Welp...I doubt that you were using the Academic version illegally because you're not a student any longer...after all students to graduate at some point!...even I did.
You'd be taking a chance trying to use the upgrade...if it doesnt work (and who knows..it might..stranger things have happened)...you'd be out the bucks. Probably best to return the upgrade while you still can and buy the full version.
Or try calling Microsoft.
|
| FP Help->About says: "Microsoft(R) FrontPage(R) 2000 Version 4.0.2.6625"
| followed by: "Copyright(c) 1995-1999 Microsoft Corporation, All rights
| reserved." This is followed by 3 paragraphs of copyright information about
| the spellcheckers for English, French and Spanish.
|
| After that, on the left is "SP-3" and on the right is "This product is
| licensed to:" with my name and the product ID (which is all numbers).
|
| Then the bottom section has the copyright warning on the left and the "OK"
| and other buttons on the right.
|
| My computer came with Windows 2000 Pro and Office 2000 Pro. I purchased
| FrontPage 2000 and Visual Studio while I was a student at Hunter College.
|
| I had completely forgotten that I had an "Academic" version. I just bought
| the FrontPage 2003 upgrade version but I haven't opened it. I got out my CD
| from FrontPage 2000 in case I would need the product key for the upgrade -
| then I noticed that it says (on the back of the CD): "You may only use this
| Academic Edition if you are a qualified Educational User." blah, blah. Of
| course all the webpages referenced for more information are no longer valid.
| I've tried to find information on the MS websites but have been unsuccessful.
| Maybe I've been using it illegally since I stopped being a student - I can't
| even find that out because the website that is supposed to have that
| information is not valid!
|
| When I click on "Tech Support" from the FrontPage Help->About window, it
| doesn't say anything specific about FrontPage, just about Office 2000
| support. It also doesn't say anything about being an Academic version either.
|
| My point is that I [apparently] have no way to tell if I can upgrade except
| to try to install the upgrade and see if it works. But if it doesn't work
| then I'm really screwed because not only do I have to buy the full version
| but I doubt I can return the upgrade version once the package is opened.
|
| Sorry if I sound like a whiner, but the price difference is a lot to me
| right now. I'm currently unemployed while taking care of my mother who has
| Alzheimer's and I'm just trying to keep myself from becoming totally obsolete
| and unemployable when the time comes that I need to get a real job.
|
| --
| Diane C.
|
|
| "Stefan B Rusynko" wrote:
|
| > Should tell you in the FP app using Help About or in your Control panel Add Remove program buy the listing for it
| >
| > --
| >
| > _____________________________________________
| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| >
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| > |
| > | Thanks everyone. I should have clarified my question - or perhaps it's a
| > | different question. The only reason I know I have the "Academic version" is
| > | that the CD case says it is. Within the software, I can't tell that it's not
| > | the full version. So did I get a non-upgradable "Academic version", or did I
| > | get an "Academic discount" on the full upgradable version?
| > |
| > | Any suggestions on how I can tell what version I have and if it's
| > | upgradable? I already bought the upgrade software but haven't opened the
| > | package yet. I doubt the store will take it back if I open it only to find
| > | out out I can't upgrade after all.
| > |
| > | Thanks!
| > | --
| > | Diane C.
| > |
| > |
| > | "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:
| > |
| > | > Also see:
| > | >
http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/howtobuy/default.mspx
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > ==============================================
| > | > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > | > WebMaster Resources(tm)
| > | >
| > | > FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| > | > ==============================================
| >
| >
| >
