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Have you not encountered this issue before during you 25 years of "proper IT" work ??If you put your general location in your Profile, somebody here may be able to come and help you.0
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grumpycrab wrote: »Good one. See Neil Jones posts. Do you recognise the email address of the account in the Word (for example) -> File -> Account page (says Belongs too:)
But the account is not linked to any MS account - because I "bypassed" MS with the purchase so I am unable to check my previous purchase !
Incidentally - the progran is properly activated....0 -
Yes - user account is (not surprisingly) myself with my own hotmail address !!
But the account is not linked to any MS account - because I "bypassed" MS with the purchase so I am unable to check my previous purchase !
Incidentally - the progran is properly activated....
Normally in these cases the program on your computer thinks it is properly activated. When you install the 'bypass' or crack there is normally something in the crack software that tells your version of MS office to 'verify' itself without actually doing so on the MS server. I suspect you have a cracked version of the software which isn't properly activated.0 -
So basically you set up a MS account for the purposes of Office and now you no longer have access to that account? Hotmail/Outlook accounts time out if you don't log into them after I think 270 days.
I've never seen any version of Office 2016 that "bypasses" MS as even you install it it will want you to sign into your MS account to activate it properly. I don't doubt what you're saying but that's normally how it works.0 -
There's Office 2016 'click to run' which is the subscription product you download from a Microsoft or work account which is linked to an Office 365 subscription.
The so-called MSI version is where you install and then license by putting in a volume license key. There's nothing inherently dodgy about using a volume licensed install. I have click-to-run Office 2016 but have volume licensed Visio 2016 and Project 2016 I bought from a seller on Amazon and they activate fine.
OP should check email archive for notification of the key0 -
I_have_spoken wrote: »There's Office 2016 'click to run' which is the subscription product you download from a Microsoft or work account which is linked to an Office 365 subscription.
The so-called MSI version is where you install and then license by putting in a volume license key. There's nothing inherently dodgy about using a volume licensed install. I have click-to-run Office 2016 but have volume licensed Visio 2016 and Project 2016 I bought from a seller on Amazon and they activate fine.
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OP should check email archive for notification of the key
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Just download the professional (volume licence) install file direct from Microsoft then use a keygen/crack from TPB and activate it that way. Obviously only do this if you know what you are doing. You still have your licence key so you can still legitimately use Office 2016.
I hate "consumer" and "home" versions of software. Always make you jump through hoops and locking you down. Microsoft account... what pish.0 -
Can anyone suggest why @50Twuncle has so many computer problems?0
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I have downloaded Office 2016, no key was required. Does this cost somehow?
sorry to but in.
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