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October 10th, 2005, 04:12 PM
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Activation and installation mix-up
I have bought a new PC with a trial version of office on. However I have a
copy of Office Professional Edition 2003 on CD. Have installed that. However, when I go to Help in any of the Office programs and select Activation it is still saying that this version will expire shortly. How can I override this so that it recognises my legally bought copy? thanks for your help 
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October 11th, 2005, 03:46 AM
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You need to uninstall the trial version completely from your system and
then install the proper retail version. It is not uncommon to find that you may need to clean your registry keys as well. May I suggest have a look at this kb to see if it helps: http://www.microsoft.com/office/trial/convert.mspx sharke wrote: I have bought a new PC with a trial version of office on. However I have a copy of Office Professional Edition 2003 on CD. Have installed that. However, when I go to Help in any of the Office programs and select Activation it is still saying that this version will expire shortly. How can I override this so that it recognises my legally bought copy? thanks for your help
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October 11th, 2005, 03:56 PM
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That's great! Thanks for your help...I've got it all working now
 "ANONYMOUS" wrote: You need to uninstall the trial version completely from your system and then install the proper retail version. It is not uncommon to find that you may need to clean your registry keys as well. May I suggest have a look at this kb to see if it helps: http://www.microsoft.com/office/trial/convert.mspx sharke wrote: I have bought a new PC with a trial version of office on. However I have a copy of Office Professional Edition 2003 on CD. Have installed that. However, when I go to Help in any of the Office programs and select Activation it is still saying that this version will expire shortly. How can I override this so that it recognises my legally bought copy? thanks for your help
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October 11th, 2005, 11:55 PM
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You are welcome sharke. I am glad everything works fine for you. Best regards, sharke wrote: That's great! Thanks for your help...I've got it all working now "ANONYMOUS" wrote: You need to uninstall the trial version completely from your system and then install the proper retail version. It is not uncommon to find that you may need to clean your registry keys as well. May I suggest have a look at this kb to see if it helps: http://www.microsoft.com/office/trial/convert.mspx sharke wrote: I have bought a new PC with a trial version of office on. However I have a copy of Office Professional Edition 2003 on CD. Have installed that. However, when I go to Help in any of the Office programs and select Activation it is still saying that this version will expire shortly. How can I override this so that it recognises my legally bought copy? thanks for your help
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