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    Question about MS Office/Clean-Install

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by blackmamba, Dec 18, 2007.

  1. blackmamba

    blackmamba Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm about to purchase Office 07 in a few weeks and am wondering this:

    After I install MS0-07 onto my notebook, it will validate that license. But what if later on down the road, I plan on reformatting/fresh-installing my notebook again? What will become of that validated license for Office 07? Will I have to re-activate it or is that license pretty much invalidated now?
     
    blackmamba, Dec 18, 2007
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  2. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You will have to re-activate and usually they allow you to do ~5 or 7 automatic online activations before you would have to call up and activate by talking with a customer service rep.
     
    miner, Dec 18, 2007
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  3. blackmamba

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    ^Gotcha. Thanks for the heads up.
     
    blackmamba, Dec 18, 2007
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    I installed a 6 month trial version of Office 2007 and then a few months later my hard drive died. When I got my new hard drive I installed Vista and got everything working again and then I installed Office 2007 with no problems and I had the full 6 months again. I was so surprised!
     
    SkylineGTR, Dec 19, 2007
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    There's nothing surprising about it.......that is true with any trial version.....once you format and re-install you can use any trial version again !! It as good as you are installing the software on a different system
     
    planet_vikram, Dec 19, 2007
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