Hello,

It looks like the 2007 Outlook Professional which I'm currently trialing is
more then I need. (The BCM was crashing and slowed the system down quite a
bit.) I removed BCM and all seems to be working well. As a result, I want
to convert to a full installation AND have CDs/manuals as well. If I buy MS
Office 2007 from a store, can I enter the product key and be good to go?

Ultimately, I want:

1. Full, non-trial version running on my system
2. Legitimate product key
3. CD/manuals as backup

Thanks,

-- Scott

No, as you're switching to a different version (from Pro to... Standard?)
you'll need to uninstall Pro first. It's no biggie; no Outlook data files or
settings will be erased in the process.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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"scaught" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:14E3CC2F-DBAB-4A9E-94E8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> It looks like the 2007 Outlook Professional which I'm currently trialing
> is
> more then I need. (The BCM was crashing and slowed the system down quite
> a
> bit.) I removed BCM and all seems to be working well. As a result, I
> want
> to convert to a full installation AND have CDs/manuals as well. If I buy
> MS
> Office 2007 from a store, can I enter the product key and be good to go?
>
> Ultimately, I want:
>
> 1. Full, non-trial version running on my system
> 2. Legitimate product key
> 3. CD/manuals as backup
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Scott

"scaught" wrote in message
news:14E3CC2F-DBAB-4A9E-94E8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> It looks like the 2007 Outlook Professional which I'm currently
> trialing is
> more then I need. (The BCM was crashing and slowed the system down
> quite a
> bit.) I removed BCM and all seems to be working well. As a result,
> I want
> to convert to a full installation AND have CDs/manuals as well. If
> I buy MS
> Office 2007 from a store, can I enter the product key and be good to
> go?


Somewhere on Microsoft's site, probably on the page where you download
the trial or maybe in a KB article, it says that you cannot upgrade
from trial version to a full version. You have to uninstall the trial
version and then install the full version. As I recall, if you don't
do it yourself, the full install program will first uninstall the
trial version and then install the full version.

And, if you have a few days to spare, do yourself a favor and buy it from amazon.com - free shipping and very good prices.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, scaught asked:

| Hello,
|
| It looks like the 2007 Outlook Professional which I'm currently
| trialing is more then I need. (The BCM was crashing and slowed the
| system down quite a bit.) I removed BCM and all seems to be working
| well. As a result, I want to convert to a full installation AND have
| CDs/manuals as well. If I buy MS Office 2007 from a store, can I
| enter the product key and be good to go?
|
| Ultimately, I want:
|
| 1. Full, non-trial version running on my system
| 2. Legitimate product key
| 3. CD/manuals as backup
|
| Thanks,
|
| -- Scott

I don't believe that's accurate. From what I read, I CAN upgrade from trail
to full w/o unistalling. But when attempting to do so, I found no option to
go from Pro to Standard.

Thanks.

"VanguardLH" wrote:


> Somewhere on Microsoft's site, probably on the page where you download
> the trial or maybe in a KB article, it says that you cannot upgrade
> from trial version to a full version. You have to uninstall the trial
> version and then install the full version. As I recall, if you don't
> do it yourself, the full install program will first uninstall the
> trial version and then install the full version.
>
>

Shutter...that always scare the heck out of me. Well, if that's the *only*
way...

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> No, as you're switching to a different version (from Pro to... Standard?)
> you'll need to uninstall Pro first. It's no biggie; no Outlook data files or
> settings will be erased in the process.
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> http://www.msoutlook.info/
> Real World Questions, Real World Answers
>
> -----
>
> "scaught" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:14E3CC2F-DBAB-4A9E-94E8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello,
> >
> > It looks like the 2007 Outlook Professional which I'm currently trialing
> > is
> > more then I need. (The BCM was crashing and slowed the system down quite
> > a
> > bit.) I removed BCM and all seems to be working well. As a result, I
> > want
> > to convert to a full installation AND have CDs/manuals as well. If I buy
> > MS
> > Office 2007 from a store, can I enter the product key and be good to go?
> >
> > Ultimately, I want:
> >
> > 1. Full, non-trial version running on my system
> > 2. Legitimate product key
> > 3. CD/manuals as backup
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -- Scott
>

Yeah, I saw that. That is where I'll be going for sure.

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> And, if you have a few days to spare, do yourself a favor and buy it from amazon.com - free shipping and very good prices.
>
> --�
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
> unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
> reading.
>
> After furious head scratching, scaught asked:
>
> | Hello,
> |
> | It looks like the 2007 Outlook Professional which I'm currently
> | trialing is more then I need. (The BCM was crashing and slowed the
> | system down quite a bit.) I removed BCM and all seems to be working
> | well. As a result, I want to convert to a full installation AND have
> | CDs/manuals as well. If I buy MS Office 2007 from a store, can I
> | enter the product key and be good to go?
> |
> | Ultimately, I want:
> |
> | 1. Full, non-trial version running on my system
> | 2. Legitimate product key
> | 3. CD/manuals as backup
> |
> | Thanks,
> |
> | -- Scott
>

"scaught" wrote in message
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>
> "VanguardLH" wrote:
>>
>> Somewhere on Microsoft's site, probably on the page where you
>> download
>> the trial or maybe in a KB article, it says that you cannot upgrade
>> from trial version to a full version. You have to uninstall the
>> trial
>> version and then install the full version. As I recall, if you
>> don't
>> do it yourself, the full install program will first uninstall the
>> trial version and then install the full version.
>
> I don't believe that's accurate. From what I read, I CAN upgrade
> from trail
> to full w/o unistalling. But when attempting to do so, I found no
> option to
> go from Pro to Standard.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295547/en-us

Their setup.exe program will uninstall the trial version for you;
else, you do the uninstall of the trial version first and then follow
with the install of the non-trial version. In either case, the trial
version gets uninstalled before you can install the non-trial version.

The above article mentions OL2002. It is possible they changed the
requirement for OL2007. Another article indicates problems when you
try to have multiple instances of Outlook installed. Since you are
not upgrading *forward*, you could run into problems with multiple
components installed that are not compatible with the older components
that you want to "degrade" to.

You aren't doing an upgrade. You want to perform a downgrade. Most
"upgrade" installations don't work backwards. You'll should uninstall
and install yourself. Just what do you want to keep that is critical
by trying to "upgrade" (and do so in backwards fashion) from a trial
to non-trial version?

"scaught" wrote in message
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> Shutter...that always scare the heck out of me. Well, if that's the
> *only*
> way...


If you don't do backups, you deem your data to be trivial or
reproducible. Users that don't do backups eventually find out what
their data is worth to them after they have lost it.

Are you series with that response? Of course I do backups. However, if I
uninstall trial software *that can't be reused* and install new software that
can't find the important data I need, a backup may not be helpful.

Geez.

"VanguardLH" wrote:

> "scaught" wrote in message
> news:A71AEDC1-34B8-4582-93D3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Shutter...that always scare the heck out of me. Well, if that's the
> > *only*
> > way...
>
>
> If you don't do backups, you deem your data to be trivial or
> reproducible. Users that don't do backups eventually find out what
> their data is worth to them after they have lost it.
>
>