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richms

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#2953785 12-Aug-2022 11:10

I have not heard of anyone having theirs disabled, just like noone I know has has their windows key from g2a etc disabled despite all the warnings that people give.

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#2953788 12-Aug-2022 11:21

So I paid $32 for the one i have so no big loss. I have asked for a refund based on the microsoft answers.

Will see how we go if it falls over 365 here i come

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#2953872 12-Aug-2022 15:20

concordnz:

The Professional 'Plus' is a dead giveaway that it's not legit.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/microsoft-office-2021-professional-plus/af7098b2-1310-42dc-be4f-3ea4536987ca

"Hi Nadia, Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus purchased online are not legitimate. They are sold in contravention of the Microsoft licence. They may work for a long or short time but Microsoft will disable it."

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/microsoft-office-professional-plus-2021-lifetime/23374cf8-e9a7-4d68-8c04-c85dc9b161ab

"Office Professional Plus is a volume license not sold to individuals."

Sometimes when you go cheap, you have to 'pay twice' - I guess that's Karma.

Before Office 365 was a thing, students used to be able to get a single-user copy of Office 2010 Professional Plus at academic discount from Cyclone. Still got my copy somewhere. Not sure te rationale for Professional Plus as opposed to Professional.

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#2954917 15-Aug-2022 15:42

richms:

I have not heard of anyone having theirs disabled, just like noone I know has has their windows key from g2a etc disabled despite all the warnings that people give.

From experience
(customers PC ), after re-install, could not activate.
Rang MS ph activation, talked to MS guy , he said it MS will not activate it as it was not allowed to be sold in NZ (his words , sort of)
ie , they knew it was grey market / vol license

In the past , Ive seen PLENTY of MS product deactivated for various reasons. It happens .

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#2955042 15-Aug-2022 19:28

I presume they may also be hockings HUPs for money which are by extension a vlk/pro plus but linked to personal to activate once the link is obtained via eligibility.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-nz/workplace-discount-program

Ie, prob got some poor business domain access and creating bs user logins. And forwarding buyers the activation details.

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#2955064 15-Aug-2022 21:20

HUP is 365 only now.

Office Professional Plus and Office Home and Business are no longer available as Workplace Discount Programme offers

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