Turning off all connected experiences doesn’t work.

    • sloonark
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think it is a trial version. A trial would not give a warning about being counterfeit. If OP legitimately paid for a laptop with Office, I think they should take it back.

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      1 year ago

      trial? there are no pop-ups or notifications saying it’s a trial version though

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        New computers will often come with a trial of Office 365, installed as “Office Click-to-Run.”

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          these are the only things that came up when I search “office”, I don’t see any Click-to-Run, this is the first time I’ve heard of it

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            Well, yeah - once you first open the applications, then they are installed, hence the “Click-to-Run.” Microsoft Office is never free, although it can be very reasonably priced if you have a student discount.

            As other people have said, you have a few choices:

            • If you really want to use an installed version of Microsoft Office, pay for the Office 365 subscription.
            • If you really want to use an installed application, but don’t want to pay money, there’s LibreOffice, OpenOffice, and many others noted elsewhere.
            • If you don’t need a locally installed application, you can use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in Office Online, free for personal use; or the online Google suite of productivity applications.