Some of the MS Licenses allow 2 installs. Not all do, but some. As to how they tell if they do, such is WIDELY DISCUSSED out there. No one here will tell you much more than it does work. If this is too expensive today, consider OPEN OFFICE which costs little to nothing. It's what I use and have it installed on every machine.
"please tell me the 1,2,3 A,B,C steps required to install to a new laptop"
Put the CD in, answer the install questions.
Bob
I am going to purchase a laptop. I have Office 2003 SBE running on my XP Home desktop and want to install the same program on the laptop with the idea of sharing email and Word documents and whatever. I do have the installation CD and product key.
Question one: how can MS tell I'm installing on my own laptop, which as I understand it is permitted, as opposed to installing on someone else's machine?
Question two: could someone please tell me the 1,2,3 A,B,C steps required to install to a new laptop (which will have a 30-day trial version of this program already loaded, by the way)?
TIA for any help!

Chowhound
Comic Vine
GameFAQs
GameSpot
Giant Bomb
TechRepublic