re-downloading MS Ultimate Steal (new laptop doesn't have disc dri jvr 12/4/2008 6:54:01 AM hi everyone, i bought MS Office Ultimate through the ultimate steal program a few months ago and bought the discs for the additional $12. my new laptop doesnt' have an optical drive, and i really need to install it ASAP because my old laptop has been freezing on me, and i need a laptop to get through final exams. the problem is that my new laptop (an MSI Wind) does not have an optical drive, so the discs i paid for are useless. is there any way to download another copy of Office Ultimate? i already emailed the people at Digital River about this several times, and they have either not responded or told me to post here. please help!!!!!!!!!

Re: re-downloading MS Ultimate Steal (new laptop doesn't have disc dri "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" <what[ at ]ever> 12/4/2008 7:03:11 AM If you have a large enough USB drive, copy the CD using your old laptop to the USB drive and use that drive to install on your new computer. You can also pick up a USB optical drive quite cheaply. You will need it if you decide to install any other programs from a CD or DVD. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. ALWAYS post your Outlook version. How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 After furious head scratching, jvr asked: | hi everyone, | i bought MS Office Ultimate through the ultimate steal program a few | months ago and bought the discs for the additional $12. | | my new laptop doesnt' have an optical drive, and i really need to | install it ASAP because my old laptop has been freezing on me, and i | need a laptop to get through final exams. | | the problem is that my new laptop (an MSI Wind) does not have an | optical drive, so the discs i paid for are useless. is there any way | to download another copy of Office Ultimate? i already emailed the | people at Digital River about this several times, and they have | either not responded or told me to post here. please help!!!!!!!!!

Re: re-downloading MS Ultimate Steal (new laptop doesn't have disc jvr 12/4/2008 10:07:01 PM thank you so much Milly! that did the trick, all i did was copy the dvd to my external hard drive, and then ran the installer from there. have a great day! "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > If you have a large enough USB drive, copy the CD using your old laptop to > the USB drive and use that drive to install on your new computer. > > You can also pick up a USB optical drive quite cheaply. You will need it if > you decide to install any other programs from a CD or DVD. > > -- > Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] > > Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. > ALWAYS post your Outlook version. > How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 > > > After furious head scratching, jvr asked: > > | hi everyone, > | i bought MS Office Ultimate through the ultimate steal program a few > | months ago and bought the discs for the additional $12. > | > | my new laptop doesnt' have an optical drive, and i really need to > | install it ASAP because my old laptop has been freezing on me, and i > | need a laptop to get through final exams. > | > | the problem is that my new laptop (an MSI Wind) does not have an > | optical drive, so the discs i paid for are useless. is there any way > | to download another copy of Office Ultimate? i already emailed the > | people at Digital River about this several times, and they have > | either not responded or told me to post here. please help!!!!!!!!! > > >

Re: re-downloading MS Ultimate Steal (new laptop doesn't have disc "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" <what[ at ]ever> 12/5/2008 5:08:20 AM Glad it worked for you! You might want to do the same with other software you may need while your old laptop is still functional. Besides, having the CD(s) on an external drive is always good backup. As an aside, I recall one of the news stories from the recent Southern California fires. The news person was interviewing someone who got out just in time and he was holding a Maxtor (either 500 gig or TB) drive in his hands and he was saying that he had saved all of his important stuff - pictures, documents, software, insurance paperwork, etc. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. ALWAYS post your Outlook version. How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 After furious head scratching, jvr asked: | thank you so much Milly! that did the trick, all i did was copy the | dvd to my external hard drive, and then ran the installer from there. | have a great day! | | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: | || If you have a large enough USB drive, copy the CD using your old || laptop to the USB drive and use that drive to install on your new || computer. || || You can also pick up a USB optical drive quite cheaply. You will || need it if you decide to install any other programs from a CD or DVD. || || -- || Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] || || Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. || ALWAYS post your Outlook version. || How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 || || || After furious head scratching, jvr asked: || ||| hi everyone, ||| i bought MS Office Ultimate through the ultimate steal program a few ||| months ago and bought the discs for the additional $12. ||| ||| my new laptop doesnt' have an optical drive, and i really need to ||| install it ASAP because my old laptop has been freezing on me, and i ||| need a laptop to get through final exams. ||| ||| the problem is that my new laptop (an MSI Wind) does not have an ||| optical drive, so the discs i paid for are useless. is there any way ||| to download another copy of Office Ultimate? i already emailed the ||| people at Digital River about this several times, and they have ||| either not responded or told me to post here. please help!!!!!!!!!