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I'm getting a message that i need to activate Microsoft Office Home and Student 2016 but I have a office access key and have been using it for years. What is causing this?
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Hi,
Did you not link it to the Microsoft account? Check at https://account.microsoft.com/services page and let me know.
It was working two days ago but yesterday i started getting the message that my subscription had expired
how would i got about relinking it to my Microsoft account?
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update KB5002907 is nuking valid keys for Office 2016 and 2019. Hopefully MS fixes this soon, and hope you have a copy of your key to reinstall (revalidate not reinstall software).
It should have linked to any account.
I see that you have a key. What happens when you try to use the same?
This issue is being investigated by Microsoft. No details have been made public yet, though.
One piece of information that might help is if you clarify which version of Windows you are running.