I don't understand how that is even possible since I saved the files directly to the new laptop along with all the drivers. Just before re-installing it today, I copied all the files to an external harddrive and restored everything from this drive. I've never installed Office 2010 before so I can't have mixed up the installation files with other versions. Weird.. but I guess I must have used a different file. Where can I get the trials?
After installing the trial version of Office 2010 and activating Office using the trial product key, you might want to take a look at midenaphos blog on blogspot.com ( "How to reset trial period Office 2010" ) for how to have infinite trial period.