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January 23rd, 2009, 03:34 PM
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upgrading from OEM Office '07
I just bought a new computer and it comes with an OEM version of Office Home
and Student 2007. I'd prefer to upgrade to Office Pro. Should I uninstall the OEM version before installing Office Pro, or is there a way to upgrade to Pro from within the existing versions? And can I download the trial for Pro and activate, or do I need the retail version to get full functionality? For the record, I'm running Vista 64-bit. 
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January 23rd, 2009, 04:47 PM
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upgrading from OEM Office '07
You need a retail version, a trial is just that, and will cost you more to
convert from MS, as apposed to buying the disk from your favorite store/site Do you have the OEM H&S cd? "ktyoung76" wrote in message ... I just bought a new computer and it comes with an OEM version of Office Home and Student 2007. I'd prefer to upgrade to Office Pro. Should I uninstall the OEM version before installing Office Pro, or is there a way to upgrade to Pro from within the existing versions? And can I download the trial for Pro and activate, or do I need the retail version to get full functionality? For the record, I'm running Vista 64-bit.
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January 23rd, 2009, 05:15 PM
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No, the computer came with H&S preinstalled, so I assume when I made the
reinstall DVDs for my system, it was included in that bundle of OEM software. But just to confirm, you're saying I shouldn't bother unlocking a trial version of Office Pro? Either way, do I need to uninstall H&S before installing pro, or will the installer just overwrite what's already there? "DL" wrote: You need a retail version, a trial is just that, and will cost you more to convert from MS, as apposed to buying the disk from your favorite store/site Do you have the OEM H&S cd? "ktyoung76" wrote in message ... I just bought a new computer and it comes with an OEM version of Office Home and Student 2007. I'd prefer to upgrade to Office Pro. Should I uninstall the OEM version before installing Office Pro, or is there a way to upgrade to Pro from within the existing versions? And can I download the trial for Pro and activate, or do I need the retail version to get full functionality? For the record, I'm running Vista 64-bit.
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January 23rd, 2009, 08:17 PM
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upgrading from OEM Office '07
You should'nt even install the trial.
The problem you have is that if you dont have the OEM Office cd, then if you ever need to re install your upgrade version, you wont be able to since you dont have a qualifying product. And if you uninstall the OEM version currently installed then the upgrade wont work, since you have nothing to upgrade "ktyoung76" wrote in message ... No, the computer came with H&S preinstalled, so I assume when I made the reinstall DVDs for my system, it was included in that bundle of OEM software. But just to confirm, you're saying I shouldn't bother unlocking a trial version of Office Pro? Either way, do I need to uninstall H&S before installing pro, or will the installer just overwrite what's already there? "DL" wrote: You need a retail version, a trial is just that, and will cost you more to convert from MS, as apposed to buying the disk from your favorite store/site Do you have the OEM H&S cd? "ktyoung76" wrote in message ... I just bought a new computer and it comes with an OEM version of Office Home and Student 2007. I'd prefer to upgrade to Office Pro. Should I uninstall the OEM version before installing Office Pro, or is there a way to upgrade to Pro from within the existing versions? And can I download the trial for Pro and activate, or do I need the retail version to get full functionality? For the record, I'm running Vista 64-bit.
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January 28th, 2009, 03:41 PM
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My experience thus far is that you've got a problem either way.
I also have a computer with Home and Student pre-installed. Since I already have a copy of Office Professional, I did not activate it; I just installed it and provided the new Product Key. Even so, whenever I open Word, etc, it says "For non-commercial use only". I had thought un-installing H/S and then re-installing my copy of Office Pro 2007 would do the trick, but apparently that doesn't take care of it either. In the end, so long as the software remains functional (I guess I'll find out in a couple more months), maybe it's not such a big deal, but it is annoying and I would love to find a way to resolve this. If anyone else has any suggestions, I welcome them! Kimm "ktyoung76" wrote: No, the computer came with H&S preinstalled, so I assume when I made the reinstall DVDs for my system, it was included in that bundle of OEM software. But just to confirm, you're saying I shouldn't bother unlocking a trial version of Office Pro? Either way, do I need to uninstall H&S before installing pro, or will the installer just overwrite what's already there? "DL" wrote: You need a retail version, a trial is just that, and will cost you more to convert from MS, as apposed to buying the disk from your favorite store/site Do you have the OEM H&S cd? "ktyoung76" wrote in message ... I just bought a new computer and it comes with an OEM version of Office Home and Student 2007. I'd prefer to upgrade to Office Pro. Should I uninstall the OEM version before installing Office Pro, or is there a way to upgrade to Pro from within the existing versions? And can I download the trial for Pro and activate, or do I need the retail version to get full functionality? For the record, I'm running Vista 64-bit.
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January 28th, 2009, 04:20 PM
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Did you uninstall both editions or just HSE and try Office Pro again or did
you uninstall BOTH editions first? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "geekcoach" wrote in message ... My experience thus far is that you've got a problem either way. I also have a computer with Home and Student pre-installed. Since I already have a copy of Office Professional, I did not activate it; I just installed it and provided the new Product Key. Even so, whenever I open Word, etc, it says "For non-commercial use only". I had thought un-installing H/S and then re-installing my copy of Office Pro 2007 would do the trick, but apparently that doesn't take care of it either. In the end, so long as the software remains functional (I guess I'll find out in a couple more months), maybe it's not such a big deal, but it is annoying and I would love to find a way to resolve this. If anyone else has any suggestions, I welcome them! Kimm "ktyoung76" wrote: No, the computer came with H&S preinstalled, so I assume when I made the reinstall DVDs for my system, it was included in that bundle of OEM software. But just to confirm, you're saying I shouldn't bother unlocking a trial version of Office Pro? Either way, do I need to uninstall H&S before installing pro, or will the installer just overwrite what's already there? "DL" wrote: You need a retail version, a trial is just that, and will cost you more to convert from MS, as apposed to buying the disk from your favorite store/site Do you have the OEM H&S cd? "ktyoung76" wrote in message ... I just bought a new computer and it comes with an OEM version of Office Home and Student 2007. I'd prefer to upgrade to Office Pro. Should I uninstall the OEM version before installing Office Pro, or is there a way to upgrade to Pro from within the existing versions? And can I download the trial for Pro and activate, or do I need the retail version to get full functionality? For the record, I'm running Vista 64-bit.
