I'll try wiping everything to do with office again but I had done this
before. The only thing I'm not sure if I did was wipe all the temp files.
Could this be the problem?

If so once I have wiped all programs to do with office off my laptop, reboot
and then re-install with the same activation key will this sort everything
out?

Thanks for you help, it's really apreciated
--
MacNelbo


"DL" wrote:

> If you failed to uninstall any trial version, then rebooted, prior to
> installing your paid for version, that is the cause of your problem
> Using ad/remove dialogue you need to uninstall all and any versions of
> Office 2007 shown, together with any activation assistant, clear temp files,
> then reboot, prior to installing your paid for version
>
> "macnelbo" <macnelbo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:52212DD7-BBA2-4BBB-8C74-CEF90C6B5A23@microsoft.com...
> >I bought the full version of MS Office Professional Plus 2007 in the middle
> > of March 2009 and it was working fine for just over a month. Just
> > yesterday
> > I went to use Word and Excel and both are locked with the message - 'This
> > modification is not allowed because the selection is locked'.
> >
> > I've gone through all the info I can find and everything is saying that my
> > trial version will have run out. I have bought the full version so this
> > not
> > possible.
> >
> > What can I do to unlock all my office programs????
> >
> > Please help...
> >
> > --
> > MacNelbo
>
>
>