On 3/4/03 12:55 AM, "Julian Vrieslander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 03/03/03 9:52 PM, "Julian Vrieslander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> So it appears that the MS license agreement allows me to legally INSTALL the
>> software on both machines.  But there is a net-sniffer that prevents me from
>> USING any Office programs simultaneously on both machines, even if the
>> running
>> programs are not the same.  Is this correct, or is something misbehaving in
>> my
>> installs?
>> 
>> If the sniffer is programmed to recognize Mac models, and permit a laptop to
>> be used with a desktop model, how do we teach it to recognize a newly
>> released
>> model (like the 12.1" PB G4)?
> 
> I may have just answered my own question.  After applying the Office X
> 10.1.2 update to the Powerbook, it appears that I can now run Office apps on
> both machines simultaneously.
> 
> I can think of some possible explanations.  Perhaps the two installs need to
> be at the same version number.  Or the 10.1.2 update contains more current
> machine ID information.  Or there might have been a bug in an earlier
> version of Office X.

Yes, there were some known problems with the copy-protection device in the
original release of Office X.  These were fixed in a later update (by
Service Release 1 at the latest).  However, you are probably correct that
10.1.2 includes new machine ID information, though I don't think that caused
the problem you experienced.

-- 
Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac)
PowerPoint FAQ featuring PowerPoint:mac: <http://www.pptfaq.com/>
The Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>


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