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This is stupid. There is a deactivate button on their website. It literally took me a minute to find it the first time I as looking for it. I've been able to de

• Karunamon 14y ago
  The problem is the fact that this whole "activations" thing is completely unnecessary and completely user-hostile (no bonus points for guessing whether pirates have to deal with this). Even Apple, the poster child for the walled garden, locked down app stores we all love to hate doesn't limit how many devices you can have a given application installed on. They do limit the amount of devices that can protected music and videos can be played on, but even then they give you a once per year "deauthorize all" button (with exceptions granted with a quick call to support) and a de/reauthorize button in the app!
• randomfool 14y ago
  The article focused on the license terms, not what you can get away with. If you run a small business and don't want to worry about BSA license audits, this stuff matters. It also appears that you're using a student version of Office, the licensing terms are most likely different for that version.
• wycx 14y ago
  That image refers to Office 365 University, which is a subscription product. The article is not refering to Office 365 subscriptions, other than: "Depending on your needs, you might find a single outright copy of Office Home & Student 2013 is more economical than an Office 365 subscription -- but not if you can't keep using it after you next upgrade your computer."