Office Standard 2007

I just got a new PC and tried to install the CD with Office Standard 2007. This is a program I bought a couple of years ago and I have it in my old PC.The key is valid. However, I can not complete the installation because at one point I get a message saying that they can not find a previous Office program in my PC. When I first bought this program I had to install a trial version first, and then I was able to convert it to permanent using my product's key. Now, I do not see any trial offers for Office Standard at Microsoft.
Can anyone help? Thanks

 

Halo: Thanks for your reply. Office Standard is no longer available on a trial basis. Today, I decided to try the geeks at Best Buy. They said my program (that is my CD) is only good for one time installation. Therefore, since I already have it in y old PC, there is no way I can use it again! I thoguht this CD could be used at least a couple of times. If it is so, it is a very bad deal since it cost me almost $300 2 years ago.

 

You might read through any documentation you have that came with your version of Office and find that
some previous version of any Office product (like Word 2003)
OR
Microsoft Works product
OR
even a competing Office Suite(like Word Perfect)
might qualify you to use your product.

It’s been a while, but someone gave me an upgrade version of Office 97 and I had no idea how I was going to be able to use it. I found an old floppy version of Word Perfect that someone else had given me. I installed it and then the Office 97 program installed without a hitch.

I’ll agree with you it is extremely frustrating to have paid a lot for some Microsoft product and then find out you cannot use it due to a bunch of technicalities that were not at all obvious at the time you bought it. But then, Microsoft is not exactly known for transparency, is it?

 

Thanks bbpathd1. Will look into alll of that.

 

Yes, the "geek" said the same. This is, that if I uninstall it from this PC, then I would be able to install it on the new one. The thing is that I want to have the program on both, since I plan to take this one to my place in FL. and want to leave the new one here. So, it seems that I will have to buy the new version, which I think is due out in June. Want to make sure it has Outlook which is the e-mail I use all the time.

 

I thought my version of Office said I could install on a desktop and on a laptop.

I found this dated 2007: http://reviews.cnet.com/office-suites/microsoft-office-standard-2007/4505-3524_7-32024133.html
Breezing through the options, our fastest installation of Microsoft Office Standard 2007 took no more than 20 minutes on a Windows XP computer (see our installation slide show). However, settle into your chair if you're curious about the fine print. We spent 40 minutes just skimming the 10,379-word End User License Agreement and stopped before we could understand it all. Here are some of the highlights: You're allowed to install Office 2007 software on two computers; you must agree to download updates whenever Microsoft decides you need them; and Microsoft may verify your license key at any time to make sure that you're not using pirated software. We wished that Microsoft better explained the Internet-based services Office 2007 can connect to.

And I fond this too: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/genuineoffice/thread/155acfc6-ad16-4b78-8a46-33df357a642d page 2 of the user terms on http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/default.aspx says that it can be installed on a portable device for use by the single primary user of the licensed device.

As long as your copy is genuine, I think it should work on both a desktop and a laptop.

Have you tried Halo's suggestion yet?

 

OK. I could finally install it. First I installed the Works 9 that came with the new PC. Then, I tried again installing Office Standard, and then I could install it without any problems. bbpathd1 suggested doing somenthing like this and IT WORKED! Thanks. I am glad I did not followed the geek's advice about un-installing it first from my old PC.

 

Just because you were able to install it on a second computer without first removing it from the other computer does not mean everything is OK. You are now in violation of the licence agreement for the Standard version, which only allows the software to be installed on one computer at a time. I believe an exception to that is that it can be installed on one desktop/tower system and one laptop or portable computer. Otherwise, it's just one computer.

To get legitimate, I suggest getting the Home and Student version if you qualify for that version, i.e. it's for home or student use. It costs much less than other versions of Office and the license agreement allows it to be installed on as many as three computers.

The Home and Student version does not have Outlook. So, I suggest using Windows Live Mail on the new computer. Like Outlook, it has the Calendar and Contacts features. Using it should be fairly easy for users familiar with Outlook.