Deleting Test Drive but not real deal!

[phisigkiki]

So my computer came with a test drive for Microsoft office. I'm in
school now and have to have word in order to open my documents. My
roommate bought office when she bought her mac in 2004 and downloaded
on to my computer for me. Everything works just fine. Only problem
is never got rid of the test drive. When I download something from
internet that's in word and try to click on it to open it tells me I
have to buy office because test drive has expired. How do I get rid
of the test drive without accidently getting rid of what my roommy put
on here?

 

[Elliott Roper]

So my computer came with a test drive for Microsoft office. I'm in
school now and have to have word in order to open my documents. My
roommate bought office when she bought her mac in 2004 and downloaded
on to my computer for me. Everything works just fine. Only problem
is never got rid of the test drive. When I download something from
internet that's in word and try to click on it to open it tells me I
have to buy office because test drive has expired. How do I get rid
of the test drive without accidently getting rid of what my roommy put
on here?

Think barbed wire canoe. No paddle either.

I hope you are still on good terms with your roommy.
Run the remove office you will find in additional tools to get rid of
every shred of both offices.
Then talk nicely to your roomy again.
Make sure she gives you one of the keys product keys she is not using,
or you will find you can't both be running on the same local network at
the same time.

The test drive is evil.

You can open Word docs in textedit if you need to get to something
urgently.

If you can't get another copy of Word, try Neo Office. It is free,
ugly, but can read and write word and do a fair job of Excel too.

 

[CyberTaz]

My reply is from a different perspective than Elliott's:

Although not properly having removed the Test Drive is the source of your
current conflict, the dilemma is actually rooted in the fact that you have
an illegal copy of software you are not licensed to be using in the first
place. If you did have a legitimate copy the solution would be quick &
painless.

Rather than replicating the impropriety I'd suggest that you haul your butt
to the campus store & buy your own *legitimate* copy of Office rather than
attempting to salvage the bootlegged copy you currently have. You obviously
qualify for the Student/Teacher Edition which is manageably affordable for
just about anyone. Not to moralize, but it typically is not so much a matter
of whether we have the money as it is a matter of on what we choose to spend
the money we have Rather than cozing up to your roomy for the purpose
Elliott suggests, do it for the sake of borrowing $100 if necessary. Then
both of you will be within the law.

Keep in mind that there may very well be future occasions where
re-installation or access to the source disk will be required, so what will
you do if your roomy isn't around then?

 

[Diane]

Think of it as buying a free (well almost free-- $10) copy of Office 2008 in
addition to the legit copy of 2004 you will be buying.

The Office 2008 for Mac Technology Guarantee

<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/go/promotions/>