bought a computer when I was living overseas. I also bought licenses
of
Office 2007 for it and a laptop. The computer died shortly before I
moved
back to the US. I've rebuilt the computer around the old C drive.
However,
XP
SP3 is causing problems with drivers. The solution, people tell me, is
to
reinstall XP, upgrade drivers and then add the Service Packs.

The problem is that my current licenses of Office are Hebrew versions
with
English packs added to them. The original install was done by the OEM.
I
don't know enough Hebrew to reinstall Office from those CDs. Is there
some
way I can get an English Language CD or download of Office so that I
can
reinstall it?






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