Best thing you can do, if reregistering does not work, uninstall Office, then
reinstall it.
: Well, I really don't know what else to tell you, I am not
: making this up. Here let me explain in more detail (I
: don't really know why this makes a difference anyway, but
: what the hell).
:
: 1.) I went to store to purchase PC. I = Jeff
: Store = WalMart PC = Compaq
: 2.) I plug in PC and start using PC
: 3.) I load Microsoft Office '97
: 4.) I notice PC has Microsoft Office 2003
: 5.) I think to myself, wierd, I was not supposed to get MS
: Office with the machine.
: 5.) When I open an excel document (attached in email, on
: the web, whatever), the PC defaults to opening Excel '03
: for these documents. However, you can not actually open
: the document because it wants a product key. Microsoft
: gives you the option to purchase this online for $XX, then
: they give you the product key. Do you see the clever
: little marketing scheme here used by the great Microsoft?
: Further questions about that should be directed to
: Microsoft or Compaq.
: 6.) I remove the MS Office '03 files
: 7.) PC still does not think MS Office '97 should open
: everytime I want to open a MS Office document.
:
: Conclusion - MS, still wanting to make more money, makes
: it difficult for the end user. Does that make sense?
:
:
:
: >-----Original Message-----
: >It does not make sense regarding having 03 installed but
: having to actually go
: >online -- who did you get the pc from?
: >
: >You should have removed the 03 version first before
: loading in the 97 version,
: >but you should be able to follow Dave Peterson's
: suggestion to reregister Excel
: >
: >
: message
: >: >: The PC came with Office '03, however, you had to
: actually
: >: purchase it online to get the product key. Does that
: make
: >: sense? I loaded '97 and then went through the
: add/remove
: >: programs function unload the Office 03. In order to
: open
: >: the files, I have to first save them to the PC and then
: go
: >: through Excel to open.
: >:
: >: >-----Original Message-----
: >: >You erased Office 03 because you had no product key and
: >: did not want to upgrade?
: >: >How did you load it on your computer if you did not
: have
: >: a product key?
: >: >
: >: >Did you uninstall Office 03, then install 97 or did you
: >: just erase the files you
: >: >saw?
: >: >What applications is opening your files?
: >: >
: >: >
: >: >
: >: >: >: >: I recently purchased a new PC with windows XP. I
: loaded
: >: >: Office 97 and erased the Office '03 files, since I
: had
: >: no
: >: >: product key and did not want to upgrade. How do I
: now
: >: >: make Excel '97 my default application when opening
: excel
: >: >: documents on the web, etc. I have to save the file
: to a
: >: >: location on my PC then go into Excel to open the
: >: document.
: >: >
: >: >
: >: >.
: >: >
: >
: >
: >.
: >
