bigpollack

Just found this in the EULA for Office 2003 Professional Retail. " If you are the person who initially licensed the Software, you may make a one-time permanent transfer of this EULA, Software and Certificate of Authenticity ( if applicable ) to another end user, provided that you do not retain any copies of the Software " So I think I'm good to go ! Maybe !

Maybe " transfer " isn't the term I should of used. They have the original packaging ( CDs, serial key #, etc ) from the retail version of Office. I guess it's more like "buying" a used copy of Office, that WILL be removed from the original computer. With my luck, this is probably against the EULA also. If you can't tell, I'm a cheap *astard, but still want to be legal. There are only 3 things I wont mess around with ( because it would cost me big bucks in the end ) : The Ex-Wife The IRS Microsoft

OK, be kind it's my first post, and I have TRIED to search and find the answer. We want to upgrade a few computers here from Office 97 Professional ( stop laughing !! ) to Office 2003 Professional. I have tried Office 2007, and do not care for it. From the searching I have done, it looks like you can transfer the retail version ( not an OEM version ) from one computer to another; as long as you un-install it from the old computer. I found out how to tell what edition ( retail, OEM, enterprise ) of Office 2003 is installed on a computer. My question is, if I find a used computer, that has the retail version of Office 2003 Professional installed, can I buy this computer and legally transfer Office 2003 from it ?? I will of course un-install it from the used computer. It seems like that would be legal, but I'm wondering if only the original buyer of the software can transfer it. I hope this is possible ( ie legal ! ) because I have contacted a few people that have used computers for sale cheaper than the cost of just Office 2003.