Office 2007 Licensing Walking on eggshells

[brickwall53]

One of our staff borrowed my Office 2007 installation disk and activation code. I though she was putting it on a her school laptop but I just found out she stuck it on her laptop from home.

So how do I break it to her that she has done a naughty, without upsetting her or any other staff that have done the same trick.

Ta

[Jamman960]

Just tell her the school aren't covered for non school pc's and that the copy she has on her laptop is therefore illegal... not much more you can do really.

 

I've always avoided giving teaching staff vlk keys as they have a habit of using them on their relatives, next door neighbors and god knows who's elses machines if given the chance. I try to install it for them or give them a cd and ensure they return it the day after to minimise the chances of copies being made.

[brickwall53]

Oh er....it happens to be my line manager....so how do I walk on eggshells

[brickwall53]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. wht should I do?

[pete]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. wht should I do?

 

Use shame initially - mention she (and any teachers) can pick up Office 2007 for about £30, so there's no excuse for piracy. Leave FAST flyers around your office, with the rewards ringed in biro.

 

More seriously, discuss it with her and why (unless your agreement allows for home use (i.e not school work)) it's a) in breach of your license agreement. b) your responsibility to ensure this doesn't happen and her (as your LM) doing it completely undermines you and c) the massive finders fees you can get for reporting the school and the fines resulting from that.

 

While she may be your line manager, you're the one tasked (right?) with ensuring license compliance. If an employee thinks they can take the michael, it's your job to wield the lead pipe until they toe the line.

 

If it's not a successful outcome, talk to her line manager regarding her behaviour. She's stealing from the school and leaving you open to a civil prosecution.

[brickwall53]

Thanks for the info....I know there is more...so I had better put pen to paper and get them all sorted.

 

Thanks Mike

[SYNACK]

Might be an idea to introduce them to the Home Use Program that will let them get a home use copy for 9 pounds as long as you guys have a volume agreement Microsoft Home Use Program - Only £8.95 for Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010. The software suite includes Word, Excel PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Access and more!

 

The low cost may help ease the transition.