Trial Version Scam

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amanda

Does anyone else think it's an enormous SCAM that Microsoft has set it up, at
least for Office 2003, that when you download the "trial" version you cannot
to your old office version (it gets corrupted0 and cant be fixed so, no
matter what, you HAVE to end up buying Office fomr them AGAIN?
Unbelieveable. Why no pulic outcry? I'm going Open Office. Wish me luck!
 
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db ´¯`·.. >

well it is a marketing ploy
designed as one extra step towards
wiping out pirated copies.

however, most people have
a backup or disk image of
their operating system that
can be used to recover.

also, some people don't know
that when installing software,
there is a "custom" option.

using the custom option instead
of the automatic, the installation
can be directed to a different folder
instead of the default folder where
it would over write the existing
files.

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in regards to open office you should
just keep one thing in mind.

unlike microsoft office that has gone
through rigorous security checks
to ensure there are no vulnerabilities,
open office has not.

so malware programmers would likely
take the course of least resistance and
use open office for their source of
compromising your pc because of
microsofts proactive approach to
defending the users of ms office.

just some fyi....

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garfield-n-odie [MVP]

Some people think they can get a free copy of Microsoft Office by
downloading the trial version and using it indefinitely. Not saying you
are one of those people necessarily. The trial version is a fully
functional, but time-limited, version that allows you to use the
software however you want for a limited time. If you like it and want
to continue to use it, then you can buy it. If you don't like it, then
you are under no obligation to buy it, and you can go back to whatever
you used previously.

When you chose to download and install the trial version, you were given
the option to install the trial version alongside your previous Office
version, or to replace your previous Office version with the trial
version. Not sure what you chose, but it was your choice.

If you chose to install the trial version alongside your previous Office
version, and if removing the trial version caused a problem with your
previous Office version, then you can usually fix things by running
Office Detect and Repair. You may need your Office CD to do that. If
that doesn't work, then you can reinstall your previous Office version
using your Office CD and product key.

If you chose to replace your previous Office version with the trial
version, then you can reinstall your previous Office version using your
Office CD and product key.

If you lost your previous Office version CD and/or product key, then
that is beyond Microsoft's control.
 
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Harlan Grove

garfield-n-odie said:
If you chose to replace your previous Office version with the trial
version, then you can reinstall your previous Office version using your
Office CD and product key.
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Microsoft *COULD* have made it impossible to REPLACE installed older Office
versions with the Office 2007 trial version. MSFT could also have made it
possible for the process that converts a trial version to a licensed version
to include an OPTIONAL uninstall of older versions. That there have been so
many postings about (claimed, at least) accidental/unintentional replacement
installations of the trial version seems to me to support the case that MSFT
was negligent in their design of the trial version's installation. They
didn't make sure the trial version was safe or painless. That was fair last
year for the public beta. That's not fair/acceptable for trial versions of
presumably production quality software.

[Outlook excepted. No clean way to test Outlook 2007 while still having an
older version still available.]
 
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