Hi my version of Windows 365 has expired therefore I can't edit saved documents etc.
I have across sellers offering Microsoft Office 2024 standard as a one off payment for less than £20 are these ligit?
I'm still using MS Office 2007 and it still works fine. If at any time MS find a way to stop it working, I will switch to using Libre Office which I already have installed. Libre will open documents that MS Office won't, and it will also open MS Office documents. Best of all, Libre Office is a free download and it automatically updates itself.
I'm also still using Windows 7 which I will update when I choose, not when MS tells me I have to.
There are several free versions of Office, we got one for the one-off payment. It was a bit fiddly to install but it’s worked fine.
I’d love to still be on my old laptop with Windows 7 but it packed in: clock reverts to midday on startup, I can’t get past security to get onto the internet to email anything I hadn’t backed up. Now on new laptop with Windows 11 & struggling with it.
We have an older version of office on our laptop which still works. I also put Libre office on which is free and is pretty good.
It's rarely used, just to write the odd letter. The laptop is quite old but has a 1Tb memory we use it for our digital photos.
We mainly use tablets now.
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My local computer shop charged me £100 to install MS Office 2019 on my new laptop. I think this was the last lifetime version before Office 365 and it still accepts the 365 updates.
Another advocate for free Open Office/Libre Office.
I won't be bullied by MS into wasting money on their ALWAYS flawed software upgrades!
Fiona, every possibility your old laptop needed no more than the little backup battery replacing. Usually a standard coin cell costing a pound or so. It keeps the system clock running when the laptop is turned off, but can cause a bit of a faff when it expires!
Quote: Originally posted by Monty15 on 18/5/2025
Another advocate for free Open Office/Libre Office.
I won't be bullied by MS into wasting money on their ALWAYS flawed software upgrades!
Fiona, every possibility your old laptop needed no more than the little backup battery replacing. Usually a standard coin cell costing a pound or so. It keeps the system clock running when the laptop is turned off, but can cause a bit of a faff when it expires!
Yes, probably right about the back-up battery, my wife's laptop has the same problem. I would change it for her but I believe it is buried deep inside somewhere and not easy to get at. I have built and worked on several desktops, but the only time I have ever opened up a laptop it never worked properly again, so I am reluctant to have another go. She manages by resetting the clock/date whenever she uses it. A nuisance but it works.
I have always been a firm believer in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and not getting rid of things until they no longer work and can't be repaired. Hence why I am still using this laptop. I have no idea how old it is but I bought it as an "ex-business machine" that had been reconditioned, and that was at least 8 years ago. I still use Windows 7 because I like it and in my opinion it was about the pinnacle of Windows. I have tried Window 10 elsewhere and didn't like it. Nothing was where I expected to find it. I very much doubt it was any better than 7 anyway, just different. If Windows 11 is anything like 10 I don't think I'll bother. If/when this laptop packs up I might just try Linux. I'm certainly not a fan of Microsoft, even though I have used most Windows versions since 3.1, apart from Vista. They just keep replacing things which need no improvement just so that they can make more money. Like Open/Libre office, Linux is free, not ridiculously expensive like MS products which regularly, it seems, need replacing.
Microsoft 365 makes you pay to store your documents on the cloud, should you be late paying you lose your documents.
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Libre office is easy to transit to if you have been using MS 365. My biggest issue is a suitable replacement for Outlook as I am very used to that and have not been able to find a suitable replacement.
Quote: Originally posted by iank01 on 19/5/2025
Libre office is easy to transit to if you have been using MS 365. My biggest issue is a suitable replacement for Outlook as I am very used to that and have not been able to find a suitable replacement.
I've been using 'Mozilla Thunderbird' for many decades, for both business and personal use, another 'Freebie'. Wouldn't choose anything else now. There are a fair number of 'plug-ins' that enhance it, so likely suit most needs.
Quote: Originally posted by iank01 on 19/5/2025
Libre office is easy to transit to if you have been using MS 365. My biggest issue is a suitable replacement for Outlook as I am very used to that and have not been able to find a suitable replacement.
I've been using 'Mozilla Thunderbird' for many decades, for both business and personal use, another 'Freebie'. Wouldn't choose anything else now. There are a fair number of 'plug-ins' that enhance it, so likely suit most needs.
I have tried Thunderbird, but always seem to end up with double of everything i.e. folder when importing from Outlook into Thunderbird. Maybe next time I should export from Outlook 365 to a flash drive and then import into Thunderbird?
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Topic: Windows. 365 expired
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