on 5/23/04 10:35 PM, M. Tamer �zsu at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I need to re-install Office 2004 on my laptop (don't ask why, but it > involves a serious problem that is not due to Office 2004, but due to > something(s) that I did which now require a total system re-installation). > I wonder if there will be a problem with the activation key since it was > used to activate the program once before. Should I be concerned about it?
Funny you should ask; I just did that today. Bottom line: it's probably okay, but ... when I reinstalled using the same Product _Key_ that I used the first time, I was given a slightly different Product Id of the reinstalled copy of Office 2004. Since we have three Product Keys, I think that the first one can be reused if the Office removal program is used first; it's just that I got a slightly different Product ID after the reinstall. (If you're curious, the second Product ID differed from the first in the last two digits only.) A definitive answer should probably come from a Microsoft person, but the reinstall seemed to work for me. Here are the gory details of what I did: I used the Office Removal program (with Office Notifications turned off). The first time the removal program said I had the following programs, or parts of them, on my hard drive: Office 98, Office 2001, Office X (or its demo), and Office 2004 (or its demo). The odd thing was that I never had Office 2001 or X installed. Anyway, I just went ahead checked the box for Office 2004 (only) and was told the program was removed. Since the removal was so fast, I ran the removal program again. This time, it showed that I had one less program on my disk; I think that Office 98, Office X, and Office 2004 were listed this time. Again, I checked the box for Office 2004 only. After this removal, third run of the removal program showed only Office 98 being present, so I canceled it. Note: In checking my disk later, I noticed that Microsoft Autoupdate (and its plist file) were on my disk. I removed them and I think I couldn't initially empty the trash because the autoupdate demon (or something like that) was said to be still active. After a reboot, I could then empty the trash (this is from memory). I don't know if the Autoupdate is installed automatically; I think that I had asked for it to be used, but after the initial installation. For what it's worth, the removal program didn't remove the duplicated fonts that were put in my User folder either. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
