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Old 05-18-2021, 04:07 PM
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I have office 2019. On 3 computers. I have THREE licenses and three of those 25 character activation sets. And they're MARKED so I know which one goes on which computer... But I NEVER got to enter anything.





It has been working fine on all 3 computers for over 2 YEARS........


Recently, I had to reinstall Windows 10 on one of the laptops. Tried to put Office 2019 on today. It downloaded, and it wants to activate but says it can't over the Internet.
I tried the manual activation and the Installation ID is different than what the boxes want on the screen. I have 9 groups of 7 digits each, and the boxes only hold 6 digits.
So, I called and the idiotic robot forced me to put in all the numbers, then came back and said it doesn't match.


And provided NO WAY to reach a human.


The old system of having to put a 25 character thing was ridiculous but this 60+ character garbage is insane.


HOW do I get this miserable POS to work on this laptop?
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Old 05-19-2021, 04:51 AM
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Since posting the question about activation I've continued trying to find out HOW to "activate" Office.

I confirmed the last 5 digits of the other 2 computers, so I KNOW which product key is the right one.


I downloaded the file using the .exe we got using the product keys originally – they’re a 5 or 6 MB file that contains the product key and downloads office.


All 3 licenses are for Office Pro 2019. They were all purchased at the same time, at least 2 years ago, I believe from Amazon (or one of Amazon’s vendors)Z when they were having a little bit of a sale. They were installed on my desktop, my laptop and my wife's laptop and they've all been working ever since.


I had to install a new copy of Windows 10 Pro on my wife's laptop this week, and now I need to get her copy of Office to work. Unfortunately, she, like me, has to rely on Office for a variety of things, so this is getting critical.


I have Office on her laptop, but I cannot activate it over the Internet.


I opened Word again, and cancelled trying to activate over the Internet. Instead I went into the Account and got the popup to Activate Product. Clicked Enter Product Key, and entered the correct key. I entered it exactly as it’s shown.

Which is exactly as it’s shown in the file used to download office. Doesn’t give me an error, just goes back and says it needs to be activated.


I’m concerned that I caused the problem… I didn’t realize the file used to download office has the product key in the filename. So I’d remember which was which, I appended the computer to each file, so hers was

<lots of gibberish><25 char product key>_TX_PR_<her name>.exe
BUT, I tried it again this morning after REMOVING her name from the end and the result is the same.


This product ID has to be good – it’s been working for 2 years.


It can't possibly actually be this hard...


How do I get this thing to activate?
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Old 05-20-2021, 04:19 AM
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Hello? Anybody?
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Old 06-17-2021, 08:41 AM
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Is this place REALLY this dead? 'Cause if so, I won't waste my time asking other questions in here.
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