Can't uninstall Office 2007 Trial HELP!!

[ScottyB]

A long story, but I've had Office '03 (and liked it) and then tried '07,
because my wife needed it for college. Anyway, I tried to uninstalled it and
it screwed up '03 and made it usless. It must have removed an essential
something. Restoring in windows was useless as it didn't restore what was
missing. So, I've purchased the full version '07 and uninstalled '03. I've
tried to install the new '07, but it just wants to upgrade. However, because
the trial version is bad, the new '07 is met with an error upon installation
and can't finish. I've tried to uninstall the trial version, but it won't do
it, at all. It simply ignores the command in Add/Remove Programs.

I am really stuck, as I really need this program for work and pretty upset
at MS right now. I followed all the steps needed to uninstall a program
properly and it screwed everything up. Now, they want me to pay to have them
tell me how to get rid of the program that did the damage because it's a
trial version!

Can anyone help me get rid of the trial version so I can install the full
version? PLEASE!!!
Thanks, Scotty

 

[Earle Horton]

There is a KB article on this very problem.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us

It describes a manual "last resort" procedure, but that will allow you to
reinstall the Office 2007 system after you perform the steps indicated.

Good luck,

Earle