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Office 365 "The fine print" popup message - is it legitimate?
OK. I've read through all the messages in this thread. I am among the group that is using Office 2016 Professional Plus NOT office 365. I have two computers, a desktop and a Surface Pro. I am only have problems with my Surface Pro and I have detected differences between the OS build numbers on the two computers.
Desktop - OS Build 17134.191 - works, no problems
Surface Pro 4 - OS Build 17134.165 - I get the "The Fine Print" dialog
.191 works
.165 does not work.
I wonder if this is significant.
Hi Loren Balk
As wroot has found earlier on (great find and info Oleg), Microsoft have released an advisory about an issue where an update has moved the EULA for the software to another location (EULA has not been modified) causing the prompt.
I suspect when your Windows Update did its thing, it installed said update which cause the issue.
While Microsoft is a big company, they are human and don't always get it right. I'm personally inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt on this one as we all make mistakes. I doubt they turn up to work everyday thinking of new and exciting ways to mess with its user base :)
And to the question of whether Microsoft will answer us on this issue, Deleted and the other community managers are working to get something from that department to provide a response. It's a big company, I'm sure they have protocols to follow.
At least from the advisory alert that it reads that this pop-up isn't a virus so it isn't Skynet trying to infect the Internet in preparation for Judgement day (always a good thing).
Happy Friday to you all! Wishing you a terrific weekend ahead!
Cheers
Damien