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Duplicate product keys with separate product IDs

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KLP34

Flightless Bird
I have four laptops and four licenses (box with disk, etc) for Office 2003.
One of the laptops died. So I pulled all four disks and ran Belarc on the
three remaining laptops. About a year ago, I ran Belarc on the now deceased
laptop. To my surprise, the deceased laptop and two of the remaining three
laptops have the same product key but each has a different product ID.
Assuming the 20 digit number that appears before "(Key: GU82C..." in Belarc
is the product ID.

How is that possible? and is there a problem with this or do I need to
remove and reinstall?
 
P

Peter Foldes

Flightless Bird
There is no four license version of Office 2003 unless you are running a VL version.
Which version of Office 2003 do you have that has 4 licenses

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"KLP34" <KLP34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:429E17BC-F635-4B8E-9D64-1EC3EE8ED2CA@microsoft.com...
>I have four laptops and four licenses (box with disk, etc) for Office 2003.
> One of the laptops died. So I pulled all four disks and ran Belarc on the
> three remaining laptops. About a year ago, I ran Belarc on the now deceased
> laptop. To my surprise, the deceased laptop and two of the remaining three
> laptops have the same product key but each has a different product ID.
> Assuming the 20 digit number that appears before "(Key: GU82C..." in Belarc
> is the product ID.
>
> How is that possible? and is there a problem with this or do I need to
> remove and reinstall?
 
K

KLP34

Flightless Bird
I have four retail boxes each has its own disk.

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> There is no four license version of Office 2003 unless you are running a VL version.
> Which version of Office 2003 do you have that has 4 licenses
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "KLP34" <KLP34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:429E17BC-F635-4B8E-9D64-1EC3EE8ED2CA@microsoft.com...
> >I have four laptops and four licenses (box with disk, etc) for Office 2003.
> > One of the laptops died. So I pulled all four disks and ran Belarc on the
> > three remaining laptops. About a year ago, I ran Belarc on the now deceased
> > laptop. To my surprise, the deceased laptop and two of the remaining three
> > laptops have the same product key but each has a different product ID.
> > Assuming the 20 digit number that appears before "(Key: GU82C..." in Belarc
> > is the product ID.
> >
> > How is that possible? and is there a problem with this or do I need to
> > remove and reinstall?
>
> .
>
 
P

Peter Foldes

Flightless Bird
Then you have it turned around. You probably have 4 of the same Product Codes and 4
different License Keys. The latter makes sense but your description does not.

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Peter

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"KLP34" <KLP34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C11F88D3-3912-49E2-A251-92A2426D5964@microsoft.com...
>I have four retail boxes each has its own disk.
>
> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>
>> There is no four license version of Office 2003 unless you are running a VL
>> version.
>> Which version of Office 2003 do you have that has 4 licenses
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>>
>> "KLP34" <KLP34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:429E17BC-F635-4B8E-9D64-1EC3EE8ED2CA@microsoft.com...
>> >I have four laptops and four licenses (box with disk, etc) for Office 2003.
>> > One of the laptops died. So I pulled all four disks and ran Belarc on the
>> > three remaining laptops. About a year ago, I ran Belarc on the now deceased
>> > laptop. To my surprise, the deceased laptop and two of the remaining three
>> > laptops have the same product key but each has a different product ID.
>> > Assuming the 20 digit number that appears before "(Key: GU82C..." in Belarc
>> > is the product ID.
>> >
>> > How is that possible? and is there a problem with this or do I need to
>> > remove and reinstall?
>>
>> .
>>
 
K

KLP34

Flightless Bird
Belarc says, "KEY:" and has the product key that matches the box. I pulled
all four boxes and ran Belarc on the three laptops that are still running.
The dead one I have a Belarc printout from Feb 2009. And the keys match the
product key that is on the CD case. And each one of the three with the same
product keys has a different product ID. Anyway, the question is do I have
to reinstall Office 2003 so that each laptop has its own product key?

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> Then you have it turned around. You probably have 4 of the same Product Codes and 4
> different License Keys. The latter makes sense but your description does not.
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "KLP34" <KLP34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C11F88D3-3912-49E2-A251-92A2426D5964@microsoft.com...
> >I have four retail boxes each has its own disk.
> >
> > "Peter Foldes" wrote:
> >
> >> There is no four license version of Office 2003 unless you are running a VL
> >> version.
> >> Which version of Office 2003 do you have that has 4 licenses
> >>
> >> --
> >> Peter
> >>
> >> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> >> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
> >>
> >> "KLP34" <KLP34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:429E17BC-F635-4B8E-9D64-1EC3EE8ED2CA@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have four laptops and four licenses (box with disk, etc) for Office 2003.
> >> > One of the laptops died. So I pulled all four disks and ran Belarc on the
> >> > three remaining laptops. About a year ago, I ran Belarc on the now deceased
> >> > laptop. To my surprise, the deceased laptop and two of the remaining three
> >> > laptops have the same product key but each has a different product ID.
> >> > Assuming the 20 digit number that appears before "(Key: GU82C..." in Belarc
> >> > is the product ID.
> >> >
> >> > How is that possible? and is there a problem with this or do I need to
> >> > remove and reinstall?
> >>
> >> .
> >>
>
> .
>
 
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