Re using product key

[Guest swmmrpro]

Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?

I heard some are able to be used on two comps.

 

Is this true??

 

 

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[Guest Jane C]

Re: Re using product key

 

 

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> Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?

> I heard some are able to be used on two comps.

>

> Is this true??

>

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No. Any Windows Vista or XP product key can only be used for one

installation. A second computer would need a new product key.

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[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Re using product key

 

In addition to Jane's response, you may be confusing Windows with Office,

which does permit activation on one desktop and one laptop. In fact, Office

Home and Student editions permit three concurrent activations.

 

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> Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?

> I heard some are able to be used on two comps.

>

> Is this true??

>

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[Guest Robert Bristow]

Re: Re using product key

 

In message <swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com>, swmmrpro

<swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com> writes

>

>Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?

>I heard some are able to be used on two comps.

 

Following on from this question.

 

If I buy Vista 64 but have too many problems could I remove it and use

the same key to install the 32 bit edition?

 

And, if so, can I download either a 32 or 64 bit edition from somewhere?

 

 

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[Guest Greggyboy]

Re: Re using product key

 

Ive just bought a new laptop and on trying to access Microsoft Office Home

and Student (word doc and powerpoint) Im prompted to enter my Product Key.

Ive located the Product Key from the certificate on the bottom of my laptop

and entered it 2 or 3 times now but keep getting a message saying the key is

incorrect.

How do I enter the Product Key to avoid this message?

 

 

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> In addition to Jane's response, you may be confusing Windows with Office,

> which does permit activation on one desktop and one laptop. In fact, Office

> Home and Student editions permit three concurrent activations.

>

> "swmmrpro" <swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message

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> > Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?

> > I heard some are able to be used on two comps.

> >

> > Is this true??

> >

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[Guest Dennis Pack]

Re: Re using product key

 

Greggyboy:

The product key on the laptop is for the operating system not

Microsoft Office Home and Student. There should be a sepatate product key

for Office, usually on the Works envelope on HP systems. Have a great day.

 

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"Greggyboy" <Greggyboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Ive just bought a new laptop and on trying to access Microsoft Office Home

> and Student (word doc and powerpoint) Im prompted to enter my Product Key.

> Ive located the Product Key from the certificate on the bottom of my

> laptop

> and entered it 2 or 3 times now but keep getting a message saying the key

> is

> incorrect.

> How do I enter the Product Key to avoid this message?

>

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

>

>> In addition to Jane's response, you may be confusing Windows with Office,

>> which does permit activation on one desktop and one laptop. In fact,

>> Office

>> Home and Student editions permit three concurrent activations.

>>

>> "swmmrpro" <swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message

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>> >

>> > Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?

>> > I heard some are able to be used on two comps.

>> >

>> > Is this true??

>> >

>> >

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[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Re using product key

 

Wrong product key. The one on the bottom of the laptop is for the

preinstalled operating system. The copy of Office Home and Student that

came preinstalled is a 60-day trial and the product key you are trying to

enter is one you probably don't even own yet. You get that by buying the

software after you have tried it out and decided whether or not you want it.

You can either buy a product key online or buy a copy of Office Home and

Student in a store and entering that product key. It is not necessary to

uninstall the trial and install the retail copy. Entering the product key

converts the software from trial to permanent. I just went through this on

my wife's new HP laptop. Keep in mind that there are four versions of

Office Home and Student.

 

"Greggyboy" <Greggyboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Ive just bought a new laptop and on trying to access Microsoft Office Home

> and Student (word doc and powerpoint) Im prompted to enter my Product Key.

> Ive located the Product Key from the certificate on the bottom of my

> laptop

> and entered it 2 or 3 times now but keep getting a message saying the key

> is

> incorrect.

> How do I enter the Product Key to avoid this message?

>

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

>

>> In addition to Jane's response, you may be confusing Windows with Office,

>> which does permit activation on one desktop and one laptop. In fact,

>> Office

>> Home and Student editions permit three concurrent activations.

>>

>> "swmmrpro" <swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message

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>> >

>> > Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?

>> > I heard some are able to be used on two comps.

>> >

>> > Is this true??

>> >

>> >

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[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Re using product key

 

Any retail copy of Vista entitles you to install either the x86 or x64

edition on the same product key. Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, and

Vista Business come with the x86 dvd only. Instructions for getting the x64

dvd for $10 are in the box. Once you have your copy you use the product key

to order the x64 dvd from the Alternate Media website at

https://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/1033/ordermedia/default.mspx. Mine

came in about a week.

 

Vista Ultimate comes with both dvds in the box. It is one of the perks you

get for paying more for Ultimate.

 

(For others reading along: Preinstalled copies of Vista do not qualify for

the alternate media and the product key does not work with any version of

Vista except the one on your computer.)

 

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> In message <swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com>, swmmrpro

> <swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com> writes

>>

>>Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?

>>I heard some are able to be used on two comps.

>

> Following on from this question.

>

> If I buy Vista 64 but have too many problems could I remove it and use the

> same key to install the 32 bit edition?

>

> And, if so, can I download either a 32 or 64 bit edition from somewhere?

>

>

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[Guest Robert Bristow]

Re: Re using product key

 

In message <57E9BD03-D08D-43DE-8991-324F7CEB1B33@microsoft.com>, Colin

Barnhorst <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> writes

>Any retail copy of Vista entitles you to install either the x86 or x64

>edition on the same product key. Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium,

>and Vista Business come with the x86 dvd only. Instructions for

>getting the x64 dvd for $10 are in the box. Once you have your copy

>you use the product key to order the x64 dvd from the Alternate Media

>website at

>https://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/1033/ordermedia/default.mspx.

>Mine came in about a week.

>

>Vista Ultimate comes with both dvds in the box. It is one of the perks

>you get for paying more for Ultimate.

 

Thanks Colin, I'll go for the x86 edition and hope that the $10 offer is

good for the UK as well as the USA. Or maybe go for the ultimate to make

sure.

 

I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure. :-)

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[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Re using product key

 

You're welcome.

 

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> In message <57E9BD03-D08D-43DE-8991-324F7CEB1B33@microsoft.com>, Colin

> Barnhorst <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> writes

>>Any retail copy of Vista entitles you to install either the x86 or x64

>>edition on the same product key. Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium,

>>and Vista Business come with the x86 dvd only. Instructions for getting

>>the x64 dvd for $10 are in the box. Once you have your copy you use the

>>product key to order the x64 dvd from the Alternate Media website at

>>https://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/1033/ordermedia/default.mspx. Mine

>>came in about a week.

>>

>>Vista Ultimate comes with both dvds in the box. It is one of the perks

>>you get for paying more for Ultimate.

>

> Thanks Colin, I'll go for the x86 edition and hope that the $10 offer is

> good for the UK as well as the USA. Or maybe go for the ultimate to make

> sure.

>

> I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure. :-)

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