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My Windows 7 backup has been failing consistently for some time. The most relevant event log entry seems to be the following: The event ID is 8194 ----------------- Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error querying for the IVssWriterCallback interface. hr = 0x80070005, Access is...

An organization called "StackCommerce" is selling a lifetime license for Microsoft Office 2021 for $64 US. IS this a legitimate deal? The regular price they say is $432. I got burned once before on one of these license deals, so I'm skeptical. Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows...

Bugger. Yes, the cost was $49 Canadian. I guess you get what you pay for. I have been using OpenOffice as a fallback, which seems to do everything I need. Thanks for your help.

I bought the software from SoftwareProWorld which, it turns out, is a company in the UK. Which I didn't realize at the time. My own fault for misplacing the authentication key. Microsoft must have some record of the purchase and installation because the software ran fine until I installed the...

In October 2019 I purchased Microsoft Office 2019 from a third party vendor, not Microsoft. Office worked fine until the October 2020 Windows 10 update. Now Win 10 no longer recognizes my copy of Office. Unfortunately the authentication key for Office 2019 is missing, and my request for...