Re: MS Office re-install

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: MS Office re-install
Date	2016-12-06 20:06 +1100
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"Max" <max@val.morgan> wrote in message news:o25k54$pjn$1@gioia.aioe.org...
> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:ealu4pFscfmU1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>>
>> "Max" <max@val.morgan> wrote in message 
>> news:o231ui$l0i$1@gioia.aioe.org...
>>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message 
>>> news:eajj17Fb26eU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Max" <max@val.morgan> wrote in message 
>>>> news:o20b72$ma6$1@gioia.aioe.org...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Xeno" <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message 
>>>>> news:o202d5$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?
>>>>
>>>> They don’t. Some MS installs do check the hardware details of what
>>>> its being installed on and you do sometimes need to get MS to allow
>>>> it to be installed on different hardware if you have say replaced the
>>>> motherboard because it has died, but all you have to do is tell them
>>>> that if it refused to install for that reason.
>>>
>>> So do mainboards have a serial number that is accessible by the 
>>> installation package?
>>
>> Some do, some don’t. But you don’t need a serial number to be able
>> to detect a motherboard change.
>
> So what should I do if it doesn't activate?

Get MS to override the refusal to activate.

But you shouldn’t have to if you havent changed
anything important hardware wise. Just changing
the motherboard to an identical replacement
should see it install fine.

> Do I have to ring up MS?

You did at one time, havent needed to do it lately.

> Will they accept report from manufacturer saying mainboard replacement.

Yep, in the unlikely event it doesn’t just reinstall fine.

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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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