Upgraded Trial Vers - Now Have 2 Copies of Office; Safe to Uninsta

[Ice Bear]

I bought a Lenovo T61 with XP last December. It came with the Trial version
of MS Office. After 60 days, I purchased a version – but I went for the
‘Standard’ version, rather than the ‘Professional’ version that was being
offered…I just didn’t (and don’t) need some of the functions that were being
offered.

After some trials and tribulations of dealing with Digital River, I finally
got the new version installed – and now have two (2) copies of MS Office on
my hard drive. I want to remove the original OEM version, but I am afraid
there might be some shared functions that will be lost if I uninstall this
program. I know which version is OEM and which is the ‘Standard’ that I
purchased, and have written my Product ID numbers down...what else do I need
to do?

Thanks for your thoughts and advice.

 

[DL]

You should have uninstalled the Trial prior to installing your purchased
version, and BTW a trial is not an OEM version.
Uninstall the trial now, reboot your PC, you may have to repair your
purchased version

 

[Ice Bear]

Thanks for your response.

I did not know to uninstall the trial first, and I don't recall any
notification that I should do so prior to purchase or installation of the
Upgrade. Perhaps it is splitting hairs, but to me an 'Upgrade' is more of an
addition to an existing program, rather than the installation of a new
program. Most upgrades I have dealt with either self-uninstall or
self-overwrite the existing program. Maybe I've just been lucky that way.

The Product ID for the Trial version that came from the Original Equipment
Manufacturer is in fact XXXXX-OEM-XXXXXXX-XXXXX, so I naturally assumed it
was an OEM version. Surprised to hear it is not.

More important, if I uninstall the Trial - what kind of 'repair' would be
required? Where do I find documentation of the 'repair' prior to uninstalling
the trial - and potentially doing something to the Office Standard that
requires repairing?

Thanks for your response.

 

[DL]

I'm somewhat perplexed, it appears your 'trial' was not in fact such but a
fully functioning OEM version
If you open Publisher, trust Centre, does it mention Trial, or is it
activated?
And in Word, Trust Centre, does it state Pro or OEM?

 

[Ice Bear]

I KNOW it was a Trial version, because it stopped working after 60 days, and
there were messages to convert to a working copy. I can't explain why the
Trial version has 'OEM' in the Product ID - but I think that all begs the
question...

I am trying to uninstall the earlier 'Trial' version while ensuring that the
'Converted' version that I purchased does not get harmed in the process. From
what I have seen in the forums - there is plenty of precedent for there to be
problems - but no real information on how to prevent it, or what steps to
take other than vaguely referencing 'repairing' the remaining Office program;
and that seems like a gamble to me until I have more information.

 

[DL]

OK thats answered then, just never seen a trial that stated OEM

If you had a Pro version installed and then installed a Std version, under
normal circumstance the Std would not have installed, as Pro allready
contained all the Components of the Std.

If you now uninstall the Pro version, in Add/Remove dialogue and after a
reboot you *may* have to repair your purchased version. If required all that
should be neccessary would be to pop the cd in, eventually it should open
with a dialogue offerring to repair the installation.