My Vista has no basic programs (powerpoint, word, etc.) Why?

[Une]

My computer came with a 30 day trial of the basic programs like powerpoint,
microsoft office, excel, word, and now it only has notepad and word processor
now that it expired. I need those programs, and when I bought the computer it
was all paid for, so I shouldn't have to pay to get them back after a 30 day
trial...Why doesn't my vista computer have these necessary programs?

 

[Michael Koerner]

Those programs are not part of Vista. What you had was a 30 day trial of
Microsoft Office. The 30 days are up now if you want to continue to use
those programs you will have to make the purchase.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


My computer came with a 30 day trial of the basic programs like powerpoint,
microsoft office, excel, word, and now it only has notepad and word
processor
now that it expired. I need those programs, and when I bought the computer
it
was all paid for, so I shouldn't have to pay to get them back after a 30 day
trial...Why doesn't my vista computer have these necessary programs?

 

[Polaris]

If purchasing MS Office is not an option at this time you might want to
download Open Office software from http://www.openoffice.org/. It contains a
word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software and more. The software is
very similar to MS Office and it is free.