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Office 2007 Service Desk Edition

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by tintoman

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Hello guys n gals
I tried to buy a MS office 2007 Home and Student Edition for a client from my usual software supplier but they were out of stock.
I needed it quickly so I bought a retail version from Amazon.
It arrived today and it has "Service Desk Edition" printed on the case label.
Being the brainless know-nothing numpty that I am I have no idea what this means or what the difference is from any other edition.
Can anyone explain?
Come on Smeg, Box, Mr Mycroft, etc I know the answer is out there

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by oh smeg

Being the brainless know-nothing numpty that I am I have no idea what this means or what the difference is from any other edition.

I had a look at the M$ Office Product List here

http://tinyurl.com/2aqp2u

And I'm still none the wiser as that one doesn't appear. Doing a Search for Service Desk Edition, Office 2007 Service Desk Edition doesn't revel anything either. So maybe it's like a OEM Vista install that I ran across this week on an Acer it's showing as Not Genuine M$ Product after SP1 gets applied but it's perfectly happy to Activate and update from M$. :D

As there is nothing that appears either under a Search of M$ Product Pages or in the M$ Product Catalog I'm not really sure what you have. Sorry.

Col

by tintoman

That answer was more help than you realise, I did the same thing you did and I couldn't find anything on it either, I thought this is it, senile dimensia has set in there is no hope for me.
I thought I knew something about MS products but I have never heard of this, except one person reported having bought the same thing retail from Staples in London and was thinking of taking it back.
It does say on the back of it that it is designed for installation from an authorised seller, I suppose it's what we think of as OEM software
Thumbs up for you chum

edited for typo's numerous

by oh smeg

Maybe it's some form of UK/Europe only OEM Copy.

I'm not sure but as it's now 8.50 AM on a Sunday Morning and I'm looking at TR Answering questions I already know that the Senile Dimensia is so advanced that there is no hope for me. I've actually forgotten what a Life is. I wonder what else I've forgotten now. :D

Col

by tintoman

whether you have been up all night in which case you are a lost cause or whether you just got out of bed, either way aren't you ozzie types supposed to be riding the waves or waxing your board or something at this time?

by oh smeg

Is for the youngsters.

Old Farts like me lousy with Arthritis just try to avoid the water as it hurts. Our Walkers rust out very quickly as well. :p

Actually because of a couple of Skin Cancers I don't go out in the sun without a lot of covering now so water is way out for me. However a Fast Ducati is a Totally Different Story if I ever get a chance to play with it of course. :(

Col

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