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Newbie with product key problem
I bought a new HP Compaq Presario CQ62 recently and it's got Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit pre installed.
Also preinstalled is the Microsoft Office 60 day trial version with Office 2007 on it though I only became aware of this the other day. Not having had any problems using preinstalled Word on my previous pc I was unaware that they now put trial versions of Office on these new pc's.
What I'm getting at is that I now find that the product key (from the back of the pc) won't unlock Office 2007 and that if I want to use Word I'll have to pay for a new download or disk. The retailer said nothing about this.
I just checked out Microsoft's prices for the full 2010 suite and it's about $150. No way. I checked a site (kattrax.net) and they're offering the Office Standard 2007 Full version for $70.
1) How can I tell if it's really genuine?
2) If it is, do I just go ahead and download it, and what if anything do I need to uninstall first?
3) Product key. It says on their page "After purchasing Office 2007 you can download software or use only Microsoft license key for activation office 2007 and pass Microsoft Genuine Advantage".
What does that mean after "......use only Microsoft license key............."
I'd really appreciate some info/advice about all this.