Re: I still have my original MS Office 97 Small Business edition..

I'm a bit confused. I thought you were saying that you have Office 97 that
you got with computer #1 and now you want to install it on computer #2.

Are you saying that you only have one computer and that's you've switched
out the motherboard (and operating system)? If so, the answer gets kind of
blurred. I've never seen specifically which part or parts of a computer an
OEM version of Office is tied to. With a new motherboard, you've probably
done a complete reformat anyway.

If that is the case, I would think that it falls within the legal use. But
you need to remember that we are not attorneys nor are we Microsoft
employees. You're just getting a "Woman on the Street" opinion.

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"Roccoprxphome" <Roccoprxphome@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for the reply, JoaAnn P!!
Yes, you are right, I just purchased...

Well, it is the same computer... the same hard disk,
but I just changed the board, etc...
I really do not know about this stuffs


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"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote:

You don't "own" the program. You only purchase the right to use it on a
computer.

If that version of Office came on your old computer then you cannot run
it
on another computer. That's why it's cheaper than if you go to your local
software retailer and purchase it. Once the old computer dies, so does
that
copy of Office. Once you buy a retail version you can transfer the
registration from one computer to the next to the next, etc.

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MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




"Roccoprxphome" <Roccoprxphome@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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hello,

I still have my original MS Office 97 Small Business edition...
I have the Windows Xp Home Edition, Version 2002
but I don't have any new MS Office program, such World, Excell, etc.
so...
Right now I have not the money to buy the new version(s)...
Can I still install my original 1997 Word Office to my pc not matter
the
old
it is?
It's LEGAL? I am the owner of that CD-ROM when I bought my first pc in
1997.

I need Word to build my page, etc.

Please, your opinions.

Thanks,

Pedro

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