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I am a tech enthusiast with ten years of experience in tech troubleshooting. I also write tech tips related to the internet, social media, and security. Notify of. Office products periodically check their licensed status online with Microsoft services, they are subscription based.

Technically you dont, you have the internet, they do not, and it’s required to keep an activated status.

Thanks Rod-it. If you could use subscription based software offline, there would be nothing stopping someone buying a year license, then disconnecting and never renewing but still retaining use.

I was told when I purchased my version that it was a life time, one unit application. I made the assumption that once it was activated, I was done. Now I know I have to be connected to the internet to make that happen. I converted the database to. All is good. Thank you both for your help. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Previous Next. Raju S Das. Hi, You may follow the steps mentioned below and check if it helps: Method: 1 Make sure the system service “Office Software Protection Platform Service” is automatic and started.

Under General tab, Startup type, Automatically 4. Click Apply and OK. Thank you. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Raju S Das’s post on May 20, Thank you for your response, but I’ve tried all three methods and I’m still getting the same error message when I open any programs.

Is there anything else I can try? In reply to S. Ro’s post on May 20, Hi, Check if Office application is running in compatibility mode: Right click on Winword, Properties, Compatibility, uncheck all the boxes To access Winword.

In reply to Raju S Das’s post on May 27, Hi, I have tried these steps, but still no luck. The only box that needed unchecking was word, none of the others had any boxes checked. I found the programs in the 64bit file, even though I’m sure when I downloaded office, I installed the 32bit version because I remember having trouble with the 64bit installation. Would the different folders make any difference? Ro’s post on May 30,

 
 

Microsoft office pro 2010 cannot verify the license for this product free download. “Microsoft Office cannot verify the license for this product” error when you start an Office app

 
This error is very annoying as it prevents users from accessing any Office application. Office cannot verify license for product. The complete. Under Assign Licenses, verify that Office Professional Plus is selected. Method 2: Reactivate Office by using your Microsoft organization ID. Error message, “Microsoft office cannot verify the license for the application. A repair attempt failed or was cancelled by the user.

 

MS Office Professional Plus cannot verify the license (in use for more than a year).MS Office cannot verify the license for this applicaton – Microsoft Community

 
Whenever I enter Microsoft word/office/excel, it keeps on saying that “Microsoft Office cannot verify license for this product. You should repair the Office. After extensive research, the reason for this rando pop up is due to the windows feature update after and 20H2. I bought office professional plus over a year ago and have been using all the products fine so far. Suddenly a message now pops up when I try to open.