REMOVE OFFICE PRO 2007 FROM BASIC INSTALL

I purchased office 2007 OEM with my new system. It came with a trial version
of Office Pro and that has now expired. For some reason this has locked up
my picture manager and I can't use it anymore, it just comes up with the
activation wizard and wants me to buy the professional version. Now from
what I have heard, picture manager should come with all office suits
including basic. How on earth can I fix this so that picture manager works
once again? I can’t find away to uninstall the trail version of professional
from my basic install and I have no idea how else to stop the activation
wizard from popping up all the time except to buy it. Any help would be
awesome!

Assuming you didnt uninstall trial, prior to installing your OEM version,
uninstall Office and reinstall OEM

"CAFERS" wrote in message
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I purchased office 2007 OEM with my new system. It came with a trial
version
of Office Pro and that has now expired. For some reason this has locked
up
my picture manager and I can't use it anymore, it just comes up with the
activation wizard and wants me to buy the professional version. Now from
what I have heard, picture manager should come with all office suits
including basic. How on earth can I fix this so that picture manager
works
once again? I can't find away to uninstall the trail version of
professional
from my basic install and I have no idea how else to stop the activation
wizard from popping up all the time except to buy it. Any help would be
awesome!

Thats the thing, I tried to uninstall and reinstall but it installs the pro
trail on its own. There is no option to tell it not to install the trial of
pro and I can't uninstall the trial after the fact.

Uninstall both copies. Install the the full version again.

Why don't you think you can uninstall the trial?

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JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

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



"CAFERS" wrote in message
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Thats the thing, I tried to uninstall and reinstall but it installs the
pro
trail on its own. There is no option to tell it not to install the trial
of
pro and I can't uninstall the trial after the fact.

You uninstall Office, as shown in Add/Remove dialogue - the option doesnt
differenciate & should uninstall both

"CAFERS" wrote in message
...
Thats the thing, I tried to uninstall and reinstall but it installs the
pro
trail on its own. There is no option to tell it not to install the trial
of
pro and I can't uninstall the trial after the fact.

I have the disk for basic that was sent to me from Microsoft because OEM does
not come with the disk. As far as I can tell all copies of OEM Basic come
with the Professional trail. When you install from disk it installs the pro
trial for you, does not ask you if you want it or not. There are not two
copies to uninstall, it seems there is one. I look under add/remove programs
and there is nothing there for Pro trail just 2007 Microsoft Office System.
You try to remove it and basic is removed as well...you try to change the
features and remove all the ones included with the Pro trial and the
activation wizard still pops up when you open the picture manager. This is
driving me crazy.

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

Uninstall both copies. Install the the full version again.

Why don't you think you can uninstall the trial?

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

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



"CAFERS" wrote in message
...
Thats the thing, I tried to uninstall and reinstall but it installs the
pro
trail on its own. There is no option to tell it not to install the trial
of
pro and I can't uninstall the trial after the fact.

Yeah, but I want to keep basic, just remove the trail of Pro.

"DL" wrote:

You uninstall Office, as shown in Add/Remove dialogue - the option doesnt
differenciate & should uninstall both

"CAFERS" wrote in message
...
Thats the thing, I tried to uninstall and reinstall but it installs the
pro
trail on its own. There is no option to tell it not to install the trial
of
pro and I can't uninstall the trial after the fact.

You cannot do that you have to uninstall MS Office, period.
How *exactly* is your Office cd entitled?

"CAFERS" wrote in message
...
Yeah, but I want to keep basic, just remove the trail of Pro.

"DL" wrote:

You uninstall Office, as shown in Add/Remove dialogue - the option
doesnt
differenciate & should uninstall both

"CAFERS" wrote in message
...
Thats the thing, I tried to uninstall and reinstall but it installs
the
pro
trail on its own. There is no option to tell it not to install the
trial
of
pro and I can't uninstall the trial after the fact.

OK, I tried to uninstall everything again and reinstall to see if I missed
something....same poroblem. The CD is called Microsoft Office Basic 2007
with Office Professional 2007 Trail. It says this suite contains Word 2007,
Excel 2007, and Outlook 2007......these all work fine. The problem is with
MS picture manager, I was told it is included in all Office 2007 suites but
it acts as if it is part of the pro suite only. Thanx for your help by the
way, it is greatly appreciated....same with you JoAnn!!

"DL" wrote:

You cannot do that you have to uninstall MS Office, period.
How *exactly* is your Office cd entitled?

"CAFERS" wrote in message
...
Yeah, but I want to keep basic, just remove the trail of Pro.

"DL" wrote:

You uninstall Office, as shown in Add/Remove dialogue - the option
doesnt
differenciate & should uninstall both

"CAFERS" wrote in message
...
Thats the thing, I tried to uninstall and reinstall but it installs
the
pro
trail on its own. There is no option to tell it not to install the
trial
of
pro and I can't uninstall the trial after the fact.

Office Basic contains Word, Excell, Outlook
If it contains Picture Manager I believe it will be located under Microsoft
OfficeOffice Tools
The MS Office site isnt very explicit.
When you install Office Basic, select custom install, or if allready
installed modify the installation, to add components, and check the various
options
You cannot install anything from the trial, as it will be installed as a
trial only.

"CAFERS" wrote in message
...
OK, I tried to uninstall everything again and reinstall to see if I missed
something....same poroblem. The CD is called Microsoft Office Basic 2007
with Office Professional 2007 Trail. It says this suite contains Word
2007,
Excel 2007, and Outlook 2007......these all work fine. The problem is
with
MS picture manager, I was told it is included in all Office 2007 suites
but
it acts as if it is part of the pro suite only. Thanx for your help by
the
way, it is greatly appreciated....same with you JoAnn!!

"DL" wrote:

You cannot do that you have to uninstall MS Office, period.
How *exactly* is your Office cd entitled?

"CAFERS" wrote in message
...
Yeah, but I want to keep basic, just remove the trail of Pro.

"DL" wrote:

You uninstall Office, as shown in Add/Remove dialogue - the option
doesnt
differenciate & should uninstall both

"CAFERS" wrote in message
...
Thats the thing, I tried to uninstall and reinstall but it
installs
the
pro
trail on its own. There is no option to tell it not to install
the
trial
of
pro and I can't uninstall the trial after the fact.