reinstallation difficulty of Office 2007 after hard drive crash

I had Office 2007 installed on my computer. The internal hard drive crashed
and so I was forced to replace the drive. As a result, I had to re-install
all software applications. I have since used up all the licenses on the
store purchased installation CD. I don't need to purchase a new license, do
I? I imagine the license on this computer should allow me to reinstall?

Further complicating matters, in haste, I downloaded a trial version so I
could get work done... and the trial is set to expire soon. How to I convert
the trial version to a registered version without having to repay for a
second license?

"Rob" wrote in message
...
I had Office 2007 installed on my computer. The internal hard drive
crashed
and so I was forced to replace the drive. As a result, I had to
re-install
all software applications. I have since used up all the licenses on the
store purchased installation CD. I don't need to purchase a new license,
do
I? I imagine the license on this computer should allow me to reinstall?

Further complicating matters, in haste, I downloaded a trial version so I
could get work done... and the trial is set to expire soon. How to I
convert
the trial version to a registered version without having to repay for a
second license?

You don't convert the trial version. You need to uninstall the trial
version, any activation assistant and reboot the computer and then reinstall
your original product from the original media. Use your original activation
key. You don't "use up" all the licenses on the software by reinstalling on
the same computer. You can reinstall on the same computer as many times as
necessary. The licenses are for concurrent installs on different computers.
At the most you will have to use telephone activation which is relatively
painless and in most cases totally automated.

"Rob" wrote in message
...
I had Office 2007 installed on my computer. The internal hard drive
crashed
and so I was forced to replace the drive. As a result, I had to
re-install
all software applications. I have since used up all the licenses on the
store purchased installation CD. I don't need to purchase a new license,
do
I? I imagine the license on this computer should allow me to reinstall?

Further complicating matters, in haste, I downloaded a trial version so I
could get work done... and the trial is set to expire soon. How to I
convert
the trial version to a registered version without having to repay for a
second license?


You do not need to buy another copy of the application. Install as normal,
then use the telephone activation.

You DO need to uninstall the Trial Version before you reinstall the full
version.

Thanks for info.

I am getting ready to uninstall the trial version of Office 2007. How do I
save my information/contacts/etc as a file so that it can be 're-inserted'
when I install the complete version of Office 2007? There are many different
file types under the import/export option. Thanks.

"Jeff Strickland" wrote:


"Rob" wrote in message
...
I had Office 2007 installed on my computer. The internal hard drive
crashed
and so I was forced to replace the drive. As a result, I had to
re-install
all software applications. I have since used up all the licenses on the
store purchased installation CD. I don't need to purchase a new license,
do
I? I imagine the license on this computer should allow me to reinstall?

Further complicating matters, in haste, I downloaded a trial version so I
could get work done... and the trial is set to expire soon. How to I
convert
the trial version to a registered version without having to repay for a
second license?


You do not need to buy another copy of the application. Install as normal,
then use the telephone activation.

You DO need to uninstall the Trial Version before you reinstall the full
version.

???

Your contacts are not affected. If you want, you can copy the file to a new
location then copy it back, but your existing files (documents,
spreadsheets, databases, and so on) should not be affected by the upgrade to
Office '07.



"Rob" wrote in message
...
Thanks for info.

I am getting ready to uninstall the trial version of Office 2007. How do
I
save my information/contacts/etc as a file so that it can be 're-inserted'
when I install the complete version of Office 2007? There are many
different
file types under the import/export option. Thanks.

"Jeff Strickland" wrote:


"Rob" wrote in message
...
I had Office 2007 installed on my computer. The internal hard drive
crashed
and so I was forced to replace the drive. As a result, I had to
re-install
all software applications. I have since used up all the licenses on
the
store purchased installation CD. I don't need to purchase a new
license,
do
I? I imagine the license on this computer should allow me to
reinstall?

Further complicating matters, in haste, I downloaded a trial version so
I
could get work done... and the trial is set to expire soon. How to I
convert
the trial version to a registered version without having to repay for a
second license?


You do not need to buy another copy of the application. Install as
normal,
then use the telephone activation.

You DO need to uninstall the Trial Version before you reinstall the full
version.