Originally posted by: galperi1
Just received my 64-bit Vista Business Media today!
Also... does anyone know if I can install the copy of Office 2007 on both OS's (XP, Vista Business) on my computer at the same time with the same key?
Yes, IMHO it's permitted:
a) if the PC you're installing it onto is the "Licensed Device"
or the "Portable Device" that you choose to install onto.
If you install the software *to*, for example, 'F' drive, then you've
installed it ONCE on the licensed PC so you're breaking NO MSLT rules.
On that same computer if you, for instance, you could have...
one drive or software partition 'C' boot XP/32 Home,
one drive or software partition 'D' boot Vista Home Premium,
one drive or software partition 'E' boot Windows 2000 Professional,
...and that would all be perfectly legal; just multiple bootable OS
installs on your PC that you're licensed to use Office on.
When you boot any of those OSs, they could all access the files
for the single installed copy of Office on 'F' drive, so in theory
you should be fully compliant with the license agreement and in this
hypothetical situation you'd be permitted to use Office from any
OS you booted on that PC.
Now it's my personal belief that there's a good likelihood that
Office and its associated OGA system and software installer
is just *stupidly broken*, and very possibly you'll have great
technical difficulties trying to run the 'single installed copy'
of office in its single commonly accessable (to all the OSs on the PC)
subdirectory or software partition from the different OS environments.
So what you MAY have to do is 'install' Office over and over and over
again, once for each bootable OS on that PC, specifying the same install
directory for every installation, effectively overwriting
and replacing the previous (identical) Office installations, but
spamming the registry and other 'special places' that are unique to
each installed OS with the right links to make Office actually work
when you boot each of those multiple-choice OSs on the same PC
so that they can all access and use the one final common Office
install on that PC. Of course you may have a fun time with
OGA (office genuine (DIS)advantage) installation and activation
software while doing all those *permitted* replacement installs and
activations if it's too stupid to figure out that you just want one
install that's usable for one PC on all your different boot-time
OS configurations.
So in short, it's totally legal and permitted to do it (IMHO), though
really potentially a pain in the a$$ thanks to the
Microsoft Genuine Disadvantage and DRM infection stuff.
The right thing would be for software to install *ONLY*
*WHERE* you tell it to, and NOT write any registry / configuration
files to the OS drive / partition / directory if you're telling
the software to install *SOMEWHERE ELSE*.
For your reference, here are the relevant license terms of
Office Professional 2007 RETAIL:
http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/
Office Professional_2007_English.pdf
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS
2007 MICROSOFT OFFICE SYSTEM DESKTOP APPLICATION SOFTWARE
Below are three separate sets of License Terms. Only one set applies to
you. To determine which License Terms apply to you check the license
designation printed either on your product key, near the product name on your
Certificate of Authenticity, or on the download page if you obtained your
product key online. If your designation is FPP, then the Retail License Terms
below apply to you. If your designation is OEM, then the OEM License Terms
below apply to you. If your designation is MLK, then the Media-less License Kit
Terms below apply to you.
If you need assistance finding your license type, please go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/eula to determine which license you have.
1. RETAIL LICENSE TERMS
...
1. OVERVIEW. These license terms permit installation and use of one copy of
the software on one device, along with other rights, all as described below.
2. INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. Before you use the software under a license,
you must assign that license to one device. That device is the ?licensed
device.? A hardware partition or blade is considered to be a separate device.
a. Licensed Device. You may install and use one copy of the software on the
licensed device.
b. Portable Device. You may install another copy on a portable device for
use by the single primary user of the licensed device.
c. Separation of Components. The components of the software are licensed as
a single unit. You may not separate the components and install them on
different devices.
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