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Old 05-09-2008   #1 (permalink)
Ignoramus


 
 

Alternatives to formatting HD and reinstalling Vista

I have a Vista Premium PC where I installed a trial version of a program,
let it expire and now I bought the full version but cannot seem to get it to
install since the ghost of the old trial version seems to be haunting my PC.

Before I start formatting the drive (and lose all my other programs and
settings) and attempt to reinstall Vista, I was wondering whether there was
some easy way to wipe all traces of the trial program? I am no great tech
expert, so protracted brain surgery with registry settings may not be an
option for me!


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Old 05-09-2008   #2 (permalink)
Dave


 
 

Re: Alternatives to formatting HD and reinstalling Vista

Ignoramus wrote:
Quote:

> I have a Vista Premium PC where I installed a trial version of a
> program, let it expire and now I bought the full version but cannot
> seem to get it to install since the ghost of the old trial version
> seems to be haunting my PC.
> Before I start formatting the drive (and lose all my other programs
> and settings) and attempt to reinstall Vista, I was wondering whether
> there was some easy way to wipe all traces of the trial program? I am
> no great tech expert, so protracted brain surgery with registry
> settings may not be an option for me!
The people from whom you bought the licence for your application
are the people to ask about how to get rid of trial settings.





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