| Marko 2003-09-19, 10:23 pm |
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>-----Original Message-----
>I have been given the Office XP Standard installation
>software by my employers to install on my computer at
home
>due to the fact that I will be working from home on some
>occasions. When I installed it everything was fine until
>I tried to use it and it said that it needed activating
>and that this software had already been activated.
Hello Sandra
Activation is there as a feature to help ensure software
is not casually copied.
From the MS anti piracy site, "License compliance means
using software or hardware according to the license as
granted by the copyright owner of that product. Software
licensing or copyright breaches cost millions each year to
the economy, business, consumers and developers. Some
types of software license and copyright breaches include
counterfeiting, hard disk loading and corporate copying."
This means you.
What you are attempting to do is to violate the End User
License Agreement. One copy of the software was purchased
and therefore only one installation is legal.
You need to obtain additional licensed software.
It is not a good idea to attempt to find an illegal way to
get around this situation.
Regards
Marko
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