On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 21:44:33 -0500, swalker wrote:

On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 20:58:01 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , swalker
writes:
On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:47:35 -0500, swalker wrote:

Finally broke down and bought a new bare bones laptop that came with
Win 10.

One of the programs I must have is Outlook 10. Since I bought a copy
at Best Buy a few years back and have been using it on a couple of
computers I assumed installation would not be a problem.

Not so, MS says the Product Key I have isn't valid.

Do these things expire?

I don't _think_ so, though the activation servers may be turned off at
some point. (Though I believe XP can still be activated ...)

Is there some limit on the number of computers that can use a single
copy?

I was going to say "yes - one; there are times when you can buy packs of
several _licences_, often three, but each is only for one machine", but
what you said below reminded me of a faint memory of having seen a
scheme for enabling something to be installed on both a home and a work
machine (or something like that), on the basis that only one of them was
ever _used_ at a time. Although I don't _think_ that was a Microsoft
product.

Jim

Thanks for all the comments. I currently have Outlook 2010 installed
on my Win 7 desktop and my Win 7 laptop. Laptop is only used when I
travel.
The Win 7 laptop is nearing the end of it's useful life

What has made you come to that conclusion?

The batteries have died so it is no longer truly portable.
The screen resolution is going faint.
The video card is built on the mother board and the fans blow across
the card which is a problem if the CPU gets too warm which restricts
the usage for intense CPU calculations.
And something else I can't quite remember right now.
All of this could be fixed at more than a few hundred dollars. The
last time I checked the battery alone was north of $150. I check the
price for replacing the video card a while back and it was $200.
I don't think it makes sense to spend the $$$ for a very old laptop.

Compared to new laptops the thing is heavy and my 75 years-old
shoulder really hates the thing. (My wife says that is why I lean to
the right)

Need I go on?


I think we will let you stop there !!