fierysatsuma Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 My 60-day trial version of Microsoft small business Edition 2003 has just expired. I think I downloaded this. However, I have applied for and received this software on a disc. If I uninstall the current expired trial version, will my pc let me install the new trial version, or will a trail have been left to say that I have already had a trial? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 some do and some dont depends what gets left in the registry tbh ive reintalled trial stuff and its worked from fresh, although ive also tried some that remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_notdead Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 A messy business trying to clear out your registry, better using a clean hard drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dardandec Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Usually m$ trial versions have an expiry date built into the software. It also has to be activated to prevent people advancing their computer date like thirty years into the future, installing it then changing it back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeeeeeeeeek Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Remove it then run a program called regvac, it might remove the keys it leaves in your registry, then try to re-install it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Yeah, some trials, especially MS ones tend to leave a note in your registry, so once teh 60 day trial runs out, you have to either not use it or buy teh full version, you can of course try and edit the reference to it out of teh registry but I personally wouldn't touch the registry with a bargepole unless I knew EXACTLY what I'm doing, and even I'm not THAT PC savvy so I leave it alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 i dont touch the registry apart from editing peoples windows registered to name and location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllGood Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I know hindsight is a great thing but two suggestions for the future... 1) You can buy software that allows you to "unwind" installations. However, you need to have installed that software first. Seems like a good investment to me as I frequently get issues after installing various stuff and have to back it out. 2) External drives intended for back up are getting really cheap now. You can use software such as Norton Ghost to create an "image" of your C: drive on the external drive. Then, if you want to step back to that previous image (i.e. before an install), you can. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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