reinstalling office 2007 on same machine

I have a bad trojan and the only way to remove it is to format the computer
and reinstall everything. I am worried that I will not be able to reinstall
Office 2007 though since I installed it already on 3 different computers. Is
the installation limited to 3 LOCATIONS or only 3 TIMES regardless of the
location? In other words, will the installation CD recognize my computer and
allow me to reinstall office or will I get a message telling me that I cannot
reinstall office anymore because I abused all 3 installations?

Jay
Wed Mar 26 13:42:05 PDT 2008

M.A. wrote:
> I have a bad trojan and the only way to remove it is to format the
> computer and reinstall everything. I am worried that I will not be
> able to reinstall Office 2007 though since I installed it already on
> 3 different computers. Is the installation limited to 3 LOCATIONS or
> only 3 TIMES regardless of the location? In other words, will the
> installation CD recognize my computer and allow me to reinstall
> office or will I get a message telling me that I cannot reinstall
> office anymore because I abused all 3 installations?

Don't worry, it's three locations (for the Home & Student edition). And it
isn't the installation that gets checked, it's the activation.

It looks at a number of the hardware and software bits on your computer,
such as the network card's address, the hard drive's serial number, the
operating system, etc. If "most" of them match (and the exact formula is
secret), the activation will just work. If for some reason it decides that
this activation is more than allowed, it will give you a phone number to
call and explain what happened.

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JoAnn
Wed Mar 26 13:44:10 PDT 2008

You should be fine.just make sure you install a good antivirus and malware
destroyer.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"M.A." <M.A.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:22CB6A58-7407-4D37-95AD-D5F788D1159A@microsoft.com...
>I have a bad trojan and the only way to remove it is to format the computer
> and reinstall everything. I am worried that I will not be able to
> reinstall
> Office 2007 though since I installed it already on 3 different computers.
> Is
> the installation limited to 3 LOCATIONS or only 3 TIMES regardless of the
> location? In other words, will the installation CD recognize my computer
> and
> allow me to reinstall office or will I get a message telling me that I
> cannot
> reinstall office anymore because I abused all 3 installations?

bmp10999
Sat Jul 19 08:11:01 PDT 2008

I had to do a restore to factory setting on my computer. How do I reinstall
the MS Office & Student 2007? I have it ona free trial and do have the
product key. Just not sure if I can still go back and click on the free trail
or what? Please help! Assignment due tomorrow!
:-o

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> M.A. wrote:
> > I have a bad trojan and the only way to remove it is to format the
> > computer and reinstall everything. I am worried that I will not be
> > able to reinstall Office 2007 though since I installed it already on
> > 3 different computers. Is the installation limited to 3 LOCATIONS or
> > only 3 TIMES regardless of the location? In other words, will the
> > installation CD recognize my computer and allow me to reinstall
> > office or will I get a message telling me that I cannot reinstall
> > office anymore because I abused all 3 installations?
>
> Don't worry, it's three locations (for the Home & Student edition). And it
> isn't the installation that gets checked, it's the activation.
>
> It looks at a number of the hardware and software bits on your computer,
> such as the network card's address, the hard drive's serial number, the
> operating system, etc. If "most" of them match (and the exact formula is
> secret), the activation will just work. If for some reason it decides that
> this activation is more than allowed, it will give you a phone number to
> call and explain what happened.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
>
>

JoAnn
Sat Jul 19 08:18:33 PDT 2008

I suspect you are SOL. You only get one shot at the free trial. You better
get a copy of you assignment and head to a friend's home to finish it.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"bmp10999" <bmp10999@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:448EFA9D-6D89-40B9-80D4-97F7B3727BA6@microsoft.com...
>I had to do a restore to factory setting on my computer. How do I reinstall
> the MS Office & Student 2007? I have it ona free trial and do have the
> product key. Just not sure if I can still go back and click on the free
> trail
> or what? Please help! Assignment due tomorrow!
> :-o
>
> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
>> M.A. wrote:
>> > I have a bad trojan and the only way to remove it is to format the
>> > computer and reinstall everything. I am worried that I will not be
>> > able to reinstall Office 2007 though since I installed it already on
>> > 3 different computers. Is the installation limited to 3 LOCATIONS or
>> > only 3 TIMES regardless of the location? In other words, will the
>> > installation CD recognize my computer and allow me to reinstall
>> > office or will I get a message telling me that I cannot reinstall
>> > office anymore because I abused all 3 installations?
>>
>> Don't worry, it's three locations (for the Home & Student edition). And
>> it
>> isn't the installation that gets checked, it's the activation.
>>
>> It looks at a number of the hardware and software bits on your computer,
>> such as the network card's address, the hard drive's serial number, the
>> operating system, etc. If "most" of them match (and the exact formula is
>> secret), the activation will just work. If for some reason it decides
>> that
>> this activation is more than allowed, it will give you a phone number to
>> call and explain what happened.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
>> so
>> all may benefit.
>>
>>
>>

Gordon
Sat Jul 19 08:23:44 PDT 2008

"bmp10999" <bmp10999@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:448EFA9D-6D89-40B9-80D4-97F7B3727BA6@microsoft.com...
>I had to do a restore to factory setting on my computer. How do I reinstall
> the MS Office & Student 2007? I have it ona free trial and do have the
> product key. Just not sure if I can still go back and click on the free
> trail
> or what? Please help! Assignment due tomorrow!
> :-o
>

Firstly please start a NEW thread for a different problem, rather than
piggy-backing onto an existing one.
I think unfortunately you are stuffed. You can't (AFAIK) download a free
trial version more than once. (You could try downloading a free trial of a
different version - that might work).