Mac won't let me install retail box version of iWorks09

Hi
I was using the 30 day trial period option on iWorks 09. I liked it so bought it (in a retail box from UK Amazon) and intended to install it once my 30 day period had ended.
That was today - I installed iWorks using the disc and _every time_ I open up any of the applications (Pages, Numbers etc.)I keep getting asked to buy a licence now that my 30 day period has ended. When I open up an Excel sheet, it will not let me make any changes and save it for the same reason.
How can I persuade the iMac to understand *that I have now purchased the software* and I need to use it?
I have tried installing it about 6 times now and no luck - it is driving me crazy!

Welcome to the Apple forums
It used to be that to update the trial to the licensed version with the box, you just inserted the DVD & ran the installer to convert the trial to licensed. This has changed with Snow Leopard. You now need to delete the trial & then reinstall from the boxed DVD. The files to delete are the iWork ’09 folder from the main HD > Applications; the iWork ’09 folder in HD > Library > Application Support & the individual iWork application plist files found in HD > Users > (your account) > Library > Preferences for each user.

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My iMac won't let me install anything.

I have no idea what is going on. I won't let me install the simplest software. My OS X is up to date and I have a ton of HD space.

If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Select
/var/log ▹ install.log
from the hierarchical list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
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If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don’t post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Edit it out by search-and-replace in a text editor before posting.

Mac won't let me install retail box version of iWorks09

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