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IF for some reason, the copy of Office Pro 2003 that was installed on your
Dell, was bought not as an Retail or OEM version but as a Microsoft Open
License version to take advantage of a companies Microsoft volume pricing,
then it normally does NOT come with media by default.
When Microsoft Open license software is purchased, all you're really getting
is a piece of paper from Microsoft that is basically just a documented
license. On that document from Microsoft, there will be a couple of numbers
you will need. One number is an (forgive me, I'm trying to remember this
from memory) authorization number, and there is also an agreement number I
think.
If you can get a copy of the Microsoft document, and can get those numbers
from it, you can order your own media kit from Microsoft for about $25.00
If indeed it turns out that your copy of Office is a Microsoft Open license
version, you can also (with those two numbers from the document), go to a
special Microsoft web site (eopen.microsoft.com I think), and enter those
two numbewr and view the license agreement on-line. it will indicate who
actually bought the license, how many copies were bought, and it will also
provide a link to click on to retrieve the install key for that copy of the
software.
If you buy the media kit, it will not come with any install key codes. to
use those disks, you would have to buy the license, use the numbers from the
license to go to the eopen web site, to look up the install cd key to use.
"Rhett Rhame" <rhame@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:Xns955116A9CD648rhamemindspringcom@10.0.1.2...
> I was curious if anyone knows how to back-up / make a hard copy of MS
> Office Pro 2003 that comes pre-installed on a laptop?
> Of course, Dell includes everything else that I need on 4 CDs in event of
a
> reinstall of the system; however the Office Pro 2003 software is not
> included since it was an add-on software item that required a separate
> activation.
>
> The difference is it calls for a OPK (Open Product Key) which is only
about
> 20 characters versus a CD Key which is 25 characters that comes with a
> stand alone version.
>
> I apologize if I am missing something obvious here, but I can not figure
> out where the files are on the hard drive that I should copy in event I
> need to re-install everything in event of a clean install.
>
> The people at Dell told me that I needed to request a media copy of Office
> Pro 2003 at the time of purchase (which would have been a different price)
> if I wanted a hard copy of it. Of course they did not mention that at the
> time of purchase.
>
> Any help here would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
>
> Rhett
>
>
> >> There is no difference between Dell's OEM version and a retail
> >> version.
> >>
> >> You can reinstall Dell's version, legally, on any computer made by
> >> Dell.
> >>
> >> Dell doesn't provide support for software beyond helping you to
> >> install software provided by Dell in the factory install and Windows
> >> service
> > packs.
> >>
> >> Ted Zieglar
> >
>
> >> > After purchaing a Dell 2400 I realize I should have ordered MS
> >> > Office
> > with
> >> > it. I think I can still order the OEM version from Dell after the
> >> > fact
> >> (for
> >> > $134) but started wondering if there would be any advantages to
> >> > buying
> > the
> >> > retail version instead? What comes to mind is being able to
> >> > reinstall
> > it
> >> on
> >> > a new system someday, if I so chose. On the other, buying the OEM
> > product
> >> > would give me software support from Dell (I believe).
> >> >
> >> > Any thoughts/opinions on this (things I should consider)?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for the help. This is a great newsgroup.
> >> >
> >> > Pat
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