In message , Robert Baer
writes:
Stan Brown wrote:
On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 01:34:49 -0400, Paul wrote:
Does any Microsoft software have a drop-dead date, with
respect to activation issues ? Apparently people can re-install
WinXP today, and the activation server is still present and
still works for people.

Office 2010 activations are no longer available, neither the
automatic Internet ones nor activation by phone.(*)

We are supposed to have a site license, because we create and erase
virtual machines frequently, but Microsoft shot down Office 2010
activations on us anyway.

(*) I dearly hope someone can prove me wrong. It would be a huge help
at work, where we need to test things with multiple versions of
Office.

Thank you for the info!
Can act as proof that activation is needed for Office 2003 and no
phone support either.

I'm a bit puzzled how the above discussion of O2010 activation proves
anything about O2003. (I say again, my O2003 never showed any sign of
needing activation - or even going online - either many years ago, or in
the last month or two.)
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