How to uninstall Office without original disk

Bill · Jun 22, 2006

If you install Office 2003 Upgrade on a machine with no qualifying product, it will ask
you to insert the CD of the qualifying product to verify the media.

If you install Office 2003 Upgrade on a machine with Office 2000, it will qualify the
install and should not ask you for the CD. (Just make sure that your version of Office
2003 upgrades every Office 2000 application on that computer, without exception.) If you
then uninstall Office 2003 from that machine, it will only ask you for the Office 2003
CD. It's a .long way to go to uninstall, but it should work - just make sure you clean
the registry when you are done...!

BTW, I have uninstalled Office 2000 from computers that required the CD to uninstall,
and also I have uninstalled Office 2000 from machines where it never asked for the CD to
uninstall. YMMV.

Bill.

Bill · Jun 22, 2006

If you install Office 2003 Upgrade on a machine with no qualifying product, it will ask
you to insert the CD of the qualifying product to verify the media.

If you install Office 2003 Upgrade on a machine with Office 2000, it will qualify the
install and should not ask you for the CD. (Just make sure that your version of Office
2003 upgrades every Office 2000 application on that computer, without exception.) If you
then uninstall Office 2003 from that machine, it will only ask you for the Office 2003
CD. It's a .long way to go to uninstall, but it should work - just make sure you clean
the registry when you are done...!

BTW, I have uninstalled Office 2000 from computers that required the CD to uninstall,
and also I have uninstalled Office 2000 from machines where it never asked for the CD to
uninstall. YMMV.

Bill.

Bill · Jun 22, 2006

If you install Office 2003 Upgrade on a machine with no qualifying product, it will ask
you to insert the CD of the qualifying product to verify the media.

If you install Office 2003 Upgrade on a machine with Office 2000, it will qualify the
install and should not ask you for the CD. (Just make sure that your version of Office
2003 upgrades every Office 2000 application on that computer, without exception.) If you
then uninstall Office 2003 from that machine, it will only ask you for the Office 2003
CD. It's a .long way to go to uninstall, but it should work - just make sure you clean
the registry when you are done...!

BTW, I have uninstalled Office 2000 from computers that required the CD to uninstall,
and also I have uninstalled Office 2000 from machines where it never asked for the CD to
uninstall. YMMV.

Bill.

Bill · Jun 22, 2006

If you install Office 2003 Upgrade on a machine with no qualifying product, it will ask
you to insert the CD of the qualifying product to verify the media.

If you install Office 2003 Upgrade on a machine with Office 2000, it will qualify the
install and should not ask you for the CD. (Just make sure that your version of Office
2003 upgrades every Office 2000 application on that computer, without exception.) If you
then uninstall Office 2003 from that machine, it will only ask you for the Office 2003
CD. It's a .long way to go to uninstall, but it should work - just make sure you clean
the registry when you are done...!

BTW, I have uninstalled Office 2000 from computers that required the CD to uninstall,
and also I have uninstalled Office 2000 from machines where it never asked for the CD to
uninstall. YMMV.

Bill.

Bill · Jun 22, 2006

If you install Office 2003 Upgrade on a machine with no qualifying product, it will ask
you to insert the CD of the qualifying product to verify the media.

If you install Office 2003 Upgrade on a machine with Office 2000, it will qualify the
install and should not ask you for the CD. (Just make sure that your version of Office
2003 upgrades every Office 2000 application on that computer, without exception.) If you
then uninstall Office 2003 from that machine, it will only ask you for the Office 2003
CD. It's a .long way to go to uninstall, but it should work - just make sure you clean
the registry when you are done...!

BTW, I have uninstalled Office 2000 from computers that required the CD to uninstall,
and also I have uninstalled Office 2000 from machines where it never asked for the CD to
uninstall. YMMV.

Bill.

Bill · Jun 22, 2006

If you install Office 2003 Upgrade on a machine with no qualifying product, it will ask
you to insert the CD of the qualifying product to verify the media.

If you install Office 2003 Upgrade on a machine with Office 2000, it will qualify the
install and should not ask you for the CD. (Just make sure that your version of Office
2003 upgrades every Office 2000 application on that computer, without exception.) If you
then uninstall Office 2003 from that machine, it will only ask you for the Office 2003
CD. It's a .long way to go to uninstall, but it should work - just make sure you clean
the registry when you are done...!

BTW, I have uninstalled Office 2000 from computers that required the CD to uninstall,
and also I have uninstalled Office 2000 from machines where it never asked for the CD to
uninstall. YMMV.

Bill.

Ron Boetger · Jun 22, 2006

I have to thank you all for your help and input here. I talked to the
Office Manager and had her dig out the jewel case that contained the
silver flashing disk, you know the ones that you cannot read the
printing on . The ones that look like the whole disk is a hologram. In
my haste I missed that it was an upgrade NOT and OEM like I thought.
I tried that the disk and was able to get it to work.

Many Thanks again.

Ron Boetger · Jun 22, 2006

I have to thank you all for your help and input here. I talked to the
Office Manager and had her dig out the jewel case that contained the
silver flashing disk, you know the ones that you cannot read the
printing on . The ones that look like the whole disk is a hologram. In
my haste I missed that it was an upgrade NOT and OEM like I thought.
I tried that the disk and was able to get it to work.

Many Thanks again.

Ron Boetger · Jun 22, 2006

I have to thank you all for your help and input here. I talked to the
Office Manager and had her dig out the jewel case that contained the
silver flashing disk, you know the ones that you cannot read the
printing on . The ones that look like the whole disk is a hologram. In
my haste I missed that it was an upgrade NOT and OEM like I thought.
I tried that the disk and was able to get it to work.

Many Thanks again.

Ron Boetger · Jun 22, 2006

I have to thank you all for your help and input here. I talked to the
Office Manager and had her dig out the jewel case that contained the
silver flashing disk, you know the ones that you cannot read the
printing on . The ones that look like the whole disk is a hologram. In
my haste I missed that it was an upgrade NOT and OEM like I thought.
I tried that the disk and was able to get it to work.

Many Thanks again.

Ron Boetger · Jun 22, 2006

I have to thank you all for your help and input here. I talked to the
Office Manager and had her dig out the jewel case that contained the
silver flashing disk, you know the ones that you cannot read the
printing on . The ones that look like the whole disk is a hologram. In
my haste I missed that it was an upgrade NOT and OEM like I thought.
I tried that the disk and was able to get it to work.

Many Thanks again.

Ron Boetger · Jun 22, 2006

I have to thank you all for your help and input here. I talked to the
Office Manager and had her dig out the jewel case that contained the
silver flashing disk, you know the ones that you cannot read the
printing on . The ones that look like the whole disk is a hologram. In
my haste I missed that it was an upgrade NOT and OEM like I thought.
I tried that the disk and was able to get it to work.

Many Thanks again.

Ron Boetger · Jun 22, 2006

I have to thank you all for your help and input here. I talked to the
Office Manager and had her dig out the jewel case that contained the
silver flashing disk, you know the ones that you cannot read the
printing on . The ones that look like the whole disk is a hologram. In
my haste I missed that it was an upgrade NOT and OEM like I thought.
I tried that the disk and was able to get it to work.

Many Thanks again.

JoAnn Paules [MVP] · Jun 22, 2006