Microsoft

[daleyd]

For all their faults, I've just had a bit of a result from dealings with Microsoft.

We bought a Dell laptop back in 2014, that came pre bundled with MS Office 2013.

The last few weeks it started playing up, the start menu went wonky and left mouse click stopped working. It seemed from a bit of digging this was down to a windows issue so I reinstalled Windows 10.

Unfortunately this meant I had lost Office 2013, and I couldn't find the key that came with the laptop (Not sure if I ever actually had one?) I got in touch with MS support and after a bit of checking (I still had the invoice that showed it came with the laptop) they reinstalled my copy of office for me, and associated it with my wife's live account, so hopefully shouldn't need to have to do it again.

It all came as a bit of a surprise, I'd almost resigned myself to installing Open Office or resorting to buying office 365.

 

[Seadog]

Recently I had to rebuild my desktop running Win10 Pro. I was resigned to installing my old copy of Office 2007 Pro once complete. However, once I'd downloaded the ISO to re-image it, it then decided that it needed a large upgrade. This also involved the automatic re-installation of my Office Pro too. Very impressed, to say the least.

 

[Robotstar5]

The company I work for has some sort of deal with MS and for £8 I get a licenced copy of office 201?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

The company I work for has some sort of deal with MS and for £8 I get a licenced copy of office 201?

Oooohhh, that could be handy...... I'm working with 2007 but will have to re-instal when I get my 'new' desktop.

 

[skotl]

Microsoft Home Use Program (HUP)

If you work for a company who has an Enterprise Agreement ("EA", typically companies with >200 employees) with Microsoft then they can offer this perk for no cost to them.

Click on that link and you can type your work email address in and it will tell you whether your company has registered. If they haven't, badger them to sign up for HUP - £10 for a legal copy of Office can't be sniffed at...

 

[slim_boy_fat]

If you work for a company who has an Enterprise Agreement ("EA", typically companies with >200 employees) with Microsoft then they can offer this perk for no cost to them.

Click on that link and you can type your work email address in and it will tell you whether your company has registered. If they haven't, badger them to sign up for HUP - £10 for a legal copy of Office can't be sniffed at...

Anyone on here qualify and be prepared to pass one on? [ @Robotstar5 ? ]

 

[Robotstar5]

Anyone on here qualify and be prepared to pass one on? [ @Robotstar5 ? ]

I must have the type Skotl linked to, but the licence number is registered to my works e-mail address so I can only get one copy