[Rathji]

Originally Posted by J epworth kendal

Okay, looking to see if any of you guys could solve an "issue" I'm having with my new MacBook Pro.

On my external hard drive I have everything from my old macbook backed up onto it, including Microsoft Office 2008. So transferring Office 2008 to my new macbook, it works fine, can access all the features. I was very excited that I could just do this, since I couldn't find the installation disk anywhere (think I left it in another city)

So after finding this out, tried to transfer Microsoft Office 2011 that was on my brother's girlfriends computer (MacBook air) onto my hard drive, then onto my new Macbook. Got it onto my new computer, but then whenever I try to open word, excel etc., says there is an issue, and to reinstall office.

Of course I can't do that because I don't have the disk, but is this just Microsoft getting better security technology between the 2 versions (Because I know it's not supposed to be that easy to just transfer office), or does anyone know a way around this so I might be able to use Office 2011? Thanks a lot

I dont know Macs, but wherever you can uninstall software ( I think System Preferences?) you might be able to do a repair. That's how I would do it in Windows anyway.