Downloadable Office 2007 lisences

[jamesbird]

I give up trying to understand Microsoft's licensing. Does anyone know if it's possible (and from who) to download legitimate Office 2007 licences?
I build PCs for customers (not many, maybe 1 a week) and would like to offer 2007 as an option. I can therefore legitimately buy OEM licences, but I'd like to be able to receive the codes online rather than wait for them to be delivered.
I can find sites that'll sell me cracked copies, and sites that'll sell me 'backup' copies, but cant find anyone who can/ will sell legitimate licences.
Any ideas?
Thanks

 

[lionelhill]

On a related issue, whose daft idea was it to supply Office2007 home/student in a vast environmentally-unfriendly plastic thing with silly curvy corners instead of a normal DVD case?

 

[kjv1611]

I think I've seen on Microsoft's website, in a discussion forum there, that the licensing terms in Office do not allow such - or maybe it was Windows, I don't recall. But I think the licensing terms on both those are very similar, if not practically the same.

Besides that, I have seen that offered on eBay, but I don't know whether it's legit or not. I've seen at least one seller in the past couple weeks or month or so that seemed to sell a lot of such licenses - pretty cheap - and keep a good feedback rating, as well as remain on eBay. If that same seller is still there, that MIGHT point to it being okay - or at least seeming okay... of course, when I tried to ask them about it being legitimate via an email, I never got a reply - if I'm remembering correctly.

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[strongm]

>I'd like to be able to receive the codes online rather than wait for them to be delivered

I don't beleive that you are allowed to ship an OEM copy of Office without a physical COA, so you have to wait for a physical delivery ...

 

[lionelhill]

Microsoft's EULA's usually have a statement that if there is no certificate attached to your PC, and there is no certificate attached to the packaging, then the copy is illegal.

 

[jamesbird]

OK so the lack of a physical COA seems to be the problem - that's fair.
Thnaks for your inputs
James

 

[DTSMAN]

If you already have the code but you lost the installation CD for Office 2007 Professional, do you have to order a new
CD? I can not find a download on line, except for the trial versions, but I am not sure if my key will activate one of those.
Can someone point me to a installation download?

Bo

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they should at least find you handy.
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[fumei]

If you have "lost" the CD, then it is lost. AFAIK, the key is matched to a specific CD...i.e. there is no downloadable installation that can be used with it.

How do you know what the key is, if you have lost the media? You wrote key sequence down (and put THAT in a safe place) then ...lost the actual media???

I am not trying to be critical, but this has come up a number of times from various persons. How the heck does one lose something as important as that?

I have installation CD for software going back to 1992. I still have the orginal disks for DOS 3.3 (August 1987).

If you purchased Office 2007 (and I assume you did), then that is an investment of money. Really, I am curious. How does one lose such a thing? Oh, I understand misplacing, not remembering where it is for a while...but actually lose?

Gerry

 

[DTSMAN]

fumei,
All my software and their packaging are in a shoe box. The office license is on the office package it came in. \

My cds were all in a cd pouch-carrier. This was stolen from my car 2 years ago. My pc crashed on Saturday, rebuilt it Sunday using my 2002 because it is available.

And numbers are not directly associated with a CD. I have loaded other pcs with my CD and with their software numbers without issue.

Bo

Remember,
If the women don't find you handsome,
they should at least find you handy.
(Red Green)

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[BadBigBen]

James there is the following:

MLK - Mediales License Kit

for the UK:
S55-02515 - Office Basic 2007, 1pk, DSP, OEM, V2, w/OfcPro2007Trial MLK, EN

http://www.micomonline.co.uk/products.asp?partno=S55-02515

For the US:

Microsoft Office Professional 2007 Medialess License Kit for System Builders - 1 pack [LICENSE ONLY]

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Pro..._1_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1263852937&sr=8-1

Complete your PC with the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

https://partner.microsoft.com/download/UK/40049229

Ben
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[strongm]

>AFAIK, the key is matched to a specific CD

This is incorrect. It is, however, normally linked to a specific version (Pro, Home, Standard, Basic) and whether it is OEM or not

>MLK - Mediales License Kit

Unfortunately the Medialess Licence Kit isn't a solution to "if it's possible (and from who) to download legitimate Office 2007 licences?", as it is simply the physical CoA we have already advised is necessary.


This may be of further assistance:

http://oem.microsoft.com/script/contentpage.aspx?PageID=561811

 

[jamesbird]

Thanks bigben and strongman, I've got the OEM install CD (containing all the Office flavours), I currently buy COAs on line but they come as a physical certificate (sometimes stuck to an empty DVD case, sometimes as a cardboard slip.

I was wanting a way to remove the postal delay, but I accept that Microsoft's current licensing requires a physical COA.

I'm guessing for large corporate installs the physical COA isn't necessary, but that must be restricted to larger bulk licences?

 

[BadBigBen]

James, corporate versions (VLK) do have COA and License sticker attached to the DVD/CD case...

Ben
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How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
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[jamesbird]

But not one sticker per machine, one sticker per license?

 

[SimonDavies]

The problem with what you're after is that it's normally reserved for companies rather than private individuals (ie the license would be for a company, if you wanted a VLK key then the software would belong to YOU and not your clients).

Ways around that would be that you became a Reseller, did all the licensing for your customers and all the heartache that entails.

In all honesty you're either better off simply bulk purchasing the software now in the hope that you can shift it or carry on as you are and buy it individually from your supplier.

As far as media goes, you don't 'actually' have to have the media (ie cd\dvd) to comply with MS Licensing but you do need to have the correct amount of licenses for the amount of installed software (MSDN\Technet and MSVL sites are all downloadable content rather than physical media).

Simon

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[lameid]

One point of clarification... The last time I was a Volume licensce subscriber (agent for company), there was no sticker. You instead have a couple of numbers... Trying to remember... An aggreement number and a license number if memory serves. You associate these with a secure microsoft account... Several years ago it was passport, last time I think they upgraded it to Live. Once you did this you could request liscense keys to install software (somewhere in there aggreeing to manage the installs for the company etc. etc.).

On the flip side this was over a year ago and MS licsensing is about as stable as quicksand.
Although the Agreement, licsence and licsence key seemed to be stable methods. The terms, units (i.e. User or device), pricing and services are all things that seem to change at least every time you go to renew.

 

[strongm]

>The last time I was a Volume licensce subscriber (agent for company), there was no sticker

You, however, were not trying to sell a system ...

 

[lameid]

I thought it was already clear the volume licensing was not for resale but if not I'm glad for the clarification.
I was merely trying to address the below which is not necessarily true...

James, corporate versions (VLK) do have COA and License sticker attached to the DVD/CD case...

I've seen Volume License media with and without keys. In the past five years or so I believe MS has completely moved to the methodology I wrote.