Office XP error due to 2003 Trial

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R. S. - 29 Jan 2007 14:50 GMT

I just purchased a new laptop and installed office XP I had purchased a
couple of years ago. The new computer came with a 2003 trial, which I did
not intentionally use. I went to download from the Office website updates
for my Calender. My Activation failed(passed on XP Standard) for "no
activation key for Office 2003".
So, I uninstalled 2003(I was scared to do this), and guess what- now I have
install errors opening up Outlook, saying "Error 1706" files can not be found
installing office Standard.
Hopefully a repair will help, but giving a trial unasked for, and
invalidating my software for updates even when the 2002 version passes is
crazy!

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DL - 29 Jan 2007 18:45 GMT

You should allways install the earlist version first, so by installing Oxp,
when there existed a trial version all manor of problems may have occured.

> I just purchased a new laptop and installed office XP I had purchased a
> couple of years ago. The new computer came with a 2003 trial, which I did
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> invalidating my software for updates even when the 2002 version passes is
> crazy!

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Brian Tillman - 30 Jan 2007 14:20 GMT

> I just purchased a new laptop and installed office XP I had purchased
> a couple of years ago. The new computer came with a 2003 trial,
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> invalidating my software for updates even when the 2002 version
> passes is crazy!

Uninstall all versions of Office and reinstall the one you want.

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