Bought DVD, only have CD on old computer. Need Office components o

Hi -

I have a legal academic copy of Office 2007, Enterprise, DVD. No trouble
installing on my Sony laptop. Tried to install in an old desktop, but desktop
is CD only. Tried to download trial version of word, excel, powerpoint and
use legal key to complete installation. Get message invalid key.

Any suggestions on how to install the 3 programs on my old computer are
welcome. One user only, both computers are never in use at the sane time.
Don't need the rest of Office on that machine.

Thanks

Buy a dvd/cd drive
Trial version wont work with your key

"ecb01701" <ecb01701@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:40CA055A-2C36-49F3-A3D0-098164008337@microsoft.com...
> Hi -
>
> I have a legal academic copy of Office 2007, Enterprise, DVD. No trouble
> installing on my Sony laptop. Tried to install in an old desktop, but
> desktop
> is CD only. Tried to download trial version of word, excel, powerpoint
> and
> use legal key to complete installation. Get message invalid key.
>
> Any suggestions on how to install the 3 programs on my old computer are
> welcome. One user only, both computers are never in use at the sane time.
> Don't need the rest of Office on that machine.
>
> Thanks
>

Office is smart enough to know which specific version your key is for and if
it doesn't match the version you are trying to activate, it's not going to
work. Do yourself a favor - pick up an inexpensive DVD player. You can get
one for ~$50 these days.

--

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



"ecb01701" <ecb01701@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:40CA055A-2C36-49F3-A3D0-098164008337@microsoft.com...
> Hi -
>
> I have a legal academic copy of Office 2007, Enterprise, DVD. No trouble
> installing on my Sony laptop. Tried to install in an old desktop, but
> desktop
> is CD only. Tried to download trial version of word, excel, powerpoint
> and
> use legal key to complete installation. Get message invalid key.
>
> Any suggestions on how to install the 3 programs on my old computer are
> welcome. One user only, both computers are never in use at the sane time.
> Don't need the rest of Office on that machine.
>
> Thanks
>

...and even cheaper from newegg.com ;-)

"JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotnospammail.com> wrote in message
news:54D8A4B1-959E-4BF5-A7ED-716C875FDA87@microsoft.com...
: Office is smart enough to know which specific version your key is for and
if
: it doesn't match the version you are trying to activate, it's not going to
: work. Do yourself a favor - pick up an inexpensive DVD player. You can get
: one for ~$50 these days.
:
: --
:
: JoAnn Paules
: MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
: Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
:
:
:
: "ecb01701" <ecb01701@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
: news:40CA055A-2C36-49F3-A3D0-098164008337@microsoft.com...
: > Hi -
: >
: > I have a legal academic copy of Office 2007, Enterprise, DVD. No trouble
: > installing on my Sony laptop. Tried to install in an old desktop, but
: > desktop
: > is CD only. Tried to download trial version of word, excel, powerpoint
: > and
: > use legal key to complete installation. Get message invalid key.
: >
: > Any suggestions on how to install the 3 programs on my old computer are
: > welcome. One user only, both computers are never in use at the sane
time.
: > Don't need the rest of Office on that machine.
: >
: > Thanks
: >
:

Try an external usb dvd drive if you don't like to open your computer.
I bought a Plextor cd/dvd drive and it installed itself.
It was very easy and the drive is faster than the one in my desktop.
Very reliable.
just a thought!!!!

"ecb01701" <ecb01701@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:40CA055A-2C36-49F3-A3D0-098164008337@microsoft.com...
> Hi -
>
> I have a legal academic copy of Office 2007, Enterprise, DVD. No trouble
> installing on my Sony laptop. Tried to install in an old desktop, but
> desktop
> is CD only. Tried to download trial version of word, excel, powerpoint
> and
> use legal key to complete installation. Get message invalid key.
>
> Any suggestions on how to install the 3 programs on my old computer are
> welcome. One user only, both computers are never in use at the sane time.
> Don't need the rest of Office on that machine.
>
> Thanks
>