Too good to be true - surely????
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So, other half needed a new laptop. Found a good deal (although slightly miffed that she now has a slightly better processor than me!) with £100 off the normal price. I attributed this to the small print that said it comes with Win 10 pre-installed. I can live with that. However, when it turned up it was Win 11 and I got everything she needs working in pretty quick time with no dramas. I had started Googling how to transfer Office licences to a new PC to see if it was possible with hers (wasn't sure if she had a lifetime licence or a one-install licence). The machine came with the trial 365 activated so she could get on and do things whilst I was investigating. However, when she opened a file, instead of a shiny new 365 version (can't remember if it was Word or Excel) it opened up Office 2016 - which is what was installed on her old PC. Could it possibly be that this was done via her Microsoft account and can it really be that simple? Or will her 2016 version suddenly vanish when the 365 trial period ends? Just seems to good to be true for Microsoft ...
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So, other half needed a new laptop. Found a good deal (although slightly miffed that she now has a slightly better processor than me!) with £100 off the normal price. I attributed this to the small print that said it comes with Win 10 pre-installed. I can live with that. However, when it turned up it was Win 11 and I got everything she needs working in pretty quick time with no dramas. I had started Googling how to transfer Office licences to a new PC to see if it was possible with hers (wasn't sure if she had a lifetime licence or a one-install licence). The machine came with the trial 365 activated so she could get on and do things whilst I was investigating. However, when she opened a file, instead of a shiny new 365 version (can't remember if it was Word or Excel) it opened up Office 2016 - which is what was installed on her old PC. Could it possibly be that this was done via her Microsoft account and can it really be that simple? Or will her 2016 version suddenly vanish when the 365 trial period ends? Just seems to good to be true for Microsoft ...
She can log into her Microsoft account and check. Also, she can start any office app and look at the about screen for the licensing information.
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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So, other half needed a new laptop. Found a good deal (although slightly miffed that she now has a slightly better processor than me!) with £100 off the normal price. I attributed this to the small print that said it comes with Win 10 pre-installed. I can live with that. However, when it turned up it was Win 11 and I got everything she needs working in pretty quick time with no dramas. I had started Googling how to transfer Office licences to a new PC to see if it was possible with hers (wasn't sure if she had a lifetime licence or a one-install licence). The machine came with the trial 365 activated so she could get on and do things whilst I was investigating. However, when she opened a file, instead of a shiny new 365 version (can't remember if it was Word or Excel) it opened up Office 2016 - which is what was installed on her old PC. Could it possibly be that this was done via her Microsoft account and can it really be that simple? Or will her 2016 version suddenly vanish when the 365 trial period ends? Just seems to good to be true for Microsoft ...
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So, other half needed a new laptop. Found a good deal (although slightly miffed that she now has a slightly better processor than me!) with £100 off the normal price. I attributed this to the small print that said it comes with Win 10 pre-installed. I can live with that. However, when it turned up it was Win 11 and I got everything she needs working in pretty quick time with no dramas. I had started Googling how to transfer Office licences to a new PC to see if it was possible with hers (wasn't sure if she had a lifetime licence or a one-install licence). The machine came with the trial 365 activated so she could get on and do things whilst I was investigating. However, when she opened a file, instead of a shiny new 365 version (can't remember if it was Word or Excel) it opened up Office 2016 - which is what was installed on her old PC. Could it possibly be that this was done via her Microsoft account and can it really be that simple? Or will her 2016 version suddenly vanish when the 365 trial period ends? Just seems to good to be true for Microsoft ...
Office 2019 and earlier are tied to the PC; so, after the trial period, expect it to stop working.
