Using storebought Office disc instead of what's on the new compute

[lauren.teacher]

I didn't want to pay $150 for the Office Home and Student 2007 program that
was on my new Presario so I ordered it from Amazon.

But even though the disk is in the computer and I have put the pre-loaded
Word, Excel, Power Point in the trash, when I enter the product key, I get
the message, "The key is incorrect. Verify that you have the correct key,
and then retype it."

I triple-checked that I typed the key off the box from Amazon but it won't
accept it, I'm guessing because it wants the key from the computer box.

How can I override the installed version and use the one I bought from Amazon?

 

[Alias]

I didn't want to pay $150 for the Office Home and Student 2007 program that
was on my new Presario so I ordered it from Amazon.

But even though the disk is in the computer and I have put the pre-loaded
Word, Excel, Power Point in the trash, when I enter the product key, I get
the message, "The key is incorrect. Verify that you have the correct key,
and then retype it."

I triple-checked that I typed the key off the box from Amazon but it won't
accept it, I'm guessing because it wants the key from the computer box.

How can I override the installed version and use the one I bought from Amazon?

Putting programs in the trash is not a good idea. You need to uninstall
the program using Add/Remove in the Control Panel. After you've
uninstalled the old Office, reboot and install the new one.

Alias

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Uninstall all versions of Office correctly, then reinstall from the disk
using that product key.