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He has a degree in Contemporary Writing pillaged from the hills of Devon, and more than a decade of professional writing experience. I tried online first. It never asks for the product key -- apparently Microsoft configures the product key as part of the download -- but when I run the online activation, it says my product key is invalid.

This also says the product key is invalid yes, all the digits were entered correctly. Then I tried the "telephone" option again by telling it I didn't have a smart phone so it let me get a live person who almost spoke English. He ran the number and told me it was a [something] key I never did manage to understand what he was calling it, apparently some four letters that I think started with B N, but I'm not sure.

What I did understand was his insistence that the key Microsoft had given me wasn't from Microsoft. And, of course, his insistence on trying to sell me Office Back to the Microsoft Support website again. This time I tried "Live Chat" which was an interesting experience. First Microsoft warns you that there is going to be a long wait, then I watched my place in line start at 10, change to 9, then change to 14, then 16, then 11, then I got a technician.

I explained the problem, the technician was very helpful and asked if I would give him remote access. Of course I was happy to do that. He tried to activate my valid copy of Office that had just been downloaded from Microsoft. It wouldn't work for him. According to him, the product key had used up its allowed number of attempts. I specifically asked if the problem was because I had not yet uninstalled Office from the old laptop.

He said that would not be the problem. In fact, he cautioned me to NOT uninstall the working copy on my old laptop because it would not install on the new laptop and probably would not be able to reinstall on the old laptop either. Not sure where you are with this. These are volume licences. If you purchased online at a knockdown price it will not be legitimate. Are you saying that you also have an Office ? If so which version do you have? If it is installed on your old computer you can reinstall it on your new computer from your Office Account.

If you can see an Install button for Office on your Office Account you can install your Office from there. You do not need a Product Key.

BUT before installing or using Office on your new computer you need to uninstall it on your old computer because you can only use Office on one computer at time. PS: If you have used the Product Key found on your Office Account on your old computer to install Office on your new computer you need to uninstall it.

You cannot use a Product Key more than once to install Office Diane Poremsky MVP slipstick. How satisfied are you with this article? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

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