Re: MS Office re-install

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: MS Office re-install
Date	2016-12-05 09:20 +1100
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"Max" <max@val.morgan> wrote in message news:o20gob$ruq$1@gioia.aioe.org...
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>
> "Xeno" <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message 
> news:o20dg4$84s$1@dont-email.me...
>> On 4/12/2016 4:56 PM, Max wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "Xeno" <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
>>> news:o202d5$fj8$1@dont-email.me...
>>>> On 4/12/2016 11:09 AM, Max wrote:
>>>>> My laptop was repaired under warranty, during which they did a factory
>>>>> reset, which they warned me about so I can't really complain.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to re-install MS Office.  Will the Product Key I used 
>>>>> still
>>>>> work for a re-installation?  Will it be possible to re-install without
>>>>> having to buy it again?
>>>>
>>>> Should do. After all, it's registered to you.
>>>
>>> How would it know that I am not someone else trying to install it?
>>
>> Have a think about that. While you're at it, have a think about the 
>> hashing that M$ does on your hardware when you installs Windows, then 
>> activate it. Think too what happens when you change too much of your 
>> hardware at once.

> You need to explain to me how it will work.

I just did.

> If I try to install Office on another computer will the first installation 
> be disabled?

Nope, it will normally refuse to do the second install instead.

And you can get MS to override that refusal if you tell them
that you had to replace the motherboard with a completely
different one when the original died or you chose to upgrade.
>

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MS Office re-install "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-12-04 11:09 +1100
  Re: MS Office re-install Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-12-04 14:27 +1100
    Re: MS Office re-install "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-12-04 16:56 +1100
      Re: MS Office re-install Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-12-04 17:37 +1100
        Re: MS Office re-install "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-12-04 18:31 +1100
          Re: MS Office re-install Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-12-04 19:26 +1100
            Re: MS Office re-install Max <maxnews23@gmail.com> - 2016-12-04 01:46 -0800
              Re: MS Office re-install SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> - 2016-12-04 21:08 +1100
                Re: MS Office re-install Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-12-04 22:02 +1100
                Re: MS Office re-install felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-05 11:53 +1100
                Re: MS Office re-install Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-12-05 15:03 +1100
                Re: MS Office re-install SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> - 2016-12-05 22:11 +1100
                Re: MS Office re-install felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-06 09:38 +1100
                Re: MS Office re-install SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> - 2016-12-06 17:43 +1100
                Re: MS Office re-install "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-12-04 21:18 +1000
                Re: MS Office re-install felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-05 11:54 +1100
              Re: MS Office re-install Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-12-04 21:55 +1100
          Re: MS Office re-install "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 09:20 +1100
      Re: MS Office re-install "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 09:18 +1100
        Re: MS Office re-install "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-12-05 17:37 +1100
          Re: MS Office re-install Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-12-05 20:33 +1100
            Re: MS Office re-install news16 <news16@woa.com.au> - 2016-12-05 12:06 +0000
            Re: MS Office re-install felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-06 00:12 +1100
          Re: MS Office re-install "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 06:40 +1100
            Re: MS Office re-install "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-12-06 17:00 +1100
              Re: MS Office re-install Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 19:26 +1100
              Re: MS Office re-install "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 20:06 +1100
  Re: MS Office re-install "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-04 15:08 +1100
    Re: MS Office re-install "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-12-05 07:56 +1100
      Re: MS Office re-install Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 08:02 +1100
      Re: MS Office re-install "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 09:26 +1100

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