Office wrecked my harddrive..

[Retablava]

Hey there,
I have a macbook each, and the other day I copied office 2008 from one to another. Since I own the product key and both macbooks, I thought I could copy it without any problems..
The laptop I copied to works fine, but last night my other didn't.. It takes 20 min. for it to boot and it's somehow dead when I finally get it started..

So my question is: Does Microsoft have authority to ruin my comp or am I mistaking the problem with a very convenient virus?

This could cost at least 470 $ to fix..

So thanks for the help in advance !

Bror

 

[sgould]

My version of Office 2008 came with three separate keys. You should be able to install it three times from the DVD/CD without any problem. No need to copy across.

I have in the back of my mind that MS have some way of checking for copying, but only if two computers with the same version are linked together. Maybe wrong about that though. But if I'm right you may find that the original version is missing some feature in the startup area and the computer is spending time looking for it.

But you don't "own" the key, or the software, just a licence to use it as per the end user agreement. This is usually one copy of the software on one machine.

Try running the MS "Uninstall" on the broken machine to see if it sorts itself out. Maybe need to start in Safe Mode.