Thanks, Don and TAin, I removed Office through cpanel after installing paid for version over trial version, then re-installed paid for version. It let me reinstall with no activation trouble, was just not sure it would let me do it twice. I'm thinking the trial version left some junk/spyware for me in the registry. I do regular registry maintenance but am reluctant to delete all office references from it, although that may solve my problem. So if anyone has an opinion about uninstalling by editing the registry, please advise. Thanks. Linda