Nope, still not working. Now I'm getting an install error, with 0x8007005, Error 1935.
I am seriously peed off with this now. I've just wasted £60 on software that I can't bluddy install and there is ZERO support from Microsoft right now.
Nope, still not working. Now I'm getting an install error, with 0x8007005, Error 1935.
I am seriously peed off with this now. I've just wasted £60 on software that I can't bluddy install and there is ZERO support from Microsoft right now.
Not Happy
Considering that you've used a copy from the microsoft website I think we can safely rule out corrupt media.
There can only be two possible reasons you're having these issues:
1. You're not using an Administrator account and/or the permissions are not set correctly on the 'Program Files' folder.
Have you tried manually running the program with administrative privileges by right clicking on the setup.exe file and selecting "Run as Administrator?"
2. Something went wrong when you upgraded from Windows Vista. I never trust upgrades as they never go as smooth as they are supposed to.
Considering that you've used a copy from the microsoft website I think we can safely rule out corrupt media.
There can only be two possible reasons you're having these issues:
1. You're not using an Administrator account and/or the permissions are not set correctly on the 'Program Files' folder.
Have you tried manually running the program with administrative privileges by right clicking on the setup.exe file and selecting "Run as Administrator?"
2. Something went wrong when you upgraded from Windows Vista. I never trust upgrades as they never go as smooth as they are supposed to.
Was having a little rant last night so sorry to all!!
Looks like it's my install of Win 7 that was the problem.. So I've re-installed Vista and am running the upgrade back to Win 7 now, then I'm going to install Office before I install anything else. I need some of the pre-installed s/w that came on my laptop so a clean install isn't possible as I can't get it anywhere else. I am an Admin and ensured that I had Admin rights on all folders and it still failed!
From what I found out it seemed to be a .NET Framework error and there's no other solution than to reinstall!
So thanks Liam for your help, I'll see what happens in a couple of hours after the upgrade is done!
I was using a trial version for a few months, and downloaded 2010 Plus from my MAPS subscription last month when I noticed it was out. I've been pleased with it but it just seems different, not especially better than 2007.
I don't have a copy of any office version.
I guess its full price for me at the shops?
Any offers or special deals I can utilise to get 2010?
Yep, full price in shops. I don't know about many good deals apart from NHS staff can get it for just under £9 (downloadable version) from the Microsoft NHS Resource Centre as part of the Home User Programme
Tesco are selling Home & Student Office 2010 for £88.
Amazon UK are doing it for £85.
You might get Office 2007 slightly cheaper & get a free upgrade to 2010, however beware this only applies to new purchases from authorised sources.
Tesco were selling H&S 2007 for less than £50 for a short period just before 2010 came out of beta... I snapped up the last copy in my local Tesco Extra a couple of months ago & did my free upgrade today
I somehow seemed to have made a mess of setting up my email so am going to leave Outlook well alone for a while!
However all is installed well and working fine!
Generally I like Office 2010 but Outlook looks like they have left in half finished. The default colour scheme of grey upon grey doesn't work for me.
Also, the conversation view it a pain. The idea is fine, but it just bundles together all emails with the same subject which is frustrating when you have common subjects such as "Tomorrow's meeting", "Project update" or just a blank subject.
2007 had a useful feature under Office Tools 'Document Imaging' which was an OCR application enabling you to scan documents and convert them into editable Word Documents, this seems to have vanished under 2010 (unless it's so well hidden I can't find it). I still have the 2007 version though which works with 2010.
I am having to decided on which new machine but in the meantime your thoughts would be appreciated.
I like Office (have OEM versions from Dell) so would prefer Outlook again and I think it would be the Small business version.
My Mum who is 92 wants a new laptop and she will be upgrading, like me to Win8, so I will be on my own learning curve and taking her calls!!!
If I buy again from Dell they will sell me a OEM again so I think (not sure if I am right) -
1. It would be best to buy my own Office so that I could upgrade in future.
2. Would there be an option to buy Office with say 2 users cheaper than 2 separate purchases.
3. Why do I see free download fro Office 2010?
2. Would there be an option to buy Office with say 2 users cheaper than 2 separate purchases.
If i remember correctly, the retail version of Office allow installation on two PCs for each license. Or at least they used to, not sure if that is still the case with Office 2013 though.
I don't like the idea of the subscription based Office 365 I would still prefer to buy the Home & Student version or use one of the free office programs such as Libreoffice.
I don't like the idea of the subscription based Office 365 I would still prefer to buy the Home & Student version or use one of the free office programs such as Libreoffice.
It's not a matter of what you like, it's what the OP likes. Let's see what she comes back with.
I have just looked at the link. No I don't like the subscription idea.
The problem is I have been used to Word and all my documents are saved in this also I like Outlook for e-mails. I also use Excel - so not familiar with other programs just so out of touch. So this will need to be transferred to new machine.
