Office 07 on new HP laptop

[Chuck]

Problem
HP laptop came with office 07 Student/Teacher edition.
(The Student/Teacher edition apps have a non commercial use message at the
top of each office app.)
Installing full office professional/business version does not remove this
message. Uninstalling & reinstalling does not remove.
Is ther a file or registry entry I need to nuke before another reinstall
(sigh) in order to clear this message?
Another issue is that the S/T version was installed on C:etc. as a result,
the full version will install if told to do so on D:etc, but evidently sees
something that causes it to point to C:etc. the old location of the S/T
version.
In investigating the registry, I found that office installs literally over a
hundred references to the install location and the office apps.
(Talk about bloating the registry!) Excel is a very large contributor to
this multiplicity of location references.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

To get rid of the non-commercial message, uinistall Office (all versions)
and install the Pro again.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[mezzodiva]

You could follow the instructions in how to completely remove Office 2007,
then try your installation again.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us

 

[Chuck]

Thanks! this is exactly what I was looking for. Somehow, I didn't come
across it during an MSKB search.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us

Evidently, the use of the two install locations on C & D drives(Two seperate
drives in this model laptop) confuses things, and the installer/removal
functions evidently don't work exactly as you would think they should.
(So what else is new?)

 

[mezzodiva]

Glad to know it worked for you. Thanks for posting back.