Remove trial registry key

For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. To determine which program that each key represents, click the key, and then view the following values:.

Sometimes after uninstalling older versions of Microsoft Office some registry keys are left behind. This causes Spiceworks to think that those older versions of Office are still installed, even though the actual program files are all removed.

You can follow the steps here to clean up those old registry keys so Spiceworks can get a proper inventory of the software on the machine. You can severely damage a machine if an incorrect edit is made. You can also enter the 'regedit' command into a Command Prompt to open up the editor. Underneath this key you will see various version numbers, each corresponding to different versions of Office.

They are as follows:. Underneath each of the version number keys you should see a 'Registration' key. Depending on how many Office products you have installed Visio, Project, etc. Each of these hashed keys should have a value underneath it called 'ProductName'. You can use this value to correctly determine which hashed key is related to the product you want to remove. Once you have located the correct hashed registry key, delete it. As mentioned above, though, make sure you have a good backup before doing this!

Once you have performed the steps above run a scan on the device by either running a full network scan or a rescan underneath the Tools section of the device. Once the scan is complete you should see that the long deleted Office products are now gone from your Spiceworks Inventory. Guilherme says:. February 10, at pm. Going to try these methods. Jeva says:. October 17, at pm. How to update the provisional v2c file. GamingRedCZ says:. September 26, at am.

Shonzy says:. September 19, at pm. Hi just saw this great article and my contribution is absolute uninstaller. It tracks a lot of the traces of a software and uproots them. I am however struggling with one trial software called measuresquare they have upped their game quite recently. Anyone with any ideas? Robert says:. July 10, at am. Hi, It is mentioned in the article that you should wait for the trial to expire. Thanks for a great article! Anon00 says:.

July 26, at pm. Glen McPherson says:. February 14, at pm. My problem is that I have the software already downloaded on my computer and cannot delete all the files with Add or Remove programs. Your suggestions are for before I download the trial version. What can I use to get this last piece deleted.

In Add or Remove it says it cannot find the file even though it shows it in the list. If I download the trial version again it says that the number of loads has been reached and will not let the program run.

Abby says:. February 25, at pm. I have same problem i already installed. The software already expired. How can i continuse to use. You can do that by following these steps:. The registry key can be found in the same registry path as Windows Server Make sure that you have installed the RDS roles on the host. Win server does not allow the access to be change on Administrators for full control — even when logged in as an administrator.

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