Converting 2007 Pro Office Trial to 2007 non-pro

[scaught]

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

 

[Roady [MVP]]

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.

 

[VanguardLH]

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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.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

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]

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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]

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.

:

 

[scaught]

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

 

[scaught]

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

 

[VanguardLH]

in message

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?

 

[VanguardLH]

in message

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.

 

[scaught]

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.

 

[scaught]

I thought I was clear. Tested Office 2007 Pro...BCM was buggy...all else
looked good. Just need Office 2007. Wanted to see if using Office 2007 key
would get the job done w/o uninstalling. Worried that an uninstall would
remove *data* as well. Simple.

 

[VanguardLH]

in message

Are you series with that response? Of course I do backups.

And backups were mentioned in which of your posts?

"no Outlook data files or settings will be erased in the process"
"that always scare the heck out of me"

And what is anyone to make of your statement if not that you were
scared of losing valuable data files because you don't do backups? Why
are you scared of losing "something" (that you don't mention what
"something" is) if you have performed 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.

So why can't you restore the .pst file and put it wherever Outlook
looks for it (or you configure Outlook as to what is the path to your
..pst file)? It is unlikely that an uninstall, as Roady mentioned,
will touch your .pst file, so it will be available when you install
the different version (but you may have to point Outlook's data file
management to use that old .pst file). Except for extremely sloppy
and low-grade programs that perform poor uninstalls, they should not
touch files that have been created after the install and which were
never part of the install in the first place.

 

[VanguardLH]

I thought I was clear. Tested Office 2007 Pro...BCM was buggy...all
else
looked good. Just need Office 2007. Wanted to see if using Office
2007 key
would get the job done w/o uninstalling. Worried that an uninstall
would
remove *data* as well. Simple.

At the time that I posted, it wasn't clear WHAT you thought would be
lost in uninstalling one version and installing a different version.