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Cannot uninstall trial version of Office: Mac 2008

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Florissi

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Aug 30, 2010
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Followed all instructions, trail version detected but after a few minutes the message "cannot uninstall: you are probably not logged in as administrator"

Fact is that I AM the administrator, actually I am the only user of this iMac...

Can anyone help? I just bought a full boxed business version of Office and I cannot install it before removing the trial version.:mad:
 
try getting a uninstall program. I use AppCleaner, it's completely free which is always a plus, and works great.
It get's rid of the app, and associated files (plist, xml, etc) Maybe give that a go see how it works
 
Thanks Unixperience and GGJstudios

Actually, later on I realized that DESPITE saying that it could not remove the trial version, it actually DID remove it, it's just not there anymore...

Funny, I've always been told that I would never see such weird behavior once I left the Bill Gates' realm... :confused:

I'll try installing the boxed version now (should I try to cleanup with one of these applications before?), I'll cry for help again if it doesn't work.

Thanks for your prompt help.:cool:
 
Florissi said:
Funny, I've always been told that I would never see such weird behavior once I left the Bill Gates' realm... :confused:
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Technically you were still impacted by Bill Gates realm ;). That uninstaller is a Microsoft product not an apple product. Many OSX programs only need to be dragged to the trash to uninstall. MS decided to go the installer route and of course the uninstaller. Don't blame apple for MS's buggy weird behavior
 
maflynn said:
Technically you were still impacted by Bill Gates realm ;). That uninstaller is a Microsoft product not an apple product. Many OSX programs only need to be dragged to the trash to uninstall. MS decided to go the installer route and of course the uninstaller. Don't blame apple for MS's buggy weird behavior
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You've got a point there! :)
 
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