The free version of Libreoffice - would that be OK for my Mum I wonder? She hasn't really any docs saved - at the moment I am trying to encourage her to write about her life/family. She uses Hotmail so Outlook isn't her issue.
The free version of Libreoffice - would that be OK for my Mum I wonder? She hasn't really any docs saved - at the moment I am trying to encourage her to write about her life/family. She uses Hotmail so Outlook isn't her issue.
Is Wordpad still included with WIndows these days? works perfectly well as a basic word processor.
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I am seriously peed off with this now. I've just wasted £60 on software that I can't bluddy install and there is ZERO support from Microsoft right now.
Not Happy
Considering that you've used a copy from the microsoft website I think we can safely rule out corrupt media.
There can only be two possible reasons you're having these issues:
1. You're not using an Administrator account and/or the permissions are not set correctly on the 'Program Files' folder.
Have you tried manually running the program with administrative privileges by right clicking on the setup.exe file and selecting "Run as Administrator?"
2. Something went wrong when you upgraded from Windows Vista. I never trust upgrades as they never go as smooth as they are supposed to.
Was having a little rant last night so sorry to all!!
Looks like it's my install of Win 7 that was the problem.. So I've re-installed Vista and am running the upgrade back to Win 7 now, then I'm going to install Office before I install anything else. I need some of the pre-installed s/w that came on my laptop so a clean install isn't possible as I can't get it anywhere else. I am an Admin and ensured that I had Admin rights on all folders and it still failed!
From what I found out it seemed to be a .NET Framework error and there's no other solution than to reinstall!
So thanks Liam for your help, I'll see what happens in a couple of hours after the upgrade is done!
Bought it on 2nd March and installed it on 4th March and it was kind enough to let me have 2010 for free
Thought I'd missed out
However all is installed well and working fine!
Also ordered the DVD for £11.60
I don't have a copy of any office version.
I guess its full price for me at the shops?
Any offers or special deals I can utilise to get 2010?
Yep, full price in shops. I don't know about many good deals apart from NHS staff can get it for just under £9 (downloadable version) from the Microsoft NHS Resource Centre as part of the Home User Programme
Amazon UK are doing it for £85.
You might get Office 2007 slightly cheaper & get a free upgrade to 2010, however beware this only applies to new purchases from authorised sources.
Tesco were selling H&S 2007 for less than £50 for a short period just before 2010 came out of beta... I snapped up the last copy in my local Tesco Extra a couple of months ago & did my free upgrade today
It took me ages to work out how to open a file first time i saw ribbon office!!!
Generally I like Office 2010 but Outlook looks like they have left in half finished. The default colour scheme of grey upon grey doesn't work for me.
Also, the conversation view it a pain. The idea is fine, but it just bundles together all emails with the same subject which is frustrating when you have common subjects such as "Tomorrow's meeting", "Project update" or just a blank subject.
You can change the colour scheme.
Open an application, click file, go to options and then choose your colour from the colour scheme - silver, blue or black
No doubt MS will launch an OCR application for Office for an extra fee!
I like Office (have OEM versions from Dell) so would prefer Outlook again and I think it would be the Small business version.
My Mum who is 92 wants a new laptop and she will be upgrading, like me to Win8, so I will be on my own learning curve and taking her calls!!!
If I buy again from Dell they will sell me a OEM again so I think (not sure if I am right) -
1. It would be best to buy my own Office so that I could upgrade in future.
2. Would there be an option to buy Office with say 2 users cheaper than 2 separate purchases.
3. Why do I see free download fro Office 2010?
Thank you
If i remember correctly, the retail version of Office allow installation on two PCs for each license. Or at least they used to, not sure if that is still the case with Office 2013 though.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/office365home/
I don't like the idea of the subscription based Office 365 I would still prefer to buy the Home & Student version or use one of the free office programs such as Libreoffice.
I would suggest this as well, but didnt mention it as from what i've read online, some people are against the subscription model.
I however have no concerns with it, and have thus subscribed myself.
It's not a matter of what you like, it's what the OP likes. Let's see what she comes back with.
The problem is I have been used to Word and all my documents are saved in this also I like Outlook for e-mails. I also use Excel - so not familiar with other programs just so out of touch. So this will need to be transferred to new machine.
The free version of Libreoffice - would that be OK for my Mum I wonder? She hasn't really any docs saved - at the moment I am trying to encourage her to write about her life/family. She uses Hotmail so Outlook isn't her issue.
Is Wordpad still included with WIndows these days? works perfectly well as a basic word processor.
Office 2013 Home and Business is £160+ for one PC
Office365 Home is £7/month for 5 PCs. Even less of you buy annually up front.
Even with just one PC it's the same cost if you upgrade every 2 years. I don't see what people are 'against'
Some people pay £30/month for a mobile phone or Sky.