[THIN] Re: Microsoft Photo Editor
- From: "Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:56:26 -0500
By the way how about just having people use the free Online Photoshop
Express?
Then you don't have to install anything.
https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html
Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 7:46 AM, Adam Thompson <adwulf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2008/12/16 Hamilton, Ronnie <ronnie.hamilton@xxxxxxx>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Sorry for the OT but would anyone know if there are any licensing
> > implications if I were to install and use the MS photo editor found in
> the
> > Office XP suite and not install anything else just the photo editor.
> Would I
> > need a license for the office XP suite or is photo editor ok to use. It
> > seems to be discontinued from Microsoft and I cant find any license
> > information on it. Its just all the users have been using it on Citrix
> and
> > now they have got Vista Pc's but do not have the Office XP suite on these
> > machines and its easier to use than photo gallery. Most of the users have
> > very limited PC skills and the Vista machines are totally locked down to
> 2
> > applications.
> >
>
> I'm not sure what the license details are for Photo Editor, but I have
> heard of some people having product activation problems with Photo
> Editor (although Photo Editor does not have an activation menu
> itself). I suspect that you would need a license for Office, even if
> you only want Photo Editor. MS Discontinued their bundling of Kodak
> Imaging after Windows 2000 - you can still get it on XP/Vista, but you
> need a license: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308979
> This article: http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/HP011454871033.aspx
> - suggests that if you *upgraded* from Office XP, you can still
> install Photo Editor.
> Best thing would be to speak with MS and ask them about a license
> solely for Photo Editor.
>
> If that isn't workable, perhaps you could check out Paint.NET, which
> is available at the tempting price of FREE:
>
> http://www.getpaint.net/
>
> --
> AdamT
> "At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents
> do not cease to be insipid." - Nietzsche
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