"Cambridgeways" <cambridgeways@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have been using an academic trial version of Visual Studio .NET
> 2002. I am getting popup messages that I'm only entitled to use this
> until Dec 31 2003. So I bought a full version, installed and
> registered it without error. I am still getting the warning with the
> same Dec 31 deadline.
>
> Should I have uninstalled the trial version? How can I get my full
> version working while protecting my existing projects? Thanks for any
> advice.

"Peter van der Goes" <p_vandergoes@mars.cox.neptune> wrote in message news:<eWpNNs2zDHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>...
> "Cambridgeways" <cambridgeways@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e0774553.0312291553.2686a8ab@posting.google.com...
> > I have been using an academic trial version of Visual Studio .NET
> > 2002. I am getting popup messages that I'm only entitled to use this
> > until Dec 31 2003. So I bought a full version, installed and
> > registered it without error. I am still getting the warning with the
> > same Dec 31 deadline.
> >
> > Should I have uninstalled the trial version? How can I get my full
> > version working while protecting my existing projects? Thanks for any
> > advice.
>
> Yes, you should have uninstalled the trial version before installing the
> version you purchased.
> Is the purchased package Visual Studio .NET 2002 or 2003?
> If the purchased one is 2003, you may well have two complete installations
> on your PC. Check in Add/Remove Programs and see if you have two instances
> installed. If so, uninstall the one that does *not* say 2003.
> If the purchased package is 2002,
> IMHO, your only available course of action is to completely uninstall Visual
> Studio .NET and start over. After running the uninstall, be sure to manually
> delete (Install Drive)\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
> Uninstalling should have no effect on your existing projects/solutions, as
> they are each in their own folders where you put them, right? If not, find
> them and move all the folders out from inside the Visual Studio folder
> hierarchy.

"Cambridgeways" <cambridgeways@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Peter,
> Thanks for the answer. It's all working fine now. There were 2
> installed versions and I uninstalled the trial version. The purchased
> version is also 2002 but I didn't have to reinstall it. The message
> went away and the full version is working as expected. Again, thanks
> for the quick response.