Windows 10: Windows Activation and office 2016 error

Hey,

I did an update for my windows 10 and now I am being asked to activate it with a product key or digital license. Also, when I try to download office 365, it is loading and then blocks showing an error. I tried to solve the problems in many ways but it appears nothing helps.

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Activate office 2016 on new harddrive

Hi Jan

Yes, that is probably what is happening, another possible explanation is there was a pre-existing Office 365 trial version on that hard drive . . .

Open a new document in Word, go to File - Account

What Office licence(s) do you see listed there, is there one or two?

If there is only one (your Office 2016), then please try the steps on this page, to get your Office 2016 activated:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/activa...

If there was also an Office 365 account listed there:

Use this tool from Microsoft to remove all remnants of all previous Office Installations:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Uninst...

Restart (not shut down) your PC . . .

Go to Office 365 Login | Microsoft Office and if you're not already signed in, select Sign in

Then from that page, locate your Office 2016 licence and click Install . . .

 

Office 365 or Office 2016

Under info for the new office listing on My Visual Studio it states.

Office Professional Plus 2016 (x86 and x64) - (Multiple Languages)
To obtain the product, follow these steps:

Step 1: Get your product key by clicking the ‘Get key’ button on the right.

Step 2: Go to the Office website by clicking the ‘Get it now’ button.

Step 3: Enter your 25-character product key and continue as directed on the site.

Released: 9/23/2015

And for the discontinued it states.

Office Professional Plus 2016 (Discontinued)
Info
Keys
Office Professional Plus 2016 (x86 and x64) - DVD (English)
No additional details are available for this file.

Released: 9/22/2015
SHA1: 213A8A0F8849516704101CB6C49F6A027B0D6D5F
File name: en_office_professional_plus_2016_x86_x64_dvd_6962141.iso

I'm thinking option one is going to be my only option. I'm fine with that as long as I can get Outlook to work with my ISP's pop3 e-mail. Last time I tried that with the new 2016 install I could not get it to work, no way no how. All the same settings that work with the ISO install?

EDIT: I should mention, for me as far as I know, neither of these options are a subscription. They use two different keys but they are perpetual one time activation licenses. I only ran the new download briefly though, as I could not get outlook to work. I bailed and went back to what works.

 

Office 2016 programs are not grouped under Microsoft Office 2016

Hi,

To address your concern, you can compress the view of your Microsoft Office programs inside a single folder in the Start Menu. To do this, follow the steps below:

• Go to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs.
• Right-click on a blank space, click New > Folder.
• Rename the New Folder as Microsoft Office 2016 (or any name that you want).
• Highlight all the Microsoft Office 2016 programs.
• On your keyboard, press Ctrl + X (make sure that all programs are highlighted).
• Double-click Microsoft Office 2016 folder (the folder that you've created).
• On your keyboard, press Ctrl + V.
• Wait until all the programs are moved to the new folder.
• Check the Start Menu if the settings are saved.

Let us know the outcome after you perform steps above for us to assist you further.