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By mistake, I uninstalled my copy, which I had been using for over two years, without any problem.

I downloaded it again and it was installed in the same computer, however when trying to activate it, it doesn’t take the License Code I have. When I try to use the sign in option, I get the message that the Administrator has disabled that feature. I am the only user/administrator in this PC and the application is not installed anywhere else.

Any suggestions on how to recover?. Thanks

 

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Have you ever had to remove and reinstall it before now? As I read your post I wondered if the concern might be the authenticity of the license code and its vendor. I’m unsure. Because…

I’m running Office Home and Business 2019, using ‘permanent’ local-to-each-machine license codes on two machines. These are not cloud-based, subscription licenses which Microsoft could turn off for any reason. I purchased the licenses for $50 each from an on-line vendor whose site made me a little nervous. Yet both licenses on the two different machines installed OK although the vendor’s installation instructions were both fiddly and obtuse.

And… perhaps important to your concerns, a while back when Office malfunctioned I removed and reinstalled it on only one of the two machines (both have separate license codes). And when I reinstalled it, to my pleasant surprise the reinstallation worked smoothly.

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Thanks Michael.

No, this is the first time I needed to re-install it. I uninstalled it believing it was the free package offered by Microsoft and I wanted to clean my hard drive. I also paid $50 to an eBay vendor, but don’t recall having had any problems with instructions at the time.Now, the re-installation went very smoothly, but the problem arose when I had to activate it.

Someone suggested to use BBCodes to format the content, but that is beyond my level.

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Doing a clean install of Windows and installing office again could work, using the sign in method.  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/download-and-install-or-reinstall-office-2019-office-2016-or-office-2013-7c695b06-6d1a-4917-809c-98ce43f86479

When you first installed and activated a Office 2019, an email address was required.  That email and password should let you install.

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Wow. This would be quite a chore, but perhaps that’s what I need to clean my whole set up. I’ll keep it as a last resort.

My appreciation for your suggestion.

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Restoring an image created before you uninstalled Office should restore it to a working, activated condition.  A restore point created before Office was uninstalled may do the same.

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