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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...
catcarrot
Copper Contributor
We also had this issue and the solution for it was to
Run regedit
Go to HKey-Users\s-1-5-20
Right click and choose permissions
Click add and enter “Network Service”
Give Network Service Full control
In the end the issue was that after upgrade windows would loose ability to run activation check with Network service account for some reason.
Applying registry permissions is fixing it
Run regedit
Go to HKey-Users\s-1-5-20
Right click and choose permissions
Click add and enter “Network Service”
Give Network Service Full control
In the end the issue was that after upgrade windows would loose ability to run activation check with Network service account for some reason.
Applying registry permissions is fixing it
AmandaKay0523
May 25, 2022Copper Contributor
catcarrot This is the first response that makes sense, but I gave up on MS Office when I got no support for a paid service from the vendor. My subscription has since expired and I'm on Google Drive with much better set up than I had previously - with the built in integration, I doubt I'll ever go back. Good luck!