MS Office upgrade

On 11/4/2013 1:16 AM, ...winston wrote:
Alias wrote:
On 11/3/2013 9:15 AM, ...winston wrote:
Ron wrote:
On 11/2/2013 10:10 AM, Alias wrote:

Office 2003 will no longer be supported as of April of next year.


I don't need "support". It works and will continue to work.


Yes, Office 2003 applications will continue to work. After 10 yrs of
experience using the software the need for support is probably not
necessary (especially since Mainstream Support ended over 3 years
ago)....though the above point was the fact that since Extended Support
ends in April 2014 - program and security updates will no longer be
available.



Question is if you install it will it activate? Will XP activate? I mean
they both *are* genuine.


In April...most likely. In the future, possibly not and more likely if
installing XP RTM/Sp1/Sp2.
- for those with XP and Office pre 2007 it would be wise to have a
full image with the o/s and programs as insurance. Once a program ends
product lifecycle the need to permit it connecting to the servers for
anything (validation, genuine-ness, activation) diminishes every day
post EOL....all it takes is a few bits flipped on the backend.



Good to know, thanks.

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Alias

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