You have to remove any trial version first, clear temp files & reboot, prior
to installing from cd
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us
"Carrie" <Carrie[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:195E2296-6B31-4AD9-A993-E3333227C52D[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] > When I brought my laptop new it din't have office installed but it did > have > the trial version of office 2007. > > I used this for the trial period (60 days I think) and then wanted to > install my copy off office 2003. It would not let me install office 2003. > > Now months down the line I have been using open office for a while but I > would like to have office 2003 back. Tried installing 2003 again but it > says > I am missing a file (see screen shot) but when I tried it on my brothers > laptop (runs on XP) there was no problems and 2003 installed perfectly. > (Screen shot - > http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d23/welcome_earthling/screenshotinstall2003.jpg)> > > I have tried unistalling office 2007 but when I press the unistall nothing > happens and I have been unable to unistall it from my system. > > On top of this ever since I tried to unistall office 2007 my general > system > restore has never worked - not sure how it's affected that. > > Am I able just to delete out the entire microsoft office folder from my > program files folder? > > It's all very annoying. >
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