Re: How to uninstall Microsoft Office Activation Assistant (2007)?
- From: Omega <Omega@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:34:01 -0700
Just wanted to say "thanks" to tolduonce1@xxxxxxxxx for your logical & simple
solulition to remove the activation assistant.
I just downloaded the Student Teacher version of Office, since I figured it
would be the smallest & quickest to download. To save even more time I used
"customize" & eliminated all features from the download except for Word.
The entire process went very smooth & there was no conflict w/ the Office
Ultimate 2007 I already had on my notebook.
--
Omega
"tolduonce1@xxxxxxxxx" wrote:
On Feb 4, 10:13 am, Vista de Sade.
<VistadeS...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 theActivationAssitant 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 OfficeActivationAssistant, 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 OfficeActivationAssistantand
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
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Simply download a trial version of the software at microsoft.com.
Install it in your PC. Uninstall Activation Assistant before you
uninstall your trial version. Simple and it works....
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