Office 2003 Trial Assistant

When I bought my new laptop I naturally removed all the extra programs and useless crap that came with it. Now I have an entry in the Add/Remove Programs list that I can't remove; Office 2003 Trial Assistant. When I try to remove it, a box pops up that states "The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable." Then it gives me the option to specify a new path for the file. It is looking for AssistantSetup.msi, but this file obviously doesn't exist since I removed everything.

I've tried to look for the program and file on the Recovery/Driver disc but could not locate it. My next approach will be to download the Office 2003 trial version from Windows.com in hopes that when I install it, the missing file will be restored and then I will be able to completely uninstall the trial version.

If anyone has any other suggestions they would be greatly appreciated.

 

It may be tied to Microsoft Works. Try the Microsoft Office 2003 Update patch http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_dtlViewDL.jsp?ct=DL&soid=1084051&ref=EV&BV_SessionID=@@@@0153549317.1140930749@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccccaddhdlhmgddcgfkceghdgngdgmm.0

Another toy to have is the Windows Installer Cleanup, which may work http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301

 

The Windows Installer Cleanup did the trick, thanks bro.