I need an explination concerning Office

[Bob Perry]

I'm trying to make a point to clear up a question on the MS Onenote forum.

I said: To run Office from CEEDO on a host that does not have Office installed, the CEEDO install must be "Office Enterprise". Because: Office checks for the "valid copy" information on the host and will abort if it is not there. The only version that does not make this check is "enterprise".

I would like to verify this and put it in more precise words if possible.

I believe this is true -- if not let me know. If it's not I won't need to buy "Office 2010 Enterprise".

[keith]

Hi, Bob.

Consumer versions of MS Office use hardware IDs from the host PC for activation. When you launch Office, it will scan the host PC for the hardware IDs that it used for activation, and if they are not found, it will deactivate.

With the Enterprise version of Office, there is no activation required, and therefore, no hardware IDs involved. This is why an Enterprise version of Office is portable in Ceedo.

[Bob Perry]

Thanks, Keith.
That's what I was trying to say.
bob