Warning Office 2019 Cheap License users on W10 21390.1 (Co-release)

Hi there

There 's a load of reports that those who use the Cheap Office 2019 Licenses after installing / updating to the Windows 10 Build 21390.1 (Co-release) that their Office 2019 products always starts with a Warning screen -- This license is not genuine -- so AYOR if you buy cheap licenses from dubious sources. !!!!! The product will work but you'll get continual nag warnings.

If you still get these warnings and you rekon you have a legit license then activate by phone - Ms can quickly determine if license is genuine and can try and stamp out some of these Pirate sellers that do nobody any good.

Even if the product indicates it's activated you may still get the "Nag Screen".

I've made 2 people so far switch to Office/365 - although some cheap licenses are still valid.

You need to totally uninstall the offending 2019 Office products and do a proper scan for things like hidden kms activators etc that may have been used for activation but hide themselves from typical users. Some of the "Activators" are quite sophisticated and are hidden from A/V software and malware detection so because your A/V software doesn't report anything you can't be 100% certain that these things aren't present on those cheap OFFICE 2019 installs.

So if you do use dubious cheap licenses -- it's a real lottery -- future updates will surely make even more stringent tests.

Nothing wrong with Office 2019 if you want to use it but get it from a proper legitimate source - there are some discounters around but those rediculously cheap ones are probably pirated keys from MSDN or whatever.

Cheers
jimbo