install Office 2004 on my new mac - not as Test Drive

[Jon Green]

I am having the same issue as David above - I have a macbook pro running 10.5.2 and just did a fresh install of Office 2004.

I went through all of the upgrades until the updater said I did not need any more.

Now when I start Word or any other Office app it asks for the location of a previously installed Office. I tried the suggestion above - inserting my Office 2004 CD - but this did not work. The software says the disc contains no upgradeable software.

Any other suggestions? Thanks!

 

[John McGhie]

Hi John:

Does it say any more than that? WHY does it want that?

There are two reasons it might: either you have an Upgrade Install, and it
has not done its "First Run", or you have an incomplete update and it is
re-starting the updater.

Which is it?

If it's the first, it wants a disk older than the current version.

If it is the second, one of the updates has not "taken". Fix your disk
permissions and try again.

Hope this helps

I am having the same issue as David above - I have a macbook pro running
10.5.2 and just did a fresh install of Office 2004.

I went through all of the upgrades until the updater said I did not need any
more.

Now when I start Word or any other Office app it asks for the location of a
previously installed Office. I tried the suggestion above - inserting my
Office 2004 CD - but this did not work. The software says the disc contains no
upgradeable software.

Any other suggestions? Thanks!

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[Flamur]

I own Office 2004, and have it installed on my old laptop. I just

 

[Diane Ross]

I own Office 2004, and have it installed on my old laptop. I just
bought a new mac, and did a complete data migration, and when I try to
launch office on my new machine, it wants to launch Office as Test
Drive. How do I keep the full version on my new machine?

It is very difficult to remove the Test Drive after installing the retail
version. You might need to use "Remove Office" several times and even remove
the retail version as well in the process.

Removing Office Test Drive

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/install/demo.html>

 

[Vicente Garcia]

I own Office 2004, and have it installed on my old laptop. I just

 

[Diane Ross]

I own Office 2004, and have it installed on my old laptop. I just
bought a new mac, and did a complete data migration, and when I try to
launch office on my new machine, it wants to launch Office as Test
Drive. How do I keep the full version on my new machine?

You will have to use "Remove Office" and re-install from your CD. Removing
the Test Drive has been problematic for many users. See details here on how
to remove:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/install/demo.html>

Be sure you update to at least 11.3.5.

You'll find links for all updaters here:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/downloads/mactopia_dl.html>

 

[maggi]

I own Office 2004 and I had it on my macbook but then i had to delete my hard drive. I tired to re install office and when it finishes downloading everything looks like its there but when i click on word or something it just bounces on my dock and never opens.

 

[Diane Ross]

I own Office 2004 and I had it on my macbook but then i had to delete my hard
drive. I tired to re install office and when it finishes downloading
everything looks like its there but when i click on word or something it just
bounces on my dock and never opens.

Go to System Preferences --> Create a New User in Accounts. Switch to the
New User by logging out/in or use Fast User Switching. Test Office there.

If the problem goes away, it's your Preferences.

Be sure you have updated. For a list of updates and links for Office 2004:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/downloads/mactopia_dl.html>

If you are still having problems, apply the latest Apple combo updater
again.