Have you tried out the Office 2010 beta, but want to go back to Office 2007?

Heres a step-by-step tutorial on how to remove your Office 2010 beta and reinstall your Office 2007.

If your box is running Windows 7, enter Uninstall a program in your Start menu search.

Remove Office 2010 Beta and Reinstall Office 2007

Note that there will be two entries for Office, so verify to snag the Click-to-Run entry.

This will automatically remove all of Office 2010 and its components.

Click Yes to confirm you want to remove it.

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Office 2010 beta uninstalled fairly quickly, and a reboot will be required.

Once your box is rebooted, Office 2010 will be entirely removed.

Reinstall Office 2007Now, youre to the easy part.

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Simply insert your Office 2007 CD, and it should automatically startup the setup.

If not, open Computer and double-select your CD drive.

Now, double-punch setup.exe to start the installation.

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Wait while Office 2007 installs…it takes around 15 to 20 minutes in our experience.

Once its finished exit the installer.

Now, open one of the Office applications.

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A popup will open asking you to activate Office.

This should only take a minute, and Office 2007 will be activated and ready to run.

Everything should work just as it did before you installed Office 2010.

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