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i want to be able to use office 2019 on windows 8.1. but i know it doesnt support it.

Anonymous
2020-08-13T19:52:21+00:00

i dont know how the worst OS i ever used was Windows 10. it has ALWAYS given me problems since it came out. but anyway back to why i want to use office 2019 on windows 8.1. i got my alienware aurora R8 with windows 10. and at this point you know i dont like windows 10. but anyway i installed windows 8.1 and windows 7 alongside windows 10 (and no i will not remove them or upgrade them.) and i dont want to use windows 10 when everything crashes(explorer.exe, etc. (it has done that to me for years)) but can there be a special version of office 2019 that people can run on windows 8.1 if they have used windows 10 and give up on it? i have only office 2013 and 2019 on my MS account and have office 2007 and 2003 for nostalgia.

and yes this was typed from windows 8.1. i cant afford office 365. nor a key for 2016. what do i do? (the alienware came with office 2019)

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-08-13T21:14:44+00:00

    Hello Winxpfan

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    but can there be a special version of office 2019 that people can run on windows 8.1

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    Since this is a user-to-user support forum where users help other users, no one can speak on behalf of Microsoft and what they may offer. With that said,

    #1 - There is no version of Office 2019 that is explicitly supported on Win 8.1 - it doesn't exist

    #2 - While this is my personal opinion, seriously doubt that there ever will be such a thing since it would defeat the whole purpose of only supporting Win 10 with '2019. The whole purpose is to get people to be current with their software products - continuously trying to support old versions is an extremely expensive and time-consuming process.

    Your only alternative is to use Office 2013 on Win 8.1 unless you really, really need the latest features of '2019.

    While I know you've mentioned having had a bad experience with Win10 - FWIW, I currently have W10 installed on 3 different computers that I use all the time along with 2 others that were replaced due to age. Have been using W10 since it was first released and haven't had any more problems with W10 then had with W7 and W8.1.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-13T22:09:40+00:00

    Sorry - am aware Alienware is from Dell which was the point I was trying to make

    If you have base problems running W10 on this machine, not entirely convinced a VM would fare much better. If there is a licensing issue - not one I'm aware of, I have about 10 different W10 VMs configured.

    If this were me, I would at least spend some time in the W10 trying to resolve the grief you're going through - don't think it's just W10 that's the problem and the folks in the W10 forum (and perhaps with some help from Dell Support) - this can get all squared away once and for all since W10 isn't going away.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-13T22:19:31+00:00

    i mean by the VM's using the OEM product key that is in the Alienware BIOS

    and i have scratch re-installed windows 10, more times than any other OS

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-13T22:02:50+00:00

    dell bought alienware btw so technically i am using a dell.

    my alienware is an R8. and it came with windows 10. idk why but windows 10 seems to hate me. i could run windows 10 in a VM but there is a problem with that idk if using my windows 10 pro product key (the one my PC came with) would be usable in a VM(even tho the Host is the same as the OS came on). idk if that is against the licencing agreement...

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-13T21:50:25+00:00

    Re: Using '2019 key with '2016?

    Sadly, the answer to that is also: No.

    You're only options are

    #1 - Try and resolve the W10 problems on your current machine. There are some really knowledgeable people in the WIndows 10 forum that may be to help you out

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

    #2 - Purchase a license for '2016 OR

    #3 - Get a new machine (also FWIW, while I don't use an Alienware machine, all of my current machines are from Dell being 3 +/-yrs, 1 +/-yr and 3mths old - all work flawlessly with W10)

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