Academic XP/Office edition?

[Bluefront]

My sister can get an academic edition of XP and Office relatively cheap at the campus book-store. On the package it states the software is for home use only, and cannot be registered.

This is a new one on me.....it it legit? And could you do microsoft updates, given the latest procedures?

 

[talyn00]

It should be legit, although I really don't remember anything about registering office,not like it really matters. You should be able to get updates for it. And the disclaimer stating its use is for Home sounds pretty standard.

 

[NogginBoink]

What, EXACTLY, does the package say?

I'll bet my next paycheck that it doesn't say the product can't be registered. (Besides, you don't need to register your Microsoft products anyway. You just have to Activate them.)

 

[Nothinman]

You should check the academic license she's agreeing to also, some of them only let you use the software while you're a student and make it illegal to pass the license on to someone else.

 

[batmanuel]

It is probably similar to Office Student and Techers edition. The main reason MS sells the S&T version is to make money off of people that would otherwise have pirated Office for their school and personal home use. With the S&T Edition they don't even require the store to check and see if you are a student or a teacher before they sell it to you.

As long as you are using it for personal or school use, I wouldn't worry about MS coming after you. The big thing is that the academic and S&T versions are strictly licensed for non-commerical use, so if you use it at your office or business MS has every right to come after you legally and either make you pay fines or sign up for a nice expensive multi-year software subscription with them to make you all legit. As long as you aren't using the software in a business capacity, MS really doesn't care what you do with the S&T Editions.