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Download Office 2007 to a second computer

Anonymous
2011-09-27T00:54:46+00:00

I have just purchased a second computer and want to download Office 2007 that was purchased last year for my first computer (still in use).

How do I do this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-09-27T03:42:42+00:00

    Yes, you can install it on more one computer:

    In the comments to an earlier post, TJ asks a question that I get frequently:

    my sister got office ultimate 2007 and was wondering if i can install it on 2 computer?

    The short answer is yes, but the longer answer is probably not in the way you think. The license for all versions of Office 2007 except Home and Student edition are very clear. (To view your license, open any Ribbon-based Office program, click the Office button, click Word Options, select the Resources tab, and click About <program_name>. For Outlook, click Help, About Microsoft Outlook. In the About dialog box, you’ll see a View the Microsoft Software License terms link.)

    For any retail edition of Office 2007, the details are in sections 1 and 2:

    1. OVERVIEW. These license terms permit installation and use of one copy of the software on one device, along with other rights, all as described below.
    2. INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. Before you use the software under a license, you must assign that license to one device. That device is the “licensed device.” A hardware partition or blade is considered to be a separate device.

    a. Licensed Device. **You may install and use one copy of the software on the licensed device.**b. Portable Device. You may install another copy on a portable device for use by the single primary user of the licensed device.

    This is actually a pretty customer-friendly policy, in my opinion. If you have a desktop and a portable PC (or two portable PCs), you can install and use the software on both devices. But those terms apply only if they are your computers, where you are the "single primary user." Under those rules, installing your sister’s copy of Office 2007 Ultimate on your computer would be a violation of the license terms.

    http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2008/05/is-it-ok-to-install-office-on-multiple-pcs/

    If its Office 2007 OEM, then the answer is no. As long as they are your computers, regardless of the form factor, you can install it on a second computer.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-12-27T00:41:13+00:00

    I have just purchased a second computer and want to download Office 2007 that I purchased a few years ago for my first computer (still in use). I have the Product Key. Where do I go to download another copy of Outlook 2007.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-09-29T18:19:06+00:00

    Hello MarioM_1735,

    This thread was created in the Windows 7 Install, Upgrade and Activate forum; the Microsoft Moderation team has moved this thread to the Microsoft Office 2007 Installing and Activating forum.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-09-27T02:59:45+00:00

    Unless you purchased Office 2007 Home and Student which allows for installation on 3 computers, you're out of luck.

    The standard Office 2007 license only allows for installation to "one" desktop computer, and to "one" laptop or portable device.

    As far as downloading it again, you need to go back to the place of purchase for that. If it was the Microsoft Store, you should be able to log into your account and download it again.

    Here's a download link to MS, you'll need your activation key to download:

    http://www.microsoft.com/office/downloads/

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-09-27T01:35:09+00:00

    Depending on the type of license you have for Microsoft Office 2007...

    Uninstall it from the first.  Install it from the same media originally used onto the second.  Patch the new installation.

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