Bill Yanaire wrote:
> You must be slipping. Why didn't you tell him about the wonders of Ubuntu?

Your fantasy regarding what I'm about must be slipping.

Alias
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> "Alias" <aka@maskedandanonymous.info> wrote in message
> news:%23zmc6bxvHHA.4572@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Steve Levine wrote:
>>> I recently purchased a NEW multimedia Gateway Vista model GM5407E. It
>>> came with Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 Trial version. I have
>>> purchased, installed and registered Microsoft Office PROFESSIONAL 2007,
>>> that cost me $$$. It works well. However, when I go to download
>>> templates for my use, Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage reports that my
>>> PC has a copy of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 that is not
>>> valid. (BTW, MS Office 2003 has never been installed on this PC.)
>>> Although I have uninstalled Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, it
>>> still shows as an installed program in my Control Panel, although none of
>>> its components show in START\Programs any longer. Only the Microsoft
>>> Office PROFESSIONAL 2007 programs are in START/Programs. When I try to
>>> UNINSTALL Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 from the Control Panel,
>>> I get a message that the installation files are corrupted and that I need
>>> to reinstall from the original media source. I do not have the original
>>> media source for the trial software, (and I don't want to reinstall it
>>> either.) I just want to DOWNLOAD the templates that I need!
>>>
>>> I tried a fix posted by Carey Frisch [MVP], but it did not help the
>>> situation:
>>>
>>> "1. Click Start, click Run, type: %AllUsersprofile%\Application
>>> Data\Microsoft\Office\Data
>>> and then click OK. 2. Right-click the Opa12.dat file, and then click
>>> Delete. Important: Do not delete the opa12.bak file. 3. Close the folder.
>>> 4. Start a 2007 Office program to start the 2007 Office Activation
>>> Wizard."
>>>
>>> The files that remain showing in %AllUsersprofile%\Application
>>> Data\Microsoft\Office\Data are 89446.bpc, opa11.dat, OPA12.BAK and
>>> opa12.dat
>>>
>>> Also, Uniblue's RegistryBooster reports no registry errors. However, I
>>> suspect that I may need to delete certain Registry entries. PLEASE
>>> HELP! -Steve
>>>
>> Run the Issues feature in Crap Cleaner. Get it free at www.ccleaner.com/
>> Use the Clean Up feature first.
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>> Alias
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