Tag: Microsoft Office

  • Microsoft Office cannot verify the license for this product

    Apparently this is a known issue with Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016. Unfortunately the support article describing the resolution to the issue isn’t very clear. I spent some time analyzing this issue and here’s what I’ve found. [UPDATE] This issue and resolution applies specifically to Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016 on Windows 7 and Windows…

  • Office365 planning – don’t change the region

    According to Microsoft customer support, to change regions on a Office365 subscription, you must backup and then destroy the entire subscription and all account data, then recreate it in the region you want to move to. Sound crazy? I thought so. Let’s take this example: You’ve got a large international firm with several offices around…

  • Reinstall Microsoft Office 2010 on a Dell

    If you purchased a Dell with Microsoft Office pre-installed in the past few years, chances are all you got in the box was a Operating System recovery DVD and small paper card with the Microsoft Office product key on it. Should you find yourself in the situation where the systems hard drive has failed and…

  • Office 2013 will not launch or repair

    If Microsoft Office 2013 or Office applications part of your Office 365 installations will no longer launch and both the Quick Repair and Online Repair have failed, a complete re-install may be necessary. Here’s how to do this: [requirements] Internet connection Product key for Office 2013 or Office 365 Microsoft Account username and password [the…

  • Microsoft Office executable version numbers

    If you’ve ever had to figure out what version of Excel a particular executable is (i.e. pre-SP1 or not), you know how long it can take to find all that information. To make things easier, here’s a table of all the version numbers I found. I’m posting it here as well because it’s priceless when…

  • 10 things I hate about you…Word

    In this article I’ll show you how to fix the 10 things I hate most about Microsoft Word. I’ve spent hours over the years getting Word to behave, so this article serves both as a reminder to myself and a guide for you.

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