Officed Pro 2007 Joanne . . . While true that you can do re-writable (consider doing image backups at least weekly) DVDs to store image files, these files can become quite large. My small 40gig OS partitioin has 24gig of data that compresses to 13gig which would almost fill two double-layer DVDs (four standard DVDs). If you do not have one, consider a second HDD. Storage prices have dropped considerably and you can pick up a 500MB SATA or IDE HDD for less than $100 US. Secondly, if it is important to you, digital media writes much faster than optical media. Most importantly, I think it virtually impossible for two HDDs to crash at the same time. With two HDDS you have two exact copies of all your data: one on your "working" drive, and one on your "backup" drive, using my system as an example. If you do a lot of stuff and spend a lot of time on your computer (business, games, music, pictures, school), you cannot beat the peace of mind you get knowing that one click away you have a backup copy of your important stuff. Datcat is right: get on to sites like Google or Wiki to sort through the info and geek speak. The more time you spend looking up stuff you do not know (like going to a dictionary when you see a word you don't know) the more proficient you will become at creating a stable system that suits your specific needs. Operating systems and applications will bog you down the most. What's really fun and profitable (save half or spend the same and get twice as much) is to build your own machine rather than rely on proprietary boxes. Finally (I promise), snoop around this site and its forums which I think are especially helpful and populated by skilled and generous folks. TTFN, Monk
Office 2007 Update As I described earlier in this thread, I installed Office Pro 2007 Trial on September 22, 2008. The "Trial" logo was absent, the prog was fully functional and it was recognized by MS as valid. Yesterday (November 14) the prog converted to a reader, i.e., all of its functionality ceased and I have not been able to devise a work around. I'd be interested in hearing if anyone has had the same experience. Monk
Yes this has now happened to me......... oh what do we dooooooo....??????Help! Damselle in distress again......
Hi Monk, did you follow the crack guide from the start and download Office again? Poor you battling with your concience... Sorry I can never follow these things very well... I'm blonde!
I download an replaced the file (using my already installed office) but I can't find the phone activation part? I went into options and clicked activate, but it does nothing, nada! Do I really have to install a trial version again????
Office 2007:Mobile Freek Fix Hi Joanne, So you are blonde, eh? As far as I'm concerned blonde's rule!!! Sorry I did not post what I did to effect the fix. First off, no need to remove/reinstall Office. Close Office and go back and edit the <Proof.XML> file returning it the the original "AlwaysInstalled" status. (<Proof.XML> located at Root:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office 12\Office Setup\Proof.en\proof.XML) Then open Office and you should immediately get the - enter your key - dialog. Enter any one of the keys provide by Mobile Freek. (I presume you read his Crack (Guide).txt from the ZIP file.) Then close Office and replace the MSO.dll file as he directs. Then open Office. Here my memory is a bit foggy. I do not remember if a dialog immediately popped up or if I had to go to (say, using Word) Word -<options> and then click on the <activate> button. Regardless, there will follow a series of three dialogs: one asking if you want to enter your key or purchase one. Select enter your key. The next dialog will ask you if you want to activate by Internet or phone. Select phone. The third dialog will ask you to select your country - which you can omit because this only gives you the number to call - which you are not going to do anyway. It also gives you a number to read into the phone - which you ignore, and then it directs you to copy the number you received via the phone into the seven blank boxes. Enter six zeros in each box. Close and reopen Office and you are activated and, because of Datcat's prog, I presume you are seen as legit by LegitCheckControl.dll. Let me know if this works. If it does not, I will install another copy of Office on a dummy partition (I am reluctant to tinker with what seems to be a finally fully functioning installation) and make a detailed write up of the exact prompts as they appear. Monk P.S. Blonde's really do rule!
