The same thing.) This option actually takes the "trial version" status off the full version, and since I had already installed the full version, the next time I launched Publisher, it was a full version. (Oddly enough, clicking the link that is practically directly below this button does NOT do
Instead, if you choose the option for licensing, you are presented with 2 choices, to upgrade to a full version or to remove the trial version. It will only remove the files, and reinstalling the software even from a FULL VERSION will only result in you still having a trial version.
This link leads you to a help screen that tells you how to remove the software using the control panel. You can see if you are activated and all that, there is a link that says something like "how do I remove the trial version". When you are at the help screen (the File->Help, not the help button) where Nope that link only shows you how to buy the key if you don't have one, not what to do if you already bought a full version of the standalone software, but I found the answer. Response here as this computer will be sent offsite once working, and this issue is holding all that up.
There is NOTHING else other than Microsoft software installed at this point (other than drivers I suppose), so why is this company's own software conflicting with itself? Hopefully I will get a quick New hardware, and only has these 2 programs installed. This computer is brand new, has Windows 7 Pro cleanly installed on brand I also don't like when companies want to charge you to get a program to work that you paid for, particularly when it is NOT an unusual situation. There is NOTHING unusual about installing Office 2010 and then installing a different Microsoft program afterwards, so I don't So, does anyone know (for real this time) what the method is for installing Publisher 2010 and have it actually work.įorgive me if I am very angry about this, I don't like wasting hours trying to get software working that should work already. I launched it and it is STILL THE TRIAL VERSION! Then I put my disc back in for Publisher 2010 and installed it. So I went to the win7 version of add/remove programs and uninstalled The icon for Publisher was still there, but most of the files were now gone, and I could not launch Publisher at all. I uninstalled the Publisher trial in the add/remove programs in Windows 7. The asnwer posted was to remove the trial version.
What the heck?!? So I searched for an answer,Īnd there was one thread here that had the same question - how do I install Publisher after Office has been installed and NOT end up with a trial version. I attempted to get support, but it turns out that to even ask what you have to do special to make Office 2010 and Publisher 2010 work together, I would have to pay even MORE money (something like $250 more). I went to the Help screen to make sure it was the full version and it still showed it was a trial! Again, the only options it gives are to enter an Office So I ran the install from the Publisher disc and when it completed successfully, I launched Publisher. The only key it would accept would be an Office 2010 Professional key. To have a way to just enter the key from my full version of Publisher, but that was not the case. I figured the people at Microsoft would be smart enough Curiously, I clicked the Publisher shortcut and found myself in a trial version. I installed Office 2010, and afterward saw that it showed I had all the programs from Office Professional installed. In the past, I have installed other office type programs over more basic versions of office (like office 2003 small business with Access 2003) and never had an issue. Since I didn't need Access, I chose to save a bundle of money by just buying So I bought Office 2010 Home and Business, but it doesn't have Publisher 2010, and to get it I either had to buy the Office 2010 Professional, or the standalone Publisher 2010.