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Originally Posted by DNSB
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One oddity is that if a processor is dropped, in many cases, you can still update though a new install will not work.
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I think there are more than one oddity. I've had licencing fail (on legitimate installs/licenses) after updates. Also upgrading any part can cause that now.
Then there are licencing fails on re-installs after HDD fail (Office & Windows).
Also the MS licencing hotline is now automated and you need DTMF tones to type in codes and the returned new keys are spoken too quick and funny accent by the robot. So sometimes up to 4 calls / attempts. Crazy that they can't do it by email or SMS either.
Since XP the MS licencing for Office, Windows etc has gone as bad as a Adobe. Next step a hardware dongle and monthly subscription?
I've had problems with MS Office licences too. So I've given up on any fresh installs or upgrades of anything MS. Sometimes just the updates on Win10 make computer unusable. Once I had to edit a partition to get an undate to complete.