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| Thread ID: 45789 | 2004-06-03 00:41:00 | MS Office 2003 Professional- Academic Retail | chiefnz (545) | Press F1 |
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| 241295 | 2004-06-04 00:54:00 | All Professional editions of Office should have Access . The Academic version has strict limitations in the EULA: Academic Edition Software . If the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is identified as "Academic Edition" or "AE", You must be a "Qualified Educational User" to use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT . To determine whether You are a Qualified Educational User, please contact the Microsoft Sales Information Center/One Microsoft Way/Redmond, WA 98052-6399 or the Microsoft subsidiary serving Your country . If You are not a Qualified Educational User, You have no rights under this EULA . If the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is identified as "Academic Edition" or "AE," the following additional limitations apply: Notwithstanding the section of this EULA "Software Product Transfer" and/or any other inconsistent provisions of this EULA, You may not transfer this SOFTWARE PRODUCT . The Section of this EULA "UPGRADES" is deleted and replaced with the following text: This "Academic Edition" version of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is only eligible for upgrade if an "Academic Edition" Upgrade for the corresponding software product is made generally available . etc So, you cannot sell an Academic version when you have finished with it . You cannot upgrade an academic version to a full licence . |
godfather (25) | ||
| 241296 | 2004-06-04 02:44:00 | > > BUT - you still cannot install it on more than 2 PCs, > it will fail to activate and stop working. > Oh wise One, please instruct miserable Grasshopper on the inscrutable ways of Installation as delivered to us from the Seven Clouds of Microsoft. How may the "0"s and "1"s of Office Academic determine how many iterations they are asked to incarnate? Is there a spirit in the disc? Awaiting your awesome and holy pronouncement. Grovelingly Yours Grasshopper |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 241297 | 2004-06-04 02:59:00 | Beautiful. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 241298 | 2004-06-04 03:44:00 | Ahhh Grassmoker....oops I mean Grasshopper When thou activateth the installation, thy hash code from thy PC hardware be storeth on Redmond's servers against thy installation key for thy software. If thou chooseth not to activateth the installation then it shall fail to work after but a short time. It knoweth then how many instances be activated, and verily I say, will stop activating any more when the number installed exceedeth the limit that is recognised from the key code "family", which idicates the version. So, ye can indeed go forth and multiply the number of incarnations, but ye cannot breathe life into those number of them above that which Oh Great Bill hath decreed you can haveth. The installation key holdeth the identity and version of thy software, be it Academic, OEM or Retail Full. Thy disc itself may also rely on the correct family type of key (OEM, AE or Retail) but not the actual key itself. How do you keep it dry enough to smoke down in Southland anyway, that is more the enigma, Grass"hopper"? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 241299 | 2004-06-04 03:51:00 | ***Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhh***Ooooooooooohhhhh***Bugger | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 241300 | 2004-06-04 04:54:00 | Humble Grasshopper is honoured by wise words. Alas your lowly servant has no affinity for pastoral or fungal fruits. Also sadly Grasshopper cannot hold down Great One's favoured libation of Canterbury Daught. Must make do with sacred Bluff Oyster. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 241301 | 2004-06-04 05:15:00 | > When thou activateth the installation, thy hash code from thy PC hardware be storeth on Redmond's servers against thy installation key for thy software. If thou chooseth not to activateth the installation then it shall fail to work after but a short time. But what if the offending PCs are not connected to the internet at all? ;-) |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 241302 | 2004-06-04 05:35:00 | I think, if I remember correctly, the Academic version is exactly the same as the normal version, but it requires your student ID (or teacher's ID, etc . ) to be sighted before they can sell it to you . The "Students" and "Teachers" version does not need the ID, anyone can buy it . It just activates on three PCs and 4 (or so) basic programs [used by the typical student/teacher] as somebody already said . However, saying all that, we now go back to the EULA issue . While Microsoft has its "law" to protect its intellectual property from being used against their wills . There is no doubt that there are heaps of middleage workers using the student/teachers version when they were last at school maybe 10-15 years ago . How would MS know? To top this off, some retailers, owned by Asian owners, still sell these software without sighting IDs or anything . That's exactly how they do things in Asia, who cares about the EULA . They just want to make profit out of the sale . If society was so well behaved, there wouldn't be any problem . Also, unless your sure the software is right for you, I'd suggest you visit here ( . pcworld . co . nz/thread . jsp?forum=1&thread=47930" target="_blank">pressf1 . pcworld . co . nz) |
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) | ||
| 241303 | 2004-06-04 05:38:00 | > But what if the offending PCs are not connected to > the internet at all? Then the telephone is needed. The giving and receiving of numbers will activate it. Or not, as the case may be. Or you could write to them if no telephone I suppose... Activation is usually a painless process unless the rules are tested strongly. > Must make do with sacred Bluff Oyster No thanks. A nice piece of blue cod will do instead. In batter, with chips... |
godfather (25) | ||
| 241304 | 2004-06-04 05:59:00 | But if your Dad is a teacher wait just a moment for the new Office release as announced recently by our beloved Minister and get it for FREE!!!! | BernieL (1913) | ||
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