A way to tell if Office was installed in a refurbished computer?

ThrashZone · 30 Aug 2016

Hi,
Good luck with that and I mean both recovery and EBay

mark4x4 · 30 Aug 2016

Office comes with it's own activation code & this code is not associated with the Windows 7 operating system activation code.

I just learned this now. I thought Office was stuck to the motherboard just like Windows OEM is.
I wasted $100 on MS Office 2016 Student & Home, I could have used Office 2007 if it was compatible with W7 which I doubt it was.

Anyways, thanks for the help guys. I really do appreciate it!

ThrashZone · 30 Aug 2016

Hi,
I have office 2007 installed on win-7 and 8.1 and even on win-10
It works well :)

mark4x4 · 30 Aug 2016

Hmmmmmmmmf
Damn-it!

So only one MS Office allowed on one PC.
Or more maybe
"Copy". "Move" or "Transfer" an Office - Microsoft Community

Now for both Office 2016 and Office 365 the license is now primarily associated with the email account, no longer with the hardware it is installed on. Licence "management" is through the MyAccount page/site.

Many people would like to know how to "move" an existing Office installation to a new computer when they buy one.

To do that you need to meet 3 conditions:

have a license type that allows "transfers", ie for consumers that is a "Retail" or "FPP" type license
your unique 25 character Product Key
a generic installation disk or file for the Office bundle that matches the Product Key

I got to go on my old system and see what type of license I have for Office 2007.

ThrashZone · 31 Aug 2016

Hi,
At the moment I have 3 machines two of which have multiple versions of windows
All versions have office 2007 on them
Of course I have a full retail 2007 small business license with an activation key and it was not cheap either if memory serves it was about 400.us from Micro... store :)

If yours came preinstalled on a machine you'd have to contact the manufacture of the machine office was bundled on.

Layback Bear · 31 Aug 2016

mark4x4 it's not complicated.

The hard drive was wiped. What ever programs were on the hard drive are gone.
The only thing on the hard drive is what was installed after the wipe. Simple Do Da.

If one wants a Office program, that is simple also.
1. Pick a free office program and install it.
2. Pick a paid for office program and install it and go through the proper activation process.
That is it. Done.