Vista - question about installing trial version of microsoft office 2007

09-19-2008

Please help! Any help woud be appreciated!!

I just bought a new computer that came with Vista Home Premium. It had a
trial for 60 days for Microsoft Office. I ran that and pulled up the
Activation Assistant.

There are two steps. It says for the first one to click and it will give
you your trial activation key online. Then once you have that you can click
the second step which says it will launch microsoft office and you will enter
your trial key.

When I do that however, it gives me this message:
The Microsoft Office Activation Assistant was unable to launch your 2007
Microsoft Office release. Please re-enter your selection or open Microsoft
Office from the directory. If the error continues, go to
www.microsoft.com/office/pctrial2007 for additional information.

I have looked all over the microsoft web-site and can't find ANYTHING to
help me. It's so frustrating!!! Especially when you have to PAY to contact
any support services..

Any help would be greatly appreciate!!

I am in grad school with tons of
papers to write and would love to be able to use 2007 for a while instead of
works...

Thanks in advance.

09-19-2008

laura.crouch wrote:

Quote:

> Please help! Any help woud be appreciated!!
>
> I just bought a new computer that came with Vista Home Premium. It had a
> trial for 60 days for Microsoft Office. I ran that and pulled up the
> Activation Assistant.
>
> There are two steps. It says for the first one to click and it will give
> you your trial activation key online. Then once you have that you can
> click the second step which says it will launch microsoft office and you
> will enter your trial key.
>
> When I do that however, it gives me this message:
> The Microsoft Office Activation Assistant was unable to launch your 2007
> Microsoft Office release. Please re-enter your selection or open Microsoft
> Office from the directory. If the error continues, go to
> www.microsoft.com/office/pctrial2007 for additional information.
>
> I have looked all over the microsoft web-site and can't find ANYTHING to
> help me. It's so frustrating!!! Especially when you have to PAY to
> contact any support services..

Next time please do not multipost. If you must send the same message to
different newsgroups, then crosspost judiciously. Here are links to explain
that:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting

And here is the answer I gave you in the other newsgroup to which you
posted:

FAQ about MS Office trial versions -
http://buy20.trymicrosoftoffice.com/...?culture=en-US

How to convert a trial version of a 2007 Office suite or program to a full
retail perpetual license version -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927756/en-us

How to buy the 2007 Microsoft Office suite -
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/su...px?ofcresset=1

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

11-05-2008

my power was interrupted after i activated my free trial offer, did i lose
it, because after re-entering it again my home page keeps offering the same
offer info rather than starting thw office programs; word,excel,etc...?

"Malke" wrote:

Quote:

> laura.crouch wrote:
>

Quote:

> > Please help! Any help woud be appreciated!!
> >
> > I just bought a new computer that came with Vista Home Premium. It had a
> > trial for 60 days for Microsoft Office. I ran that and pulled up the
> > Activation Assistant.
> >
> > There are two steps. It says for the first one to click and it will give
> > you your trial activation key online. Then once you have that you can
> > click the second step which says it will launch microsoft office and you
> > will enter your trial key.
> >
> > When I do that however, it gives me this message:
> > The Microsoft Office Activation Assistant was unable to launch your 2007
> > Microsoft Office release. Please re-enter your selection or open Microsoft
> > Office from the directory. If the error continues, go to
> > www.microsoft.com/office/pctrial2007 for additional information.
> >
> > I have looked all over the microsoft web-site and can't find ANYTHING to
> > help me. It's so frustrating!!! Especially when you have to PAY to
> > contact any support services..