Well we do rule you're right, except my laptop doesn't like me anymore! I changed the proof , and still it doesn't ask me for the product key! In the start up of an application or win the options when I click activate - nothing I've tried allsorts, restarting, updating windows, running the diagnostics in office etc etc. Think I'm going to have to re-install it, again...... Damn shame But thanks for your help
Office 2007 uninstall help I am running xp, and office has corrupt setup files, will not let me uninstall or reinstall. tried everything I know, Plum Choice couldnt fix it. they reccomended a program called Your Uninstaller, but I dont have much confidence that it wont just pull up the office uninstall program. anything short of nuking the hard drive to fix this? This is my first visit to a forum, i hope Im in the right place. Thanks
OFFICE 2007 pot pourri First off . . . . ARPHELPS1: Google <msicuu2.exe> This is a MS app designed to clean up partially installed or uninstalled progs that my have been corrupted in the process. This comes in handy when you are trying to reinstalled a prog and you are returned a dialog that says a previous installation is still running. Joanne: of course, a clean install may be the way to go. You can also try using the previously posted registry edit to be used in cases where the 25 key has already been entered. First, create a restore point just in case you delete what you did not intend. Then go to START -> RUN -> type REGEDIT -> ENTER -> then expand all of the following: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> MICROSOFT -> OFFICE -> OFFICE 12.O -> REGISTRATION -> {91120000 - or whatever your registration subdirectory is (usually some very long number). After clicking on the {9112000 . . . directory, look in the right hand pane where all of the strings are listed, highlight and delete <DigitalProductID> and <ProductID> then close the reg editor. The edited file will automatically be saved. Then try Mobile Freek's fix. Unless you deleted it, if you DLed the Office trial from MS/DigitalRiver, the files are saved on your HDD. Just double click the Digital River X12-30196-DLM.exe file and tell it to continue the install, i.e., do not do a new DL. It will then verify the files and reinstall. I would first uninstall Office 2007 and do a clean install By the way, if you have not done so, Google and DL Revo Uninstaller and use it to uninstall 2007. Why? After the MS uninstaller ran, Revo (on my machine) found 27,000 (that's right) registry entries left over and a slew of Office directories as well. Under Revo's options, you can set it to create a restore point before uninstalling - again - in case it uninstalls something needed. In the year or so I have been using Revo, it has never deleted anything essential but always finds gobs of junk left over by an app uninstaller. Good luck . . . Monk
If at first you don't succeed . . Hey Datcat . . . Between all of us, we are going to crunch this MS cookie once and for all. In addition, Joanne admits to being blonde. I'll do anything for a blonde. There, I've confessed. Monk
Hi Monk You are so talented and thank you yes for being patient! If you are lucky I may send you my calender pose! I found the Revo Uninstaller and it found lots of leftover Registry items - but I'm not too sure which to delete as it has found 21,975 items! I'm worried I may bugger up my laptop completely if I just delete them all.. and you seem to be the master for me at this stuff - what shall I pick? Blondie
I would put it this way: Without a previous image-backup, I am sorry to say but you have got few other options, You are already at a "point of NO return" so to say... -it can't be worse than it already is... -finish up all 21.975 items with that Revo-thing and let's hope you will be OK! -I think you will be OK... -I bet Monk does too, he will work even harder now hoping to get that calendar! PS. I hope you don't mind me joking a little...
One more thing, do I uninstall everything with the Microsoft logo that has 4 squares - red, yellow, green and blue in colour as there is something called PROHYBRIDR with the logo.... I know I ask alot of questions but just being careful... so far so good.... Cheers
1st: It's more than OK to ask, who knows/have time will hopefully answer. As I got helped myself, it's nice to help out. We've all been newbies, nobody knows it all, hence there will always be areas were we are all newbies still! As I use "System Mechanic" for the same thing as you "Revo Uninstaller" you might want to wait until Monk will answer you... Generally those regcleaners do just that, clean out the registry! ie. cleans out rests of brooken/uninstalled programs/directorys/links etc. Some of them, belonging to a Microsoft product, have Microsoft symbols - don't be afraid, it is all "trash garbage" Revo has found! Revo and the like programs do know better what to select. When they select they usually do a ""safe" selection - else they would risk their revenue and go bancrupt...
Reg Cleaners Just caught Datcat's post. MS RegCleaner (that dates to the stone age) is really, really conservative. I appreciate their caution but come on, let's not neglect sweeping under the bed and in the corners. And, of course, he, we - are here to help. And a second, third, fourth opinion can be a good thing so shop around until you feel comfortable. One oddity about an OS, you and I, e.g., may be running XP SP3. One of us may have problems, the other not. Why? Look at posts on MyDigital and you see one person applied a tweak and it worked; for another it did not. Why? My first computer was a Tandy TI 1000. It had 640K RAM and I splurged and put a 20 MB HDD in it. It also had 3 1/4 and 5 1/2 inch drives. I'll bet most of the people on MyDigital never saw a 5 1/2 drive!!! Point is, how simple DOS was; WordPerfect was a few thousand bytes, etc. Today, progs are bloated and complex and often rely on shared files. Few people have exactly the same progs and setups on their machines. In the process of adding or deleting, some essential shared file might be deleted when a prog is deleted - or tweaked. Bottom line, each of us must tweak our seemingly similar systems so that the tweaks work on our individual machines. I might have to do something on my machine that you do not or vv. A basic understanding of how some things work (Google is a library waiting to be read) helps tremendously. So, hang in there, Joanne: we are hanging with you. And thanks to you too, Datcat. Monk