Trying to Uninstall Office 2007 Beta is a new low

[awguthrie]

Trying to Uninstall Office 2007 Beta is a new low. I understand I can
attempt the forty step plan to remove this, but how on earth does MS develop
a beta trial without an uninstall capability. It is beyond my comprehension!
I don't work on office for fun and don't have 4 or 5 MORE hours to play. No
product ID so I can't get "customer service". This is a bell weather moment
for my relationship with MS. They need to develop a patch or
something...this is unsat.

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

It's a beta version not a trial version. That means it has bugs and
won't work as well as a trial/released version. The setup program was in
beta as well, so obviously it has its problem as well.
If you had read the license agreement before installing the beta, you
might have noticed that it explicitly forbade you from using this in a
production environment (meaning on any computer that you use do to any
kind of actual work, either at home or at work) without explicit
permission from Microsoft.
Get started on the manual removal steps (linked from my RTM Issues
page), because they are the only option you have. Microsoft won't
provide any additional help beyond those manual removal steps, because
it is *beta* software.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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[Peter Foldes]

When you downloaded the Beta version did you read the Read Me file that was included. There you will find the instructions on how to precisely uninstall the Beta from your system