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| Thread ID: 85965 | 2007-12-28 23:56:00 | Can't share MSWord | kbcad (1025) | Press F1 |
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| 625575 | 2007-12-28 23:56:00 | I have 2 PC's (both Win XP) networked together. One (new) has MS Office Student version (legal) and I set up the other (old) PC to share MS Office folder. From (old) I can see the MS Office folder in (new) but when I try to run Winword.exe from here I get an error message "The operating system is not presently configured to run this application" All help much appreciated. KB. | kbcad (1025) | ||
| 625576 | 2007-12-29 00:35:00 | You can't share most programs that way. You would need to install the software on the 2nd machine. Some versions of Microsoft Office allow you to install it on up to 3 machines - It will say this on the box. If it is an OEM version then it is only allowed to be on one machine. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 625577 | 2007-12-29 03:01:00 | Thanks CYaBro for your reply, which surprised me a little, as I had previously shared Winword97 between a WinXP PC and a Win 98 PC, as well as some other non MicroSoft programmes. My copy of the Student version came with the PC, so it looks like I'm out of luck. KB. | kbcad (1025) | ||
| 625578 | 2007-12-29 04:31:00 | just use openoffice....... :) | mavey (13225) | ||
| 625579 | 2007-12-29 22:28:00 | In the early days of computing programs came stand alone. When loaded it went into one folder and that was it. To put it on another machine just copy the folder and it worked. As computers and programs became more advanced they put "fish hooks" into other places - like the registry. So you have to install the program on different machines rather than just copy them. <sigh> the signs of progress... |
Mercury (1316) | ||
| 625580 | 2007-12-30 02:05:00 | The main problem with Office (since XP anyway) is that it has to be activated on each machine. | CYaBro (73) | ||
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