Re: I uninstalled Office 2007 Trial

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Ah, I see. Thanks. I came into the thread late; sorry. I've now read your original message and Earle's reply. Yes, the trial has been frustrating for lots of people in the same situation, and generally the recommendation is to remove it and re-install your licensed version (which obviously you can't do).

If an early, early system restore doesn't work, I'm not sure how to help, unless someone in a Windows newsgroup might have more info.

Without disks or a COA for Office 2000, I suspect you may be out of luck, as you have no proof of owning the valid license, which I agree is really unfortunate. And, unfortunately, Office 2000 was the last version that required the CDs or access to the original installation media (before the LIS - Local Install Source was used).

Did you try any of the steps shown for manually removing Office 2007? I'm not too optimistic it would resolve things, but perhaps there is a registry entry or other remnant that is causing Office 2000 to still be superceded by the Trial.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218

I suppose I'd try that as a last-ditch before either replacing a version of Office I like OR gettinga free version of Open Office (which I run on a couple of my systems at home and like a lot).

Sorry I can't be of much help--

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Susan Ramlet
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"Travis" <Travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1C4B9A62-EA0C-4776-A5EE-AC7806668165@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sorry about no continuity, I pressed reply on a reply to my original post,
and tried to respond. As your post is within the thread I started, I don't
understand why I have to repeat myself. But...

I have a PC clone from a store that is no longer in business. It has an
XP-Home sticker on it, but no Office 2000 sticker, so I don't have a COA. I
was given no disks when I purchased it. I cannot go back to a business that
no longer exists.

I do like Office 2000. I did not like 2007, so I decided not to purchase it
after a "Free Trial". Now I want a working Access, Excel, and Word. I
bought them, and Office 2007 has rendered them unusable.

I have tried System Restore, first to before the removal of Office 2007,
then to before I installed Office 2007, and get the same message, "No changes
were made to your computer".

My question is: How do I put my computer back to the state it was in before
the Free Trial?






"Susan Ramlet" wrote:

Hi, Travis,

Are you writing in reference to an earlier posting? There's no context here
about what the problem is that you are trying to solve. I think that,
perhaps you had a pre-installed version of Office from your OEM installation
on your computer which is now not working because of the Office 2007 trial?
If so, contact the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) to see about
restoring your installation. Perhaps they provided you disks with your
computer for restoring the system?

If you don't like Office, try Open Office. It's free and reads Office files.

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Susan Ramlet
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"Travis" <Travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A9538B99-FC8F-4C9D-B69F-F59F04505D8F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I tried the Microsoft Site suggested, but it wants a COA number, which >is
> supposed to be on a sticker on the computer. There are XP stickers, > but
> no
> Office stickers.
>
> So my "Free" trial is going to cost me several hundred dollars to buy a
> product that I didn't like.
>
> I had legit copies of Office, as was necessary in order to install the
> "Free" trial of Office 2007. Now I don't have anything, and Microsoft
> gets
> to sell me something. I think I have been had!


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