Plenty of people installed Office 2007/2010/2013 on two desktops or two laptops with no trouble or consequences. That part of the official licence was and is ignored. There was never any way for Microsoft to enforce the desktop/laptop distinction. After installation, Office 2007/2010/2013 gets approval/activation from Microsoft just once. However, the monitoring of older Office use isn’t as strict as it is for Office 365.

Officially, Office 2007 can be installed on two computers (a desktop and laptop) at any time. OEM licences of Office are special because they are limited to one machine (the one that came with Office) and is not transferable. That’s allowed by the Office licence unless it’s an OEM version. If it happens, just explain that you’re moving Office from one computer to another. It might be necessary to call Microsoft to get approval but that’s unlikely. Office 2007/2010/2013 should install and activate with no trouble. Both are necessary to install and activate Office. Gold Star to Eileen for having both the original Office 2007 CD and the vital Product Key. Even if there’s a problem, it doesn’t hurt to try … it’s not like the Microsoft police will come banging on your door. In practice, you can install and activate Office 2007 on a new computer.

There’s a difference between the official license terms and what works in practice. License and activation of Office 2007/2010/2013

Migrating documents between new and old computer.

Compatibility of Office 2007/2010/2013 on Windows 10.

License and activation of Office 2007/2010/2013.

If that’s necessary, will I need to transfer all old word docs onto a flash drive to move them to the new PC? Thanks for your help.” “I got a new HP desktop computer, but can I install the old MS orig office, “Home and Student 2007” edition on it with that cd and product key, or will it need to be uninstalled from the same model of desktop before that? What are the licensing, activation problems? How about moving documents?Įileen G asks a common question to Office Watch: Can Office 2007 and other older versions of Office (Office 2010, Office 2013) be installed on Windows 10.

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