Downgrade from 0ffice 2007 trial

[Coherence]

My GF's laptop came with probably the worst piece of bloatware ever - Microsoft Office 2007 Trial edition.

The trial ended, of course, so she pulled out her full version of 2003 and tried to install it on her laptop. Even after uninstalling 2007, running the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility, and clearing 2007 registry entries which were left behind, she gets errors when trying to install 2003. Basically, it demands she insert her original install disc (which is already inserted) to find a missing CAB file, which is not missing since it is on the install disc. Pointing the installer directly to the file (or a copy) still results in the same error.

Anyone have any suggestions for getting Office 2003 installed in a Vista system which came pre-installed with 2007 Trial?

 

[C1]

I think I remember trying to uninstall OF2007 from a friends new HP notebook & I couldnt do it.
However, you should be able to install and run multiple office versions (I do so regularly but not with OF2007).

Make sure when attempting to install OF2003 and pointing to the CAB file that the CAB file is an extracted file (ie, XXXX.CAB not XXXX.CAB_ which is not extracted). Also ensure during installation that you specify a separate installation folder for OF2003 (eg, just create a C:\Program Files\Office 2003 Folder then install into that). Sometimes tricks I use involve copying the needed file (in this case the extracted CAB) off the CD then into the created target folder PRIOR to the install attempt in an effort to facilitate the installer finding the needed file.

It can be done. Just keep trying different ideas.

 

[tcsenter]

Check MS KB. I seem to remember a KB article about this. Like 'Cant install Office after trial version expires' or something along those lines, anyway.

 

[bruceb]

This should be of a help MS KB928218... let us know

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218