How to FIX: Office always asking for Activation (Office 2016 or Office 2019/365).
If you have previously installed a trial version of MS Office on your machine and now have a paid Office 2016/2019/365 version installed, but Office always asking for activation, continue below to correct the problem.īefore you install a new paid subscription of Microsoft Office 2016/2019, you must first uninstall any other installed version of Office, otherwise you will always be prompted to activate the old Office subscription with a Let's get started screen.