Delete trial version before installing full product?

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I have a 60-day trial of Microsoft Office 2003 on my computer. I have just
purchased the full retail box version of Microsoft Office Professional
Edition 2003 and would like to install it. Should I delete the trial version
from my computer before installing the full purchased program? Also, will I
lose any of the Excel files created if I delete the trial version? I'm what
you call technically challenged, so I need some advice. I am using a Compaq
Presario R3000 laptop that is running Windows XP Home with sp2 installed.
Thank you for any and all the help you may provide!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

How to convert an Office 2003 Trial edition to a full retail edition
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;831023

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| I have a 60-day trial of Microsoft Office 2003 on my computer. I have just
| purchased the full retail box version of Microsoft Office Professional
| Edition 2003 and would like to install it. Should I delete the trial version
| from my computer before installing the full purchased program? Also, will I
| lose any of the Excel files created if I delete the trial version? I'm what
| you call technically challenged, so I need some advice. I am using a Compaq
| Presario R3000 laptop that is running Windows XP Home with sp2 installed.
| Thank you for any and all the help you may provide!

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

I'd suggest backing up your files (even tho I am sure they'd be fine) and
then uninstall that trial version. Reboot and install the retail version.

It's what I would do.

 

[Beeahillbilly]

Go ahead, it wont affect your files, and if it could, it would ask you if you
want to delete all files created by the program during the uninstallation
process