Trial version of project 2002

[J D Smith]

I am re-taking a project management course at my
community college. I first took the course in Aug - Dec
2003. I purchased a reference book Information Technology
Project Management 3 edition by Kathy Schwalbe. It came
with a trial version of project 2002 for 120 days. I had
to drop the first class because of personal reasons.
Since I installed the trial copy over 120 days ago it has
expired. I removed the first copy off my PC and tried to
reinstall the software but it won't let me install it.
It gives me a message when I try to bring it up (This
trial copy of microsoft project 2002 has expired). Is
there no way for me to re-install this trial version. If
I buy another book with a different copy of the trial
version in it will I be able to re-install then.

Thanks in advance

J.D. Smith

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Steve House]

Nope, sorry. You *might* be able to reinstall if you reformat the hard
drive and reinstall everything from scratch but MS is pretty good at
limiting you to one shot to evaluate a product. At the end of 120 days they
figure you should pop for the regular version - if you could just reinstall
the free version ad infinitum how would they ever sell any product <grin>.

Steve House
MS Project MVP

 

[Jozie True]

I have a question about the Trial version.

Currently I am running Project 98 and the company is
considering upgrading to 2002 (Standard) or 2003.
Is it possible to anyone to get their hands on a Trial
version, which doesn't have to be as long as 120 days, but
something so we can check out if it is worth it.

Thanks,
Jozie

 

[Steve House]

Check the MS website, I think you can get the evaluation version for just
the postage. The trial version is identical to the full package, it just
times out at the end of the evaluation period.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/project/prodinfo/default.mspx

Steve House
MS Project MVP