>
> Next time please do not multipost. If you must send the same message to
> different newsgroups, then crosspost judiciously. Here are links to explain
> that:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting
> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting
>
> And here is the answer I gave you in the other newsgroup to which you
> posted:
>
> FAQ about MS Office trial versions -
> http://buy20.trymicrosoftoffice.com/...?culture=en-US
>
> How to convert a trial version of a 2007 Office suite or program to a full
> retail perpetual license version -
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927756/en-us
>
> How to buy the 2007 Microsoft Office suite -
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/su...px?ofcresset=1
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>
>

09-19-2008	#1 (permalink)
laura.crouch n/a posts	question about installing trial version of microsoft office 2007 Please help! Any help woud be appreciated!! I just bought a new computer that came with Vista Home Premium. It had a trial for 60 days for Microsoft Office. I ran that and pulled up the Activation Assistant. There are two steps. It says for the first one to click and it will give you your trial activation key online. Then once you have that you can click the second step which says it will launch microsoft office and you will enter your trial key. When I do that however, it gives me this message: The Microsoft Office Activation Assistant was unable to launch your 2007 Microsoft Office release. Please re-enter your selection or open Microsoft Office from the directory. If the error continues, go to www.microsoft.com/office/pctrial2007 for additional information. I have looked all over the microsoft web-site and can't find ANYTHING to help me. It's so frustrating!!! Especially when you have to PAY to contact any support services.. Any help would be greatly appreciate!! I am in grad school with tons of papers to write and would love to be able to use 2007 for a while instead of works... Thanks in advance.
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09-19-2008	#2 (permalink)
Malke n/a posts	Re: question about installing trial version of microsoft office 2007 laura.crouch wrote: Quote: > Please help! Any help woud be appreciated!! > > I just bought a new computer that came with Vista Home Premium. It had a > trial for 60 days for Microsoft Office. I ran that and pulled up the > Activation Assistant. > > There are two steps. It says for the first one to click and it will give > you your trial activation key online. Then once you have that you can > click the second step which says it will launch microsoft office and you > will enter your trial key. > > When I do that however, it gives me this message: > The Microsoft Office Activation Assistant was unable to launch your 2007 > Microsoft Office release. Please re-enter your selection or open Microsoft > Office from the directory. If the error continues, go to > www.microsoft.com/office/pctrial2007 for additional information. > > I have looked all over the microsoft web-site and can't find ANYTHING to > help me. It's so frustrating!!! Especially when you have to PAY to > contact any support services.. Next time please do not multipost. If you must send the same message to different newsgroups, then crosspost judiciously. Here are links to explain that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting And here is the answer I gave you in the other newsgroup to which you posted: FAQ about MS Office trial versions - http://buy20.trymicrosoftoffice.com/...?culture=en-US How to convert a trial version of a 2007 Office suite or program to a full retail perpetual license version - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927756/en-us How to buy the 2007 Microsoft Office suite - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/su...px?ofcresset=1 Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
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11-05-2008	#3 (permalink)
rwbeitz55 n/a posts	Re: question about installing trial version of microsoft office 20 my power was interrupted after i activated my free trial offer, did i lose it, because after re-entering it again my home page keeps offering the same offer info rather than starting thw office programs; word,excel,etc...? "Malke" wrote: Quote: > laura.crouch wrote: > Quote: > > Please help! Any help woud be appreciated!! > > > > I just bought a new computer that came with Vista Home Premium. It had a > > trial for 60 days for Microsoft Office. I ran that and pulled up the > > Activation Assistant. > > > > There are two steps. It says for the first one to click and it will give > > you your trial activation key online. Then once you have that you can > > click the second step which says it will launch microsoft office and you > > will enter your trial key. > > > > When I do that however, it gives me this message: > > The Microsoft Office Activation Assistant was unable to launch your 2007 > > Microsoft Office release. Please re-enter your selection or open Microsoft > > Office from the directory. If the error continues, go to > > www.microsoft.com/office/pctrial2007 for additional information. > > > > I have looked all over the microsoft web-site and can't find ANYTHING to > > help me. It's so frustrating!!! Especially when you have to PAY to > > contact any support services.. > > Next time please do not multipost. If you must send the same message to > different newsgroups, then crosspost judiciously. Here are links to explain > that: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting > http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting > > And here is the answer I gave you in the other newsgroup to which you > posted: > > FAQ about MS Office trial versions - > http://buy20.trymicrosoftoffice.com/...?culture=en-US > > How to convert a trial version of a 2007 Office suite or program to a full > retail perpetual license version - > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927756/en-us > > How to buy the 2007 Microsoft Office suite - > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/su...px?ofcresset=1 > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! > FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ > >
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