On 13/2/03 7:45, "Peter C.S. Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thus spake Laurie A. Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, circa 2/13/2003: >> I don't think so. I HAVE tried it many many times. The same version of >> Office X with the same serial number cannot be run on both a laptop and a >> desktop over the same network > > I've never tried this, since I run a site licensed copy, but I don't see how > Office would know the duplicate serial number it saw was on a laptop. AFAIK > there isn't a range of MAC addresses (e.g.) set aside for laptops. I thought > the mention of laptops in the license was a legal nicety from Microsoft to > Mac users, a very large percentage of whom use laptops. > > peter > The programme can detect the type of machine it is running on from the 'machine ID' built into the ROM. It then knows whether or not to apply the exclusion. -- Barry -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
