I ask, because the next version of office closes the corporate loophole. The only avenue of piracy will be to gain OEM:SLP keys, if they exist. I have been to the PC world up the road, if I remember rightly, there were PCs with office pre-installed. And also usable display models. If these copies of office are pre-activated, then all that I would need to do is recover the key from one of the display models. Something I am quite up to doing. If the existence of SLP is uncertain, is there any way that a given key could be checked?
no, office is just a normal app, and can be used like normal app, but has no links to slp. I am sure if office ever gets linked to slp, we will hear about it here though. Office 2010 does not come out for a year, does it, or is it sooner?
Oh. Shame. So how are pre-installed copies of office activated? Do the OEMs just activate each one individually? EDIT: And is there a PID-checker for office? I'm going to PC World anyway, most likely, for educational value, and I'd like to understand what I collect.
Preactivated copies use VLK (volume licence key) That does NOT require online activation OEM do not see office really, the copy you might get there if you buy with a PC is either trial or retail (both require online activation by END user) sebus
OEM copies have to be manually activated. They may install the trial version and when you run office for the first time you have to enter in the key on the packaging. There is no OEM:SLP for Office.
Dunno if it's totally accurate but this is what I found: Editions: Starter = OEM Home and Student = Retail Home and Business = Retail Standard = Volume Professional = Retail Professional Plus = Volume
Exactly, if there's such a thing for Office then we'll hear about it here I am sure. OEM:SLP for Office, the original subject, would imply bios mods.