I recently bought MSOffice2003 through my employer's plan with Microsoft to let employees buy direct from Microsoft for home use for a very nice price. They state that the license is good for 3 of your home computers. We put the first install on my wife's laptop. When I tried to install on my laptop (2nd install) it wouldn't take, and had me call a service center. When I entered the numbers in the automated system, it also wouldn't install and transferred me to a person in India. They asked a few questions: 1) Is this my first install (no), 2) Why was I doing this install (I wanted to install the software on my second computer), and 3) Did I obtain the software preinstalled on a computer, or did I purchase it separately (purchased separately). Then they gave me a verbal activation code. I expect I will have to call again if I do another install.