Thread: Buying Office 2010 oem?
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Old 01-20-2017, 03:12 AM
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Originally Posted by macropod View Post
With Office 2013 OEM, the 'owner' cannot transfer the software to another computer or user. It can only be transferred to a third party with the computer it was originally installed on. A broken motherboard from another computer does not qualify and, even if it did, you could not then install it on another computer.
But doesn't OEM simply refer to the fact that the system seller installed Office for the buyer pre-purchase?

I've even seen people on official Microsoft forums discussing Office OEM.