February 2013

Due to continuous Access errors, I decided to reinstall Office Professional 2010 (64 bit).

As I couldn’t find the original CD key I installed it with, I used another one from another installation. So far so good, installation went fine, etc.

Once I started any Office app, it popped up this error: “Microsoft Office professional plus 2010 cannot verify the license. blablabla useless crap check control panel”

I’ve tried:

• Reenter CD key (via setup)
• Repair Office
• Install every single item I could select during the install
• Remove office + reinstall office
• Removed CD key with this
• Reboot over a zillion times
• Cursed

None of this worked.

However, this seems to fix it for me: