Hi. My computer came with Office 2007 preloaded but unpurchased. I had a copy 
of Office 2003 Student with available licenses, so I uninstalled the 2007 
test and installed 2003. Now, when I try to install the 2007 compatibility 
pack I get an error message stating the program is already installed. I think 
there is some remnant of 2007 stopping the compatibility pack installation. 
To be certain, I tried to open a 2007 document and got gobbly-gook. Any ideas?

Did you also uninstall the Activation Assistant?
Do you have an Microsoft Office \ Office 12 folder in your Programs Folder?

"Woo" <Woo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
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> Hi. My computer came with Office 2007 preloaded but unpurchased. I had a 
> copy
> of Office 2003 Student with available licenses, so I uninstalled the 2007
> test and installed 2003. Now, when I try to install the 2007 compatibility
> pack I get an error message stating the program is already installed. I 
> think
> there is some remnant of 2007 stopping the compatibility pack 
> installation.
> To be certain, I tried to open a 2007 document and got gobbly-gook. Any 
> ideas? 

Yes I did uninstall the Activation Assistant. I am at work right now, so I 
don't have access to the computer. If there is an Office 12 folder should I 
delete it?

"DL" wrote:

> Did you also uninstall the Activation Assistant?
> Do you have an Microsoft Office \ Office 12 folder in your Programs Folder?
> 
> "Woo" <Woo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:7C1CDAF9-E830-4870-9EDC-3A97C1E63A8E@microsoft.com...
> > Hi. My computer came with Office 2007 preloaded but unpurchased. I had a 
> > copy
> > of Office 2003 Student with available licenses, so I uninstalled the 2007
> > test and installed 2003. Now, when I try to install the 2007 compatibility
> > pack I get an error message stating the program is already installed. I 
> > think
> > there is some remnant of 2007 stopping the compatibility pack 
> > installation.
> > To be certain, I tried to open a 2007 document and got gobbly-gook. Any 
> > ideas? 
> 
> .
> 

Check what is shown for Office in Add/remove dialogue first.
Also check http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us


"Woo" <Woo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
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> Yes I did uninstall the Activation Assistant. I am at work right now, so I
> don't have access to the computer. If there is an Office 12 folder should 
> I
> delete it?
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> Did you also uninstall the Activation Assistant?
>> Do you have an Microsoft Office \ Office 12 folder in your Programs 
>> Folder?
>>
>> "Woo" <Woo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7C1CDAF9-E830-4870-9EDC-3A97C1E63A8E@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi. My computer came with Office 2007 preloaded but unpurchased. I had 
>> > a
>> > copy
>> > of Office 2003 Student with available licenses, so I uninstalled the 
>> > 2007
>> > test and installed 2003. Now, when I try to install the 2007 
>> > compatibility
>> > pack I get an error message stating the program is already installed. I
>> > think
>> > there is some remnant of 2007 stopping the compatibility pack
>> > installation.
>> > To be certain, I tried to open a 2007 document and got gobbly-gook. Any
>> > ideas?
>>
>> .
>> 

"Woo" <Woo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:7C1CDAF9-E830-4870-9EDC-3A97C1E63A8E@microsoft.com...
> Hi. My computer came with Office 2007 preloaded but unpurchased. I had a 
> copy
> of Office 2003 Student with available licenses, so I uninstalled the 2007
> test and installed 2003. Now, when I try to install the 2007 compatibility
> pack I get an error message stating the program is already installed. I 
> think
> there is some remnant of 2007 stopping the compatibility pack 
> installation.
> To be certain, I tried to open a 2007 document and got gobbly-gook. Any 
> ideas?

Did you reboot after uninstalling Office '07 and the Activation Assistant, 
then again after loading Office '03?

Thanks for the help, DL and Jeff. I decided to just put 2007 on there. Thanks 
again.

"Woo" wrote:

> Hi. My computer came with Office 2007 preloaded but unpurchased. I had a copy 
> of Office 2003 Student with available licenses, so I uninstalled the 2007 
> test and installed 2003. Now, when I try to install the 2007 compatibility 
> pack I get an error message stating the program is already installed. I think 
> there is some remnant of 2007 stopping the compatibility pack installation. 
> To be certain, I tried to open a 2007 document and got gobbly-gook. Any ideas?