5/30/21 Thanks Dolmatov and Maxama123 for your suggestions @Dolmatov, as you suggested I went here forums-mydigitallife-net/threads/kms_vl_all-smart-activation-script.79535/page-180#post-1659178 then here infohost-github-io/office-license-is-not-genuine and used OfficeToolPlus -removed all license keys using officetoolplus - excel restarted unlicensed, closed it - restart excel - error msg excel did not start correctly, would you like to fix? yes on restart Office 19, Office19ProPlus2019R_Grace edition License Description: Office 19, RETAIL(Grace) channel Last 5 characters of installed product key: 8MBCX Error Code: 0xC004F017 Error Description: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed. - used officetoolpro to install all licenses and activate - Microsoft Office programs all opening and working ok, no banners or issues **if banner occurs in the future i will use KMS_VL_ALL next time to activate** @maxama123 I am still reading through the links you provided, but so far I have ruled out antivirus activity, running OfficeRTool from root, brackets or special characters in folders or username, *5/31/21 Update* Issue with OfficeRTool resolved. Trouble was environmental variables changes I did months ago to work with FFmpeg. I hadn't used OfficeRTool since the original installation before that, so I didnt know it wouldnt work since the env var change. I added the mandatory items back to environmental variables System Path and OfficeRTool works again. Thanks to the MDL Forum and @maxama123 and @Dolmatov for their assistance.
P.S. It may not be necessary but I also unchecked Optional Connected Experiences in Microsoft Options/Privacy just in case.
UPDATE: Just deactivated and reinstalled and reactivated licenses for Office 2019 and still have not gotten rid of the nagware about the license ....sighhhhhh..... My Office 2019 (including Visio Pro and Project Pro) started a few days ago with the Pirated Software/Invalid license stuff. I checked the Optional Connected Experiences and discovered it has been unticked for about forever, so that was one thing that did not work for me. I have been lurking about on different forums to figure out how to get past this. I am about to clear the current licenses and try a relicense to see what happens. maybe will solve it for a while...at least, until the next update
A new OfficeRTool version (2021/June/01) was released today - Fixed: UWP Appx store apps detection - newest update packages from store are now detected - Changed: Retail2VL conversion now supports newest UWP Appx store apps based on Office 365 - Changed: Retail2VL conversion now uses MONDO-license file for UWP Appx store apps Attention: To use and activate UWP Appx store apps always execute (C) CONVERT OFFICE RETAIL TO VOLUME from within OfficeRTool. This ensures Mondo-license is inserted (which is required for KMS activation). No other features and/or changes were added. Download-links and checksums in OP were updated.
It's not, i removed the banners at my father's computer on Office 2019 with the cmd method, to change the update channel with cmd commands ( like the instructions say for O365) without re/uninstalling, and the banners disappeared.
Just tried a few different processes and still get the pirate license nag I have read that some are lucky (at least, for a time) and some (like me aren't. I'll have to do a deeper dive to see if can sort this out. The one concern is how long before the app is crippled or completely disabled. Thanks and cheers....
Find out the status of what is installed, -1 In an Administrator's CMD run: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus 2- Uninstall all unnecessary MS Office licenses found in (1) the dstatus report, Run: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:xxxxx Check in the Control Panel if you have more than 1 instance of Office installed, like English and German. In Abbodi's Office Scrubber, you will find scripts that will remove licenses and reset licenses, you may wish to try them. You could check this post: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...activation-script.79535/page-182#post-1660531 And this one (The solution is in Post #45): https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...ft-office-ltsc-2021.83412/page-3#post-1662833
@ratzlefatz, Any chance of adding a reset function such that Office can be brought back to the appropriate retail licenses with all other unnecessary licenses removed? I had a problem which was solved by removing all licenses and performing: Control Panel --> Uninstall a Program --> (Choose Office and click) Change --> Quick Repair (This action brought Office to original status) Then performing Retail to Volume conversion then activating.
I think the answer is Office resetting itself or using one of the apps that can do a complete reset/uninstall of the license keys. After the license keys have been completely removed stop and restart Office. It should now recognize that it has no license keys and offier to fix itself. This will bring it to the Grace Period state and you can then use one of the apps to readd the licenses, change to VL, and KMS. I used a slightly different method from @Simple07 MDL Senior Member Post #4414 Today at 10:46 but we both get to the same place to begin the process of readding the keys.
Chk'd status and uninstalled al licenses successfully. Only 1 language version of each product (Office, VisoPro, ProjectPro. Activated licenses and still got the activation banner. Went to Account page (in Word) and it shows "Product Activated" "Microsoft Office Mondo 2016" (Is that 2016 OK since I have 2019 installed?). Prob'ly have to go deeper yet
Why is it not showing 2019? Did you try to perform "Quick Repair"? As I mentioned in one of the posts, I had to reset the licenses, download Abbodi's scrubber and use the scripts "Remove_Licenses", "Reset_Licenses" or "Uninstall_Keys" but NOT the "Full_Scrub". Then perform the quick repair. This should reset your installation, find out what is it before proceeding further. https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/discussion-microsoft-office-2019.75232/page-33#post-1466365 I also noticed that I needed to open and close Office Application (like Word) before the change shows!!. May I also suggest that you could change the Update Channel to something else, like Current, and see what happens.
Forgot to mention I did do a quick repair. No idea about the Mondo Office 2016. I'll go a bit deeper and then consider a reinstall should that not work when I have more time. Thanks for the help. Appreciate it.
By the way, you could also turn the banner off, open an Office application --> File --> Options --> General --> Privacy Settings --> Scroll to the bottom and uncheck "All connected experiences". As a matter of interest, how are you activating? and which tool are you using? It is important that the system thinks that it is connected to a KMS server. Hence the need for ospp.vbs /sethst:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Also, would you be kind enough and perform: C:\Windows\system32>cscript slmgr.vbs /ckms and C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /remhst then set them to the desired KMS IP address.
There are no downsides. https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...activation-script.79535/page-188#post-1662908