Microsoft KB Archive/907326

= How to use Groove on multiple computers =

Article ID: 907326

Article Last Modified on 1/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Groove 2007
 * Groove Virtual Office 3.0 File Sharing Edition
 * Groove Virtual Office 3.0 Professional Edition
 * Groove Virtual Office 3.0 Project Edition
 * Groove Virtual Office 3.1 File Sharing Edition
 * Groove Virtual Office 3.1 Professional Edition
 * Groove Virtual Office 3.1 Project Edition
 * Groove Workspace 2.5 Preview Edition
 * Groove Workspace 2.5 Professional Edition
 * Groove Workspace 2.5 Project Edition
 * Groove Workspace 2.5 Standard Edition

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INTRODUCTION
You can use a Groove account on up to five computers. In Microsoft Office Groove 2007, Groove 2007 must already be installed and licensed on the other computers. In earlier versions of Groove, the license was associated with the account, rather than the installation.

In all versions of Groove, you can access your Groove workspaces, contacts, and account data from each computer on which the account is installed when you use a single Groove account on different computers.

To access the Groove data from other computers, you must import an existing account. Do not create a new account that has the same information as the original account. A A second account will not give you access to the data from the first account.

If you want to use different names for different contexts, you can create multiple identities within a single account. For example, you may want to use different names for work use and for personal use.



MORE INFORMATION
To install a Groove account on another computer, follow these steps:
 * 1) Prepare the account file for use on another computer.
 * 2) Import the Groove account on another computer.
 * 3) Fetch your shared workspace data.

These steps are described in detail for each version of Groove as follows.

In Groove 2007
To prepare the account file for use on another computer, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Options menu, click Preferences, and then click the Account tab.
 * 2) Under Save Account as File, click Save.
 * 3) Note the file name and location, and then click Save.

To import the account on another computer, follow these steps:
 * 1) Install and then start Groove 2007. The version that you install must be the same version of Groove that you are using on the original computer.
 * 2) In the Groove Account Configuration Wizard, click Use a Groove Account you have already created, and then click Next.
 * 3) Click Add My Account.
 * 4) Follow the instructions in the wizard to add the account from a local copy of the file or from a copy in your e-mail program's Inbox.

To fetch your shared workspace data, follow these steps for each workspace on the Workspaces tab:
 * 1) Click the workspace.
 * 2) In the Common Tasks pane, click Get Workspace or Get Workspace From, and then click a source for the workspace data. This source must be online and be running Groove for the new installation to obtain a workspace from the source.

Note If only one source exists from which download the workspace data, the data will be downloaded immediately.

In Groove Virtual Office
To prepare the account for use on another computer, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Options menu, click Preferences, and then click the Account tab.
 * 2) Click Setup Multiple Computers.
 * 3) Type your e-mail address, and then click OK. When you are prompted, type your Groove account password, and then click OK.

Note The account must be secured with a password for you to be able to use this feature.

To import the account on another computer, follow these steps:
 * 1) Install and then start Groove. The version that you install must be the same version of Groove that you are using on the original computer.
 * 2) In the Groove Account Setup Wizard, click Use a Groove Account you have already created, and then click Next.
 * 3) Type the e-mail address and the password for the account, and then click Finish.

To fetch your shared workspace data, follow these steps for each workspace on the Workspaces tab:
 * 1) Click the workspace.
 * 2) In the Common Tasks pane, click Get Workspace From, and then click a source for the workspace data. The source of the workspace data must be online with Groove for the new installation to obtain workspaces from it.

Note If only one option exists to download the workspace data, you start to download the data immediately.

In Groove Workspace
To prepare the account for use on another computer, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Go To, and then click My Computers.
 * 2) Click Multiple Computers.
 * 3) Select a method to transfer the account file. If you select Via the Internet, type the account name, your Groove passphrase, and your e-mail address. Then, click OK. If you click Manually, through a file, specify the location where you want to save the account file, and then click Save.

To import the account on another computer, follow these steps:
 * 1) Install and start Groove. The version that you install must be the same version of Groove that you are using on the original computer.
 * 2) If this is the first time that you have started Groove since you installed it, click Fetch an account from another computer in the Activate Product window. Otherwise, click the Groove icon in the notification area, and then click Import Account.
 * 3) In the Multiple Computers Wizard, use one of the following procedures:
 * 4) * If you prepared the account to be imported through the Internet, click My account file is on groove.net, and then click Next. Type the account name, your Groove account passphrase, and your e-mail address. Then, click OK.
 * 5) * If you prepared the account to be imported manually through a file, click I have an account file on my file system, and then click Next. Click Browse, locate the account file, click the file name, and then click Open.

To fetch your shared workspace data, follow these steps:
 * 1) From the Groove window, click Go To, and then click My Spaces.
 * 2) Click a workspace, and then click Fetch Space to retrieve the data. Note that the computer on which you created the account file must be online with Groove for the new installation to obtain workspaces from the computer.
 * 3) Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each workspace.

Identities
For more information about how to add an identity to an account, see the &quot;Adding an identity to an account&quot; topic in Groove Help.

For more information about identities, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

915550 Description of Groove accounts and of Groove identities

Additional query words: FAQ-00105 TCN-02069 Groove2007

Keywords: kbprb kbexpertiseinter kbinfo KB907326

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