Using MS Office in XP & Windows Server 2008

[MNJ]

Hi

I have MS Office installed & running on my Windows XP PC. I have made this
PC a dual boot system by installing Windows 2008 Server. Is it possible to
use MS Office on Windows 2008 Sever without having to again install MS Office
under Windows 2008 Server.

Thanks

 

[DL]

no


"MNJ" <MNJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I have MS Office installed & running on my Windows XP PC. I have made this
> PC a dual boot system by installing Windows 2008 Server. Is it possible to
> use MS Office on Windows 2008 Sever without having to again install MS
> Office
> under Windows 2008 Server.
>
> Thanks

 

[LVTravel]

"MNJ" <MNJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0109D1B8-8D4C-4654-BD36-540A66D70C15@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> I have MS Office installed & running on my Windows XP PC. I have made this
> PC a dual boot system by installing Windows 2008 Server. Is it possible to
> use MS Office on Windows 2008 Sever without having to again install MS
> Office
> under Windows 2008 Server.
>
> Thanks

You would need to install it under Win S2008 also. Outlook will have issues
in all probability remembering user passwords (a known issue in Vista and
later OS.) You can set the computer to use the same data files in either
boot if the data files are accessible between the two OSs.

Also if your license is an OEM version for Office it is not "legal" to
install it into a separate partition or OS at the same time as it is
installed into the first OS. If it is a retail version it can be installed
as the second install on the license.