How to reinstall Office on new HDD-Unknown version

Sky-Knight said:
Or, they abandon the MS ecosystem entirely, you toss Libre Office on the machine, and just pay for Carbonite or something similar. For me the decision usually boils down to how addicted the client is to Outlook.
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For me the "boils down" is usually how addicted they are to whatever MS-Office suite programs they happen to use. It is astounding how much money some people are willing to throw out there to avoid even simple change (and I don't really consider Libre Office to be a simple change, or I would have converted to it myself long ago).

There are also lots of people, and I happen to be one of those, who do not want Office as a subscription service. My next, and probably last, update if I even make it will be going from Office 2016 to Office 2019. If it were simply a matter of feature set, and it isn't as security is involved, I could probably be using Office 2003 quite comfortably. The myriad additional bells and whistles that have been added to MS Office, much like most that have been and are being added to Windows 10, are not things I use or ever anticipate having a need to use.

And as much as I like Carbonite and similar, there are still a lot of folks who simply will not put "my stuff in the cloud." I didn't say it's rational, but the resistance is real. I don't feel that way, but I personally prefer to have 2 conventional USB backup HDDs and alternate monthly full system image and separate user data backups between the two. I just like having physical control of my backup media, whether that's entirely rational or not.
 
Because it's the exact same version, the only change is the length of time it's in mainstream support... which only benefits you if you're using M365 services.

O2019 will probably be the last version that's even available perpetual.
 
Sky-Knight said:
Because it's the exact same version, the only change is the length of time it's in mainstream support... which only benefits you if you're using M365 services.

O2019 will probably be the last version that's even available perpetual.
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No, there are plenty of other benefits other than M365 services. I know you love Office 365 and everything about it, and that's fine. Others simply don't, and won't, ever share that passion for it.

I'd far rather be "stuck" with O2019 "perpetually unsupported" for what I use it for (which doesn't include Outlook and for which I could disconnect the connections to cyberspace if I so chose for the others) than be tethered to a subscription service. I'd probably end up buying the non-free version of SoftMaker Office if push came to shove rather than subscribing to Office 365 if I wanted to keep as close to Office look and feel as I could, or go to Libre Office otherwise.

If you have no pressing need for the various lovely features, including cloud storage, that come with O365 then there is absolutely, positively no real need to go with it. I don't want to pay a monthly fee for Office, ever. It's that simple.
 
britechguy said:
The tech press was all over this when the EU courts ruled this legal.
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That applies to the EU. The OP is in the USA.
Since this a professional tech forum and not an end-user forum, we should abide by the EULA's as they apply to the jurisdiction we are in as a business.
 
Porthos said:
That applies to the EU. The OP is in the USA.
Since this a professional tech forum and not an end-user forum, we should abide by the EULA's as they apply to the jurisdiction we are in as a business.
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Sales from the EU to the USA are allowed. But I'm now in private exchange about this.

I assiduously avoid discussing anything that is considered illegal, period. Since the grey market is indeed legal, I hadn't thought that would be problematic. If it is considered to be so by the operators of this forum you can rest assured I shall never raise the subject again. I have no desire to break the rules of use here in any way, shape, or form.
 
@britechguy

I think you're misunderstanding me. Office 2016 is Office 16, Office 2019 is Office 16.

There's literally zero difference other than the mainstream support life cycle, which enables a longer duration of support when attached to M365 services for 2019 relative to 2016.

Fully patched, Office 2016 IS Office 2019, I suppose that will change after mainstream ends for 2016 this October... but at the moment there's zero feature differences, and I don't honestly expect there to be any in the future either.
 
britechguy said:
Sales from the EU to the USA are allowed.
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Of course, someone can buy it on the web. But since installing it and using it here in the USA is against the terms from MS, it actually becomes piracy.

And that does not mean that it physically won't work, but as professional businesses, we should not condone or recommend it to our customers.
Whether it is a subscription or a stand-alone, do it right or not at all and only recommend your clients to do the same if you are not the one selling it to them.

This is where I see in home users have the biggest issue after I have to work on a computer.
A previous tech installed it.
The refurb/used computer came with it.

Both of the above are piracy.

The next issue.

Client used to work or go to a school where Office was free or at an extreme discount and tied to their old work or school email address that they no longer have access to. When you leave the company or stop going to school you loose that email and are no longer entitled to re-download and use Office.
 
britechguy said:
I'm absolutely certain there is a grey market for Microsoft and other commercial software keys. The tech press was all over this when the EU courts ruled this legal.

On the Grey Market
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This is the US. What happens in any other country is irrelevant. If one does not want to follow licensing then just go buy an OEM license on fleabay and hope it works.
 
Guys, For the time being, I am closing this thread.

I have contacted Bryce, to see if it is ok to talk and mention grey licencing on the forums.

Once I have got the definitive answer, the thread will be reopened again.
 
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