Asking for clarification is fine.
No. Running the installer will produce an error that states that OneCare is
already installed.
If you have an active subscription right now you can sign in at
http://billing.microsoft.com with the LiveID for your subscription and renew
OneCare with a PIN - the token or retail product key from the package.
You do not need to wait for expiration or the renewal prompt and it will extend
your subscription for 12 months past the original expiration.
-steve
"Joe" <abc@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>Stephen,
>
>Sorry to sound dense but I need to also get clear on this. I have until June
>with my current subscription- if at that time, I can find OneCare cheaper in
>a store than the resubscribe cost direct from MS- you're saying that it's
>not necessary to uninstall- simply run the installer on the CD and use my
>current LiveID and all will be well? The installer will do the update?
>
>Let's say I run the installer from a commercial CD a few days before my
>current subscription runs out- the installation will simply add one year to
>the current subscription or it will go one year from the moment I run the
>installer? If that's the case, then it makes sense to run it the day the
>current subscription runs out? Or, I can take advantage of that 30 days- so
>I should wait until the end of that period?
>
>thanks,
>Joe
>
>
>"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> You don't need to uninstall the current installation of OneCare as it is a
>> subscription. You can renew with the retail key at the Billing site.
>> What you get in the retail box is a CD with the installer that goes online
>> to
>> get the latest bits and a retail key to activate with.
>> If your current subscription expires before you renew, OneCare on the PC
>> will
>> stop updating about 30 days after expiration. However, once you enter the
>> new
>> key on the Billing site from your retail box copy, it will re-activate
>> OneCare
>> on the PC and it will go back to green.
>> The only reasons to reinstall OneCare after getting the new box copy -
>> 1. You want to use a different LiveID for the new subscription
>> 2. OneCare does not reflect the status of your renewal after 24 hours.
>> -steve
>>
>> "Geoff Oborne" <geoff@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>That wasn't quite was I was after. I meant that if I uninstall the
>>>existing
>>>One Care, could I purchase a new version from a high street shop and then
>>>install that version. The high street shops are almost £10 cheaper than
>>>doing it online with Microsoft.
>>>
>>>"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:qoelo3d182s7715slkjhs5v3fuhcdaoq8q@xxxxxx
>>>> "Geoff Oborne" <geoff@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Just wondering but what happens if I didn't renew my OneCare
>>>>>subscription.
>>>>>Will it still work and not pick up the updates or will it just not work
>>>>>and
>>>>>also if I bought a new boxed version of OneCare (as its cheaper than
>>>>>renewing on line with Microsoft) will I still be able to uninstall the
>>>>>old
>>>>>one and install the new one?
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards
>>>>>Geoff Oborne MI Hort
>>>>
>>>> You can renew at any time using a retail key from inside the box by
>>>> signing in
>>>> at http://billing.microsoft.com and clicking renew, then selecting the
>>>> option to
>>>> renew with a PIN or Token, which is the 25 character key.
>>>> If you choose to not renew, and didn't provide payment information when
>>>> you
>>>> subscribed originally, it will expire and stop downloading updates.
>>>> Also,
>>>> you
>>>> won't be able to run tune-up, backup, or use other features in OneCare
>>>> after it
>>>> expires, though there is a grace period after expiration of about 30
>>>> days
>>>> before
>>>> it goes into reduced functionality mode. You will still have protection,
>>>> but it
>>>> will be less valid as time goes on without updates.
>>>> -steve
>>>> --
>>>> Stephen Boots
>>>> MVP Windows Live
>>>> Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
>>>> sboots@xxxxxx | | | | | >>
>> --
>> Stephen Boots
>> MVP Windows Live
>> Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
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sboots@xxxxxx