cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)

On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 20:25:03 -0400, "Nepatsfan" wrote:
>Soulsonsix <Soulsonsix@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> I have (recently purchased a computer with Vista
>> already installed, and after buying the Student and
>> Home edition upgrade online, my programs
>> (Word and Excel, at least) still open with 'trial edition'
>> in the title. Is this because I'm still within the trial period?

Sounds odd. Did the PC have MS Office on it already?

AFAIK, Student and Teacher isn't an upgrade, it's a full product that
is licensed for restricted (i.e. educational) use.

As your PC came with Vista, it would most likely have shipped with MS
Office 2007, rather than MS Office 2003, if MS Office was there.

Was your Student and Teacher version 2003 or 2007?

>Where online did you buy the Home and Student edition?

Online? Missed that bit - OK.

>Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 is not an upgrade. It
>consists of the full versions of 4 office programs, Word,
>Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. It is a boxed product which can
>be purchased at a number of retail outlets. If you purchased it
>from an online vendor they would need to ship you the product.

Also, OEM (e.g. pre-installed with new PCs) MS Office 2007 tends to be
the full Pro edition but with any parts not within your license in
"trial" mode (i.e. time-bombed).

OEM editrions are:
- Basic; Word, Excel, fluff
- Small Business Edition; Basic + Publisher, ?PowerPoint
- Pro; SBE + Access

So for example if you had SBE, you'd have Access as if you had Pro,
but Access would be in Trial mode.

Still, I can't see why Word and Excel would be in Trial mode...
unless... hey, did you activate the installation? If you don't
activate it, then it will run for a limited period before lapsing into
ransom mode, i.e. "reduced functionality" where it works as a set of
viewers, allowing no edits or saves.

>Once you receive the product, you should uninstall the trial
>version of Office before installing Office Home and Student.

Ick.



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