In the example, I am removing the Office 2010 free trial, but you can remove any version of Office using these instructions. The instructions are for Windows Vista or Windows 7.
If you do not plan to upgrade to Office 2010, you can either uninstall the software to free up space on your hard drive, or you can leave it installed and use it as a “viewer.” (You can open Office files using expired software, but you cannot edit them.) Uninstalling Microsoft Office
That is, Windows Update didn’t pop-up that it needed to install additional updates.You do not need to uninstall Microsoft Office free trial if you if you already bought the software or a license key.To upgrade the free trial to the full version, follow these steps: It looks like all post-SP1 fixes were still installed.
totally uninstall Office then re-install Office 2007, apply Service Pack 1 and such other post-SP1 updates as you wish. If the Office 2007 Service Pack 2 uninstall tool doesn’t do the job for you, you’ll have to fall back on the tried and true method of undoing an Office service pack i.e. This problem was known to Microsoft before SP2 was released, the company merely says “ Unless you are experiencing a problem with that particular update, it will not do any harm to leave it.” but there’s no workaround given so you have to live with it.
We’d not be surprised to hear of problems.Ī known bug relates to the SP2 update to Proofing Tools for Kazakh which are left on a computer when you uninstall the rest of Office 2007 SP2. The basic step-by-step instructions are available here.įor all the details, including log options go here.Ĭolor us cynical but we have doubts that the SP2 uninstall tool will work reliably in all situations. We suggest running Windows/Microsoft Update after the uninstall tool to see if there are any non-SP2 patches that need reinstallation. The uninstall tool will restore Office 2007 to its pre-Service Pack 2 state. ALL these SP2 patches will be removed by the uninstall tool, there’s no way to uninstall SP2 for a single product it’s all or nothing. Office Watch has a list of Service Pack 2 downloads, in addition to the main SP2 download for Office 2010 there are separate SP2 patches for Visio 2007, Sharepoint Designer 2007, Project 2007, InterConnect 2007 plus proofing tools, language packs and more. The tool is designed to remove all trace of Service Pack 2 in one hit for all Office programs – even if they were patched separately. The uninstall tool is a command line tool – you read that right and yes, we are in the 21 st Century.
Office 2007 Service Pack 2 is the first Office SP that you can uninstall but it’s not at all easy or obvious.
How to get rid of SP2 if it’s causing a problem.