Re: How to uninstall Microsoft Office Activation Assistant (2007)?
- From: "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 08:21:11 -0400
You will have to talk to your computer manufacturer about the return option.
Genenrally you only have about 15 to 30 days to do so.
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
"DD/Deeply Disappointed" <DD/Deeply Disappointed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message news:16F18430-A6B4-4C84-B68A-A824AA43C136@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I've had it all, just like you and many others. I'm most interested now
in
your wish to return it - is it really possible to do? I bought my laptop
3
mos ago with preloaded Vista and Office 2007, struggled some time with the
stupid Ribbon, un-installed 2007, managed to un-install the Activation
Assistant, but now it's basically just a fancy box without Office 2003
that I
cannot install because of error 1913 and the only soluton the very
"helpful"
Miscrosoft tech support offers me is to buy a retail version of the
Office -
which I am sure will have the same compatibility issue with Vista again.
So,
I want to return the laptop and try Mac instead - will it work though?
"Vista de Sade" wrote:
Thanks for replying... I can't understand how non-technical people deal
with
all this. For example the pre-installed trial version of Symantec
Security
Suite is exactly like the mob; when I tried to uninstall it, it told me I
shouln't, I should pay up, when I insisted it told me it wouldn't protect
me,
I'd be unsafe, and suggested I not use the internet at all if I continue.
Vista is supposed to be the most secure Windows, yet I have this
preinstalled
bully making me feel like it's going to punish me if I don't pay up.
Heck
maybe it has, by making my system unstable? I wouldn't be surprised.
The other crazy thing is that the manufacturer not only loaded up tons
of,
obviously paid for, third party software but also it's own crapware that
is
eating up gobs of RAM, slowing everything down and making Vista completly
unreliable (although I can't tell if it's Vista, third party/OEM software
or
drivers). I'm giving up... I'd have to spend many more days trying to
cleanup manually all that was pre-loaded, messing with the registry,
startup,
cleaning system files. Since I already paid for Vista Premium with my
new
notebook, I'm going to try and track down a full copy of Vista Premium
retail
so I can borrow it, make a copy, and install it on the reformatted HD
using
the key that was supplied with my notebook... I hope that works! If not,
I'm
returning it... this whole experience has really left a bad taste in my
mouth.
However, I'll point out that Microsoft continues to write bad software,
including the Office team that installs by integrating itself into the
OS,
droping files all over the system and leaving 1001 entries in the
registry
(it should install itself in it's own discreet directory and stay there,
and
uninstall clean); and writing programs like the Activation Assitant that
will
not uninstall itself... it's a sad state of affairs.
"CASellars" wrote:
I understand EXACTLY what you're saying! I can't figure out how to
uninstall
anything on the welcome screen that comes with the laptop. If you
figure out
how to completely uninstall napster, aol, and all that other CRAP,
please,
please let me know. I'm fairly savvy in computers, but this vista
stuff has
me all twisted up in knots! Thanks!
"GOMF Browser UI" wrote:
Hi, I have a new notebook that was pre-loaded with a trial version of
MS
Office 2007. I uninstalled it. Now I see there is this program
called
Microsoft Office Activation Assistant, but when I try to uninstall
it, it
tells me Office must be installed... of course Office is no longer
there. So
how do I remove it? I saw KB Q290301 has an installer cleanup
utility, it
could remove the entry from the uninstall list, however it does not
actually
uninstall/cleanup anything. I looked at that Office Activation
Assistant and
it's quite big, it has tentacles all over the registry and windows
system
directories, it's impossible to remove by hand, and I don't want to
mess with
that. There must be a way to uninstall this properly? An MS "Office
cleanup" tool of some sort? If not, well... I guess I'm just going
to have
to get used to it with all the rest of the junk I can't remove on
this brand
new laptop... 3 days now, I'm trying to cleanup the mess on this new
Vista
laptop, haven't installed anything yet... I've got a big headache.
Thanks
for listening.
.
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