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January 28th, 2009, 05:34 PM
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At this point, I have installed and uninstalled enough different times that I
have lost track of the different permutations. Because I am reasonably certain that one of the variations was uninstalling HSE before installing Professional (a system recovery was part of the mix as well) I'm loathe to try yet another experiment, however if you have good reason to believe that uninstalling both would actually do the trick, I could be convinced to bite the bullet and give it a try. Ultimately, however, it would be nice for this sort of thing to just work. If OEM versions are going to be shipped pre-installed on machines, then it should be possible for users to install their own versions and/or provide their own product keys without this sort of challenge. And until that time, there should be clear instructions up front so that we don't get into a situation where a whole lot of time has been wasted doing something that must be undone. I look forward to hearing your thoughts about the likelihood of success if I go through the trouble of uninstalling both and reinstalling Professional. Thank you! Kimm "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Did you uninstall both editions or just HSE and try Office Pro again or did you uninstall BOTH editions first? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "geekcoach" wrote in message ... My experience thus far is that you've got a problem either way. I also have a computer with Home and Student pre-installed. Since I already have a copy of Office Professional, I did not activate it; I just installed it and provided the new Product Key. Even so, whenever I open Word, etc, it says "For non-commercial use only". I had thought un-installing H/S and then re-installing my copy of Office Pro 2007 would do the trick, but apparently that doesn't take care of it either. In the end, so long as the software remains functional (I guess I'll find out in a couple more months), maybe it's not such a big deal, but it is annoying and I would love to find a way to resolve this. If anyone else has any suggestions, I welcome them! Kimm "ktyoung76" wrote: No, the computer came with H&S preinstalled, so I assume when I made the reinstall DVDs for my system, it was included in that bundle of OEM software. But just to confirm, you're saying I shouldn't bother unlocking a trial version of Office Pro? Either way, do I need to uninstall H&S before installing pro, or will the installer just overwrite what's already there? "DL" wrote: You need a retail version, a trial is just that, and will cost you more to convert from MS, as apposed to buying the disk from your favorite store/site Do you have the OEM H&S cd? "ktyoung76" wrote in message ... I just bought a new computer and it comes with an OEM version of Office Home and Student 2007. I'd prefer to upgrade to Office Pro. Should I uninstall the OEM version before installing Office Pro, or is there a way to upgrade to Pro from within the existing versions? And can I download the trial for Pro and activate, or do I need the retail version to get full functionality? For the record, I'm running Vista 64-bit.
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January 28th, 2009, 06:50 PM
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The Add/Remove dialogue will show if office is installed
You could also check in Explorer for Program Files\Microsoft Office If this is an upgrade version of Office you need to check whether your recovery DVD's actually include the version of Office that was preinstalled "geekcoach" wrote in message ... At this point, I have installed and uninstalled enough different times that I have lost track of the different permutations. Because I am reasonably certain that one of the variations was uninstalling HSE before installing Professional (a system recovery was part of the mix as well) I'm loathe to try yet another experiment, however if you have good reason to believe that uninstalling both would actually do the trick, I could be convinced to bite the bullet and give it a try. Ultimately, however, it would be nice for this sort of thing to just work. If OEM versions are going to be shipped pre-installed on machines, then it should be possible for users to install their own versions and/or provide their own product keys without this sort of challenge. And until that time, there should be clear instructions up front so that we don't get into a situation where a whole lot of time has been wasted doing something that must be undone. I look forward to hearing your thoughts about the likelihood of success if I go through the trouble of uninstalling both and reinstalling Professional. Thank you! Kimm "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Did you uninstall both editions or just HSE and try Office Pro again or did you uninstall BOTH editions first? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "geekcoach" wrote in message ... My experience thus far is that you've got a problem either way. I also have a computer with Home and Student pre-installed. Since I already have a copy of Office Professional, I did not activate it; I just installed it and provided the new Product Key. Even so, whenever I open Word, etc, it says "For non-commercial use only". I had thought un-installing H/S and then re-installing my copy of Office Pro 2007 would do the trick, but apparently that doesn't take care of it either. In the end, so long as the software remains functional (I guess I'll find out in a couple more months), maybe it's not such a big deal, but it is annoying and I would love to find a way to resolve this. If anyone else has any suggestions, I welcome them! Kimm "ktyoung76" wrote: No, the computer came with H&S preinstalled, so I assume when I made the reinstall DVDs for my system, it was included in that bundle of OEM software. But just to confirm, you're saying I shouldn't bother unlocking a trial version of Office Pro? Either way, do I need to uninstall H&S before installing pro, or will the installer just overwrite what's already there? "DL" wrote: You need a retail version, a trial is just that, and will cost you more to convert from MS, as apposed to buying the disk from your favorite store/site Do you have the OEM H&S cd? "ktyoung76" wrote in message ... I just bought a new computer and it comes with an OEM version of Office Home and Student 2007. I'd prefer to upgrade to Office Pro. Should I uninstall the OEM version before installing Office Pro, or is there a way to upgrade to Pro from within the existing versions? And can I download the trial for Pro and activate, or do I need the retail version to get full functionality? For the record, I'm running Vista 64-bit.
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