OK to use Microsoft Office Academic Edition?

[Guest Choong Mun]

My wife use the academic edition of microsoft office. She is a counsellor cum

teacher. I am a retired aircraft maintenance engineer. The microsoft office

was installed in our family desk top. Can I use the software when I use the

desk top? For this question I would appreciate an answer from microsoft

itself. Alternatively I would appreciate the Microsoft e-mail address or

web-site,where I can post the question.

Thank you.

warm regards,

Fong Choong Mun.

[Guest DL]

Re: OK to use Microsoft Office Academic Edition?

 

Your not going to get an answer from MS on this, a peer to peer group,

neither will you likely get any sensible answer from MS other than them

simply quoting the EULA.

But yes you can use it for none commersial use (other than achademic)

 

"Choong Mun" <ChoongMun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:9FFA2EA1-AC17-44E8-8C36-1E6C6DBB1BFC@microsoft.com...

> My wife use the academic edition of microsoft office. She is a counsellor

> cum

> teacher. I am a retired aircraft maintenance engineer. The microsoft

> office

> was installed in our family desk top. Can I use the software when I use

> the

> desk top? For this question I would appreciate an answer from microsoft

> itself. Alternatively I would appreciate the Microsoft e-mail address or

> web-site,where I can post the question.

> Thank you.

> warm regards,

> Fong Choong Mun.

>

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: OK to use Microsoft Office Academic Edition?

 

Choong Mun wrote:

> My wife use the academic edition of microsoft office. She is a counsellor cum

> teacher. I am a retired aircraft maintenance engineer. The microsoft office

> was installed in our family desk top. Can I use the software when I use the

> desk top? For this question I would appreciate an answer from microsoft

> itself. Alternatively I would appreciate the Microsoft e-mail address or

> web-site,where I can post the question.

> Thank you.

> warm regards,

> Fong Choong Mun.

>

My wife works for a school. The license they have allows her to keep a

copy on home PC's as long as she is employed by the school.

 

But that is her license. You'd have to speak to your wife's IT people

to truely know what she is entitled to and if you are entitled to it.

[Guest SonomaAirporter]

RE: OK to use Microsoft Office Academic Edition?

 

Check this out: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/bb250608.aspx

According to the EULA, even your wife can't use it for non-academic

purposes! Good ole M$......

 

"Choong Mun" wrote:

> My wife use the academic edition of microsoft office. She is a counsellor cum

> teacher. I am a retired aircraft maintenance engineer. The microsoft office

> was installed in our family desk top. Can I use the software when I use the

> desk top? For this question I would appreciate an answer from microsoft

> itself. Alternatively I would appreciate the Microsoft e-mail address or

> web-site,where I can post the question.

> Thank you.

> warm regards,

> Fong Choong Mun.

>

[Guest Bill Sharpe]

Re: OK to use Microsoft Office Academic Edition?

 

SonomaAirporter wrote:

> Check this out: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/bb250608.aspx

> According to the EULA, even your wife can't use it for non-academic

> purposes! Good ole M$......

>

> "Choong Mun" wrote:

>

>> My wife use the academic edition of microsoft office. She is a counsellor cum

>> teacher. I am a retired aircraft maintenance engineer. The microsoft office

>> was installed in our family desk top. Can I use the software when I use the

>> desk top? For this question I would appreciate an answer from microsoft

>> itself. Alternatively I would appreciate the Microsoft e-mail address or

>> web-site,where I can post the question.

>> Thank you.

>> warm regards,

>> Fong Choong Mun.

>>

Note that very last paragraph of the referenced license:

The following software is excluded from the MSDN AA program and may not

be used by you or any of your staff, faculty, or students under these terms:

 

* Microsoft Office

 

I suspect there's a separate academic license somewhere that covers MS

Office. I'd ask the school.

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: OK to use Microsoft Office Academic Edition?

 

> office was installed in our family desk top. Can I use the software when I

> use the desk top?

 

Assuming you're asking if you, too, can use the software installed on the

family desktop PC, yes, but you cannot install it on another desktop PC.

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

 

 

Choong Mun wrote:

> My wife use the academic edition of microsoft office. She is a counsellor

> cum teacher. I am a retired aircraft maintenance engineer. The microsoft

> office was installed in our family desk top. Can I use the software when I

> use the desk top? For this question I would appreciate an answer from

> microsoft itself. Alternatively I would appreciate the Microsoft e-mail

> address or web-site,where I can post the question.

> Thank you.

> warm regards,

> Fong Choong Mun.

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: OK to use Microsoft Office Academic Edition?

 

"Choong Mun" in

<news:9FFA2EA1-AC17-44E8-8C36-1E6C6DBB1BFC@microsoft.com> wrote:

> My wife use the academic edition of microsoft office. She is a counsellor cum

> teacher. I am a retired aircraft maintenance engineer. The microsoft office

> was installed in our family desk top. Can I use the software when I use the

> desk top? For this question I would appreciate an answer from microsoft

> itself. Alternatively I would appreciate the Microsoft e-mail address or

> web-site,where I can post the question.

> Thank you.

> warm regards,

> Fong Choong Mun.

 

Read the eula.txt file that got installed under the C:\Windows\System32

folder. You obviously don't qualify for the license. Whether or not

your wife qualifies to install it on her computer or a shared family

computer depends on what the license says. Since she is already using

it then the eula.txt file exists.

 

As I recall, the licensed user of MS Office was allowed 2 concurrent

installs: one on their primary host and another on a secondary host.

However, I believe the caveat was that only one instance could be in use

at a time. You are not the licensed user. You also cannot guarantee

that your wife isn't using her instance while you are using yours.

Again, the EULA will clarify the conditions of how many installations,

concurrent usage, and who can use the installed instance(s).

 

If you want an answer from Microsoft, you will have to call them. Start

by following the Contact Us link on Microsoft's home page. This is a

newsgroup, not a free avenue for support from Microsoft. If you are

unfamiliar to what are Usenet and newsgroups, read the following

articles:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroup

 

The webnews-for-dummies interface to Usenet that Microsoft provides in

their "Communities" is Microsoft pretending they have forums. What they

have is a web gateway to Usenet. Despite Microsoft's attempt to usurp

Usenet, this is still Usenet despite Microsoft.

[Guest Gurney]

Re: OK to use Microsoft Office Academic Edition?

 

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:08:01 -0700, Choong Mun

<ChoongMun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My wife use the academic edition of microsoft office. She is a counsellor cum

>teacher. I am a retired aircraft maintenance engineer. The microsoft office

>was installed in our family desk top. Can I use the software when I use the

>desk top? For this question I would appreciate an answer from microsoft

>itself. Alternatively I would appreciate the Microsoft e-mail address or

>web-site,where I can post the question.

>Thank you.

>warm regards,

>Fong Choong Mun.

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