You can certainly use an OEM license to qualify for an upgrade *on the same
system*, but not on a different one.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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Beth
I'm going to look into this further because my understanding is that you
can use an OEM Office as an upgrade qualification. In a similar way, you
can purchase a software assurance upgrade for an OEM version of Office.
Perhaps this has changed since I last had a Microsoft License Overview,
maybe with the introduction of Office 2007?
Terry
"Beth Melton" wrote in message
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You can't use an OEM version of Office as a qualifying product on another
computer. You noted, an OEM version is tied to the computer it is
installed on and the license cannot be transferred to another computer.
The original version and upgrade are considered a single product and
cannot be separated. So if the OEM license is dead it can't be used at
all.
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