[Bill the Greek]

I installed MS Office on my main computer, registered and validated it. It
runs fine. I installed MS Office (same product) on my second computer and
when I try to open a new doc in Word or Excel a window pops up and tells me I
have to purchase the software, because many features are disabled.

[Gordon[_4_]]

"Bill the Greek" Bill the wrote in message
...
I installed MS Office on my main computer, registered and validated it.
It
runs fine. I installed MS Office (same product) on my second computer and
when I try to open a new doc in Word or Excel a window pops up and tells
me I
have to purchase the software, because many features are disabled.

Did you activate the second copy? Did you look at the EULA (on the first
copy) to see if you can even install on a second machine? (Usually the
second install must be on a PORTABLE machine...)

[Terry Farrell]

If this is an OEM version, then it belongs one computer only, the one that
it was purchased with. It cannot be install anywhere else.

If it is a retail version, then you can install it on a desktop and a
portable providing it is on one or the other at any given time. In this
case, you may need to call Microsoft to activate it the second time.

If it is a Home and Student version, then it should install fine on both.
See below.

However, when you installed it on your second device, did it have an expired
trial version (or about to expire) installed? Did you uninstall it before
installing the new version?

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Bill the Greek" Bill the wrote in message
...
I installed MS Office on my main computer, registered and validated it.
It
runs fine. I installed MS Office (same product) on my second computer and
when I try to open a new doc in Word or Excel a window pops up and tells
me I
have to purchase the software, because many features are disabled.

[Terry Farrell]

The second paragraph has a missing word. It should read:

If it is a retail version, then you can install it on a desktop and a
portable providing it is ONLY USED on one or the other at any given time.

Terry

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
If this is an OEM version, then it belongs one computer only, the one that
it was purchased with. It cannot be install anywhere else.

If it is a retail version, then you can install it on a desktop and a
portable providing it is on one or the other at any given time. In this
case, you may need to call Microsoft to activate it the second time.

If it is a Home and Student version, then it should install fine on both.
See below.

However, when you installed it on your second device, did it have an
expired trial version (or about to expire) installed? Did you uninstall it
before installing the new version?

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Bill the Greek" Bill the wrote in
message ...
I installed MS Office on my main computer, registered and validated it.
It
runs fine. I installed MS Office (same product) on my second computer
and
when I try to open a new doc in Word or Excel a window pops up and tells
me I
have to purchase the software, because many features are disabled.

[Gordon[_4_]]

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
The second paragraph has a missing word. It should read:

If it is a retail version, then you can install it on a desktop and a
portable providing it is ONLY USED on one or the other at any given time.


Does it not say as well that the portable must be owned by the owner of the
primary device?

[LVTravel]

"Gordon" wrote in message
...

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
The second paragraph has a missing word. It should read:

If it is a retail version, then you can install it on a desktop and a
portable providing it is ONLY USED on one or the other at any given time.


Does it not say as well that the portable must be owned by the owner of
the primary device?

Actually the '07 EULA for retail says "Portable Device. You may install
another copy on a portable device for use by the single primary user of the
licensed device."

The '03 EULA for retail says "install an additional copy of the Software on
a second, portable device for the exclusive use of the primary user of the
first copy of the Software."