Licence guides and articles
Reinstalling Windows 11 without losing activation
Will you lose your licence when you reset or reinstall Windows 11? Usually not: how the digital licence works, which option to choose and what to do if activation does...
Reinstalling Windows 11 without losing activation
Will you lose your licence when you reset or reinstall Windows 11? Usually not: how the digital licence works, which option to choose and what to do if activation does...
How to remove an old version of Office before a...
An old Office or a Microsoft 365 trial blocking your new install? How to remove them completely, for free and without a new licence, and what to save first.
How to remove an old version of Office before a...
An old Office or a Microsoft 365 trial blocking your new install? How to remove them completely, for free and without a new licence, and what to save first.
Upgrading Windows 11 Home to Pro with a product...
How to upgrade Windows 11 Home to Pro from Settings, without reinstalling and without losing files. What Pro really adds, the most common key errors and when the upgrade is...
Upgrading Windows 11 Home to Pro with a product...
How to upgrade Windows 11 Home to Pro from Settings, without reinstalling and without losing files. What Pro really adds, the most common key errors and when the upgrade is...
Excel opens in „read-only“ mode — why, and how ...
Excel will not let you edit? In 20 seconds, find out whether the file itself is locked or Office is not activated — and how to fix each of the...
Excel opens in „read-only“ mode — why, and how ...
Excel will not let you edit? In 20 seconds, find out whether the file itself is locked or Office is not activated — and how to fix each of the...
A new laptop, but Office is only a trial versio...
“Office included” in the advertising almost always means a 30-day trial period. How to work out exactly what you have on your new laptop before you pay for anything, and...
A new laptop, but Office is only a trial versio...
“Office included” in the advertising almost always means a 30-day trial period. How to work out exactly what you have on your new laptop before you pay for anything, and...
Office will not activate after a motherboard or...
After replacing the motherboard or the whole computer, activation drops. Whether you get it back depends on the licence type — Retail transfers, OEM stays with the old machine. How...
Office will not activate after a motherboard or...
After replacing the motherboard or the whole computer, activation drops. Whether you get it back depends on the licence type — Retail transfers, OEM stays with the old machine. How...
