Re using product key

Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?
I heard some are able to be used on two comps.

Is this true?

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Jane
Fri Jun 06 04:28:47 PDT 2008


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> Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?
> I heard some are able to be used on two comps.
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> Is this true??
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No. Any Windows Vista or XP product key can only be used for one
installation. A second computer would need a new product key.
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Colin
Fri Jun 06 10:44:28 PDT 2008

In addition to Jane's response, you may be confusing Windows with Office,
which does permit activation on one desktop and one laptop. In fact, Office
Home and Student editions permit three concurrent activations.

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> Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?
> I heard some are able to be used on two comps.
>
> Is this true??
>
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Robert
Fri Jun 06 11:20:15 PDT 2008

In message <swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com>, swmmrpro
<swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com> writes
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>Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?
>I heard some are able to be used on two comps.

Following on from this question.

If I buy Vista 64 but have too many problems could I remove it and use
the same key to install the 32 bit edition?

And, if so, can I download either a 32 or 64 bit edition from somewhere?


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Greggyboy
Fri Jun 06 11:25:00 PDT 2008

Ive just bought a new laptop and on trying to access Microsoft Office Home
and Student (word doc and powerpoint) Im prompted to enter my Product Key.
Ive located the Product Key from the certificate on the bottom of my laptop
and entered it 2 or 3 times now but keep getting a message saying the key is
incorrect.
How do I enter the Product Key to avoid this message?


"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> In addition to Jane's response, you may be confusing Windows with Office,
> which does permit activation on one desktop and one laptop. In fact, Office
> Home and Student editions permit three concurrent activations.
>
> "swmmrpro" <swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> > Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?
> > I heard some are able to be used on two comps.
> >
> > Is this true??
> >
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Dennis
Fri Jun 06 12:26:24 PDT 2008

Greggyboy:
The product key on the laptop is for the operating system not
Microsoft Office Home and Student. There should be a sepatate product key
for Office, usually on the Works envelope on HP systems. Have a great day.

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"Greggyboy" <Greggyboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Ive just bought a new laptop and on trying to access Microsoft Office Home
> and Student (word doc and powerpoint) Im prompted to enter my Product Key.
> Ive located the Product Key from the certificate on the bottom of my
> laptop
> and entered it 2 or 3 times now but keep getting a message saying the key
> is
> incorrect.
> How do I enter the Product Key to avoid this message?
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> In addition to Jane's response, you may be confusing Windows with Office,
>> which does permit activation on one desktop and one laptop. In fact,
>> Office
>> Home and Student editions permit three concurrent activations.
>>
>> "swmmrpro" <swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
>> news:swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com...
>> >
>> > Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?
>> > I heard some are able to be used on two comps.
>> >
>> > Is this true??
>> >
>> >
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Colin
Fri Jun 06 12:29:01 PDT 2008

Wrong product key. The one on the bottom of the laptop is for the
preinstalled operating system. The copy of Office Home and Student that
came preinstalled is a 60-day trial and the product key you are trying to
enter is one you probably don't even own yet. You get that by buying the
software after you have tried it out and decided whether or not you want it.
You can either buy a product key online or buy a copy of Office Home and
Student in a store and entering that product key. It is not necessary to
uninstall the trial and install the retail copy. Entering the product key
converts the software from trial to permanent. I just went through this on
my wife's new HP laptop. Keep in mind that there are four versions of
Office Home and Student.

"Greggyboy" <Greggyboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Ive just bought a new laptop and on trying to access Microsoft Office Home
> and Student (word doc and powerpoint) Im prompted to enter my Product Key.
> Ive located the Product Key from the certificate on the bottom of my
> laptop
> and entered it 2 or 3 times now but keep getting a message saying the key
> is
> incorrect.
> How do I enter the Product Key to avoid this message?
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> In addition to Jane's response, you may be confusing Windows with Office,
>> which does permit activation on one desktop and one laptop. In fact,
>> Office
>> Home and Student editions permit three concurrent activations.
>>
>> "swmmrpro" <swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
>> news:swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com...
>> >
>> > Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?
>> > I heard some are able to be used on two comps.
>> >
>> > Is this true??
>> >
>> >
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Colin
Fri Jun 06 12:36:06 PDT 2008

Any retail copy of Vista entitles you to install either the x86 or x64
edition on the same product key. Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, and
Vista Business come with the x86 dvd only. Instructions for getting the x64
dvd for $10 are in the box. Once you have your copy you use the product key
to order the x64 dvd from the Alternate Media website at
https://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/1033/ordermedia/default.mspx. Mine
came in about a week.

Vista Ultimate comes with both dvds in the box. It is one of the perks you
get for paying more for Ultimate.

(For others reading along: Preinstalled copies of Vista do not qualify for
the alternate media and the product key does not work with any version of
Vista except the one on your computer.)

"Robert Bristow" <spam@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> In message <swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com>, swmmrpro
> <swmmrpro.3akwfg@DoNotSpam.com> writes
>>
>>Can you use the same product key twice, or will it mess up?
>>I heard some are able to be used on two comps.
>
> Following on from this question.
>
> If I buy Vista 64 but have too many problems could I remove it and use the
> same key to install the 32 bit edition?
>
> And, if so, can I download either a 32 or 64 bit edition from somewhere?
>
>
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Robert
Fri Jun 06 13:12:29 PDT 2008

In message <57E9BD03-D08D-43DE-8991-324F7CEB1B33@microsoft.com>, Colin
Barnhorst <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> writes
>Any retail copy of Vista entitles you to install either the x86 or x64
>edition on the same product key. Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium,
>and Vista Business come with the x86 dvd only. Instructions for
>getting the x64 dvd for $10 are in the box. Once you have your copy
>you use the product key to order the x64 dvd from the Alternate Media
>website at
>https://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/1033/ordermedia/default.mspx.
>Mine came in about a week.
>
>Vista Ultimate comes with both dvds in the box. It is one of the perks
>you get for paying more for Ultimate.

Thanks Colin, I'll go for the x86 edition and hope that the $10 offer is
good for the UK as well as the USA. Or maybe go for the ultimate to make
sure.

I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure. :-)
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Colin
Fri Jun 06 13:58:58 PDT 2008

You're welcome.

"Robert Bristow" <spam@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> In message <57E9BD03-D08D-43DE-8991-324F7CEB1B33@microsoft.com>, Colin
> Barnhorst <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> writes
>>Any retail copy of Vista entitles you to install either the x86 or x64
>>edition on the same product key. Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium,
>>and Vista Business come with the x86 dvd only. Instructions for getting
>>the x64 dvd for $10 are in the box. Once you have your copy you use the
>>product key to order the x64 dvd from the Alternate Media website at
>>https://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/1033/ordermedia/default.mspx. Mine
>>came in about a week.
>>
>>Vista Ultimate comes with both dvds in the box. It is one of the perks
>>you get for paying more for Ultimate.
>
> Thanks Colin, I'll go for the x86 edition and hope that the $10 offer is
> good for the UK as well as the USA. Or maybe go for the ultimate to make
> sure.
>
> I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure. :-)
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