Frustrated

[Wendy W]

I purchased the Student / Teachers edition of Office XP
and I am nt able to use it on both my home computer and
computer at school??? I can't afford to but another one
and I need Excel on both computers to get my stuff done.
I have the box with all of the numbers, even the receipt
somewhere. Since I was not able to activate it on both
computers, mt home computer has not locked me out of the
program and I am not getting anything done. Do I need to
keep reinstalling it? It doesn't seem right that I would
have to buy a program for each computer. Please advise.

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The Academic License is specifically limited to a single
installation. This is one of the reasons it costs so much less than a
retail license. Had you purchased a retail license, you would have
been permitted to install it on one desktop PC and one portable
computer simultaneously. When purchasing a software license, it's
important to ensure that the product will meet your needs _before_
making the purchase. This is the same common sense rule that applies
to purchasing shoes: make sure they fit, first.

And almost all software licensing requires that you purchase a
license for each computer on which the software is to be installed.
When you purchase and pay for a single television, does the merchant
let you leave the store with 2 TVs? I certainly hope you're not
studying/teaching either mathematics, economics, or copyright law.

Bruce Chambers

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"Wendy W" > wrote in message
...
> I purchased the Student / Teachers edition of Office XP
> and I am nt able to use it on both my home computer and
> computer at school??? I can't afford to but another one
> and I need Excel on both computers to get my stuff done.
> I have the box with all of the numbers, even the receipt
> somewhere. Since I was not able to activate it on both
> computers, mt home computer has not locked me out of the
> program and I am not getting anything done. Do I need to
> keep reinstalling it? It doesn't seem right that I would
> have to buy a program for each computer. Please advise.