I migrated a backup from 1 MacBook Air to another. Now, Microsoft Office will not work. I bought Office years ago, so I do not intend to subscribe now. How do I get it to work and update? Thank you, Drewk121
I migrated a backup from 1 MacBook Air to another. Now, Microsoft Office will not work. I bought Office years ago, so I do not intend to subscribe now. How do I get it to work and update? Thank you, Drewk121
I haven't done it for many years but Microsoft Office and Migration are not a happy combination. There was no way of deactivating it on the old machine so you could reuse the serial number on the new. Though I think it may have allowed it a certain number of times. Years ago it was necessary to reactivate Office by the automated telephone method, a complicated process where you read out 56 digits and the computer reads back 56 digits to you which you type in. Or you could phone MS support.
It was one of the main reasons I took out an Office 360 sub, which is very migration friendly as you just sign in to your MS account on the new device.
I don't know if the MS automated telephone activation service still exists or anything else has changed.
PS I think the above applied to both Windows activation and Office activation.