Richard,
Not looking for a fight but he did state MS Office as one application and
that is what I addressed. As for your statement about software being used
on one computer - not true when you consider the "Fair Use" laws. Also the
fact that a number of vendors are now selling software that allow use on up
to 3 computers.
Certainly there is software that the license states for use only on "one"
computer only but from what I've read, the Fair Use law allows a backup copy
to be used on a different system. I've also read where this has been
applied to DVD movies, music CD's as well as software and while it has been
challenged in court - they aren't winning (so far).
Any comment on the technical aspects of loading it to the same location
under both operating systems?
Bob S.
"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> The world does not revolve around Microsoft Office alone, though Microsoft
> would like it to. Most any application you buy today is meant to be for
> use on one computer, unless the package says otherwise.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban MVP
> Microsoft Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "BobS" <no-spam@noplace.com> wrote in message
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>> Richard,
>>
>> According to MS
>> http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal...s/default.aspx and three
>> EULA's I checked for Office 2003 and 2007 he can use it on up to 3
>> computers (two for Office 2007 with one being a portable device - which
>> could be a portable drive?).
>>
>> I've not done this but he could try:
>>
>> 1. Load the office package on the XP drive or even install it to a
>> different drive and then,
>>
>> 2. Boot up Vista and load it to the same drive location you did under XP.
>>
>> Again, I haven't tried that but since you can install Office on a network
>> (with proper license) this technically should work (I think...).
>>
>> Bob S.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OTE0eXkaHHA.4808@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> The software has to be installed under each operating system. Sorry.
>>>
>>> And, you will run into licensing issues to boot. Each operating system
>>> is treated as a separate computer. So, it is the same as if you were
>>> installing Office/Acrobat/AutoCAD etc. on two different boxes.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Richard Urban MVP
>>> Microsoft Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>>
>>> "Andrew Fiddian-Green" <nn@dd> wrote in message
>>> news:%23NLGYOkaHHA.2436@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>I have a machine running XP with a full gamut of installed applications
>>>>(e.g. MS Office, iTunes, BDS2006, and many more).
>>>>
>>>> This is a test and development machine, so I need to keep the XP
>>>> environment and all running application, but I want to also add Vista
>>>> as a dual boot.
>>>>
>>>> My question is whether it is possible for the Vista install to leave
>>>> the XP environment unchanged but copy the XP registry settings for the
>>>> installed applications into the Vista registry. Basically I would like
>>>> the existing applications to continue to work both under XP (existing)
>>>> and Vista (new).
>>>>
>>>> My reason is that for time and disk space reasons, I want to avoid
>>>> having to repeat the software installations of all these applications,
>>>> and I want both O/S to access the same "My Documents" folders. For
>>>> example "My Music" contains 50-60GB of stuff that I would like to
>>>> access and add to from both O/S instances.
>>>>
>>>> { Note: I did not yet decide whether to put Vista a) on a separate
>>>> folder in the same partition, b) on a different partition on the same
>>>> drive, or c) on a completely different drive; the most likely choice is
>>>> c) but I think that this is anyway irrelevant to my question... }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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