IT Queries: Computer problems answered

I had problems that with my new computer which my technician put down to the fact that I had activated the 2007 Microsoft Office System that came already installed and gave me 30 or 60 days ‘free’ use. I’d then installed my old Office XP over it.

I just looked in my uninstall programme list and I saw that I now have installed both the 2007 Microsoft Office System & my own Microsoft Office Professional 2007 – each is occupying 507 MB of memory.

Should I uninstal the 2007 Microsoft Office System, please?

No, if the system is working fine then you should leave Microsoft Office installation files alone. One of the bugbears with MS Office is that it shares a lot of its features across applications and it’s unpredictable how those shared functions work together.

If you are having problems then it might be worthwhile to clean up the problem by uninstalling all versions of Office and then reinstalling the latest one (not the trial version).

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