Software

[earlf]

Are the Futureshop versions of Microsoft Office Home & Student limited use versions (i.e. single activation)?

[Tanarus · Accepted solution]

The retail copy of Office Home and Student 2010 can be activated on up to three computers. The Product Key Card of the same version of Office can only be activated on a single computer.

Hope that helps!

[earlf]

Thank you very much.  It's too bad this information is not clearly advertised.  Now it will cost me $130 to put it on a second home PC, instead of the $30 more to get the retail version in the first place ... buyers beware!

[mtrump]

The picture of product key card package on FS' site clearly reads "For 1 preloaded PC only".  It is also  identified on Microsoft's Office 2010 website: 

What is the Microsoft Office Product Key Card?

Product Key Cards make installation fast and easy. Customers who purchase a PC that has the Office 2010 suites preloaded on their PC can purchase a Product Key Card for one of the three Office 2010 suites and use the 25-character Product Key inside the package to install the software on their PC. The Product Key Card package does not include a disc. Product Key Cards allow for only one activation on one PC. [emphasis added]