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NHS employee? Bought MS office for £8.95? Time to uninstall...

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  • Spank
    Spank Posts: 1,751 Forumite
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    There are ways to bypass the Gunuine Advantage system.
  • fwor
    fwor Posts: 6,908 Forumite
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    Spank wrote: »
    There are ways to bypass the Gunuine Advantage system.

    Declining it in Windows Update and asking never to be told about it again works pretty well (allegedly).
  • poppy10_2
    poppy10_2 Posts: 6,588 Forumite
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    Such a non-issue.

    Microsoft is not seriously expecting anyone to uninstall the legal versions of their products purchased through the HUP. Even thought the licenses are now technically invalid, they will not be picked up as illegal/invalid installations by Windows Update/Microsoft Update, and will continue to function entirely as normal.

    If you want to follow the letter of the law, then yes, you should uninstall the product, but if you don't no-one is going to come knocking at your door, metaphorical or otherwise. Relax.
    poppy10
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