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mridulpillay
Oct 16, 2021Copper Contributor
MS Office showing as "Unlicensed" after Windows 11 Update
Hello everyone. My sister's laptop got done with the Windows 11 update a few days ago. The laptop came with a factory install of Windows 10 and MS Office Home & Student 2019. After the update fo...
rdscrone
Sep 27, 2023Copper Contributor
After upgrading PC to Win 11 from Win 10 via Windows Update, Office 2019 Home and Business asked for activation again, but would throw up an error saying the key was already in use. After searching, I see many people having this problem with the Office Suites installed by iso or the installer. Repairing will not work, activating by phone will not work either. Skip all the regedits and all the other stuff you find and do this:
Completely uninstall your Office suite.
Then go to this site and log in with your Microsoft credentials that you were using the suite with before: https://account.microsoft.com/
Then go to this site and enter your activation key: Sign in to your account
Download and reinstall=profit!
Completely uninstall your Office suite.
Then go to this site and log in with your Microsoft credentials that you were using the suite with before: https://account.microsoft.com/
Then go to this site and enter your activation key: Sign in to your account
Download and reinstall=profit!