Yesterday my main test system's hard drive died so I had to re-install Windows and Office from my expired technet subscription. The licenses are supposed to be valid forever, and since there are no new products out since I let it lapse, I haven't renewed.
Oddly, Windows activated just fine, but my Office 2010 Professional Plus won't stating it is an invalid license. So I logged back in to my old Technet account to look up the license just in case I saved it improperly, and sure enough it matches. So I tried to activate by telephone, and it states it is an invalid key.
So I removed it and tried to install the individual applications, and all the 2010 licenses are coming up the same.
I removed everything and tried a 2007 license from the same Technet account, and it works just fine.
Has anyone had this issue present itself, or know why everything else would install and activate properly except the 2010 products?
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Yesterday my main test system's hard drive died so I had to re-install Windows and Office from my expired technet subscription. The licenses are supposed to be valid forever, and since there are no new products out since I let it lapse, I haven't renewed.
Oddly, Windows activated just fine, but my Office 2010 Professional Plus won't stating it is an invalid license. So I logged back in to my old Technet account to look up the license just in case I saved it improperly, and sure enough it matches. So I tried to activate by telephone, and it states it is an invalid key.
So I removed it and tried to install the individual applications, and all the 2010 licenses are coming up the same.
I removed everything and tried a 2007 license from the same Technet account, and it works just fine.
Has anyone had this issue present itself, or know why everything else would install and activate properly except the 2010 products?
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