Quote: Originally Posted by
egydarceyes 
This leads me to believe that you might have installed the trial version that comes with Vista operating system.
Which is why the best solution is to uninstall this trial version completely from "Uninstall programs" in Control Panel and re-install the version you have on the disk.
I had the same exact problem yesterday as I was installing my 180 day trial version from a disk, and I had installed the 60 day trial version that comes with the operating system before hand. I went ahead and uninstalled the 60 day version, then re-installed the 180 version but when I opened any program it kept saying "Your software and trial have expired".
Hopefully for you, you have the full version that you bought, should definitely work just fine.
There is no trial version that comes with *Vista*. There *are* trial versions that OEMs install to make a little money off Microsoft so they can keep the prices of their machines lower.
Quote: Originally Posted by
armitada Thanks for that.
I guess I can give it a go at uninstalling the existing Trial version. I recall that when I used the purchased disk it suggested I could activate with input of my key code rather than full install.
My only worry is that given setup failed when I tried to call it directly already, that when I have removed the Trial version I might find I am no further forward and that Setup still does not work. But that may then be a different issue.
If it is the trial version, and you installed it without entering a key, that is what you installed - the trial version. Since it will not stay open long enough for you to enter a key, I'd go ahead and remove it and start over - and this time enter your key.