ms office for mac: microsoft checks for piracy as well? [Archive]

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cyberone

Oct 29, 2006, 09:25 PM

windows users will have their ms office versions checked for legality.

anyone updated ms office for mac 2004 lately?

is there a "piracy"-prompt?

Doctor Q

Oct 30, 2006, 10:23 PM

Why do you ask?

Me1000

Oct 30, 2006, 10:26 PM

ROFL!!!!

^ like you dont already know... :P

cyberone

Oct 31, 2006, 04:40 AM

Why do you ask?

it would be quite a thing if microsoft can enforce its strict piracy rules in another operating system.

just checkin dude.

MacRumorUser

Oct 31, 2006, 05:30 AM

just checkin dude.

;) sure you are, sure you are :p :D :rolleyes: ;)

cyberone

Oct 31, 2006, 09:12 PM

what are you guys after.

my real name is borat and in my beautiful country we neither have corruption nor privacy, eh, piracy.

i represent the pure world.

how dare.

clayj

Oct 31, 2006, 09:58 PM

Microsoft Office 2004 for the Mac employs a system that detects how many machines a particular copy of Office 2004 (as determined by the product key entered during installation) is running on. If that number exceeds two, any subsequent attempts to run an Office app will fail with an error message that tells you EXACTLY what the problem is.