On 08/01/2010 5:57 PM, Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
The Student/Home version has more limitations than the full retail
version, since it can be legally installed on 3 computers at once and
costs a lot less. In the past, retail versions of both office and
windows could be reactivated online after a year, but I don't know if it
applies to the student version. If you had 2 yrs since the first
activations, it sounds like they are more stringent with it, possibly
with all versions.

On the import problem, its hard to say what the problem is with the csv,
the full error message would help. Gmail, like some other addins, may
not work with the beta - they'll need to release an updated version. If
you installed the 64bit version of Office, no addins will work with
Outlook until they are recompiled for 64 bit.


Oddly enough, I just saw an item about pricing for the new versions and
it sounds like they're really lowering it AND have a download version.
I think I'll just wait for that and be sure to get the small business
version. I had gotten stand alone Outlook 2007 deciding I didn't really
need the newer Word, Excel etc. Then, I changed my mind and as I
already owned Outlook, saved a few bucks by getting the cheapo version.
From what you say, that was a HUGE mistake!! Actually, I'm thinking
of checking around to see if there are huge sales on 2007 once 2010 is
released and, if so, I'll buy the small biz version of that as, at this
point anyway, I MUCH prefer 2007. I'll give the newer version a decent
test though before deciding.

Thanks so much for the info.