Installing Office 2007 on new computer

I just got a new laptop with the Office 60 day free trial installed.

I bought a new Microsoft Office Professional 2007 Product Upgrade License from DRI, Microsoft's reseller. This did not come with any media.

When I go to the Activation wizard to enter the new product key, I get the following error:

"The key is incorrect. Verify that you have the correct key and then retype it."

The key is entered correctly.

Do I need actual media to load this upgrade? If so, what do I need?

I even installed Office 2000, then tried to install 2007 using media I had from another installation. I entered the new product key, but got the same error.

Any ideas?

What does DRI have to say?

I'm still waiting for a response from DRI.

I just got a response from DRI.

The free trial I was trying to upgrade from was not the original installed on my PC. I had some issues and uninstalled it.

I'm now looking for a new route to get Office 2007 onto this machine.

Any ideas?

If you are a qualifying student, the following offer is evidently still available:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/ind...st&p=921014

I just checked that site and the offer ends 31 December 2010.

Another free alternative is Open Office
http://download.openoffice.org/
It's compatible with MS Office documents

Open Office is great but there's nothing like MS Office.
I'd recommend trying to install a retail version if you have one.

IMO, openoffice should be able to cope with anything you do in MS word. Word of caution though, it often takes longer to load on my computer and it doesn't have a substitute for the equation thingy in MS word (as far as i noe).