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Mar 30, 2005 | 3:56 pm

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Originally Posted by wahooflyer

I've upgraded to the new version of Microsoft Office and plan to sell my old version's CD (student and teacher edition) on eBay.

My only concern is the apparent rule that Office can only be installed on three computers. Does this mean "only three computers at one time" or "three installations in the lifetime of the software CD." I installed the version on the CD I'm selling on two computers, but it's been deleted off both machines.

So when I sell my Office CD on eBay, can the buyer then install it on three computers of his/her own, or only on one computer since I installed it on two computers previously?

Thanks!

My experience with the student/teacher edition is that it allows three installs and activations for the life of the CD. If you exceed that you can call MS and as long as you can convince them that you have a legitimate reason for reinstalling (hard disk crash, etc), you can get another code. Deleting it off your computer doesn't "de-activate" from MS. An Ebay buyer should get the third install ok, but after that they'd need to call MS.

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