Microsoft office can't find your license for this application. a repair attempt was unsuccessful or was cancelled.

Anonymous
2013-05-14T07:38:18+00:00

I am getting the following error in Office 2013. My software is licensed but it gives this error and exit:

Microsoft office can't find your license for this application. a repair attempt was unsuccessful or was cancelled.

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Anonymous
2013-05-31T03:51:10+00:00

Hi Michael, 

My problem was solved after restarting/starting SOFTWARE PROTECTION service in windows 8, that service was stopped and its behaviour was Automatic(Delayed Start). So i just start that service and error gone. YOu try this as well.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-03-13T13:42:35+00:00

    Did not fix my issue.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-02-02T16:33:07+00:00

    I had this problem today and it was fixed by rebooting. 

    I wonder if we could avoid going right to the drastic solutions such as the one suggested here.  I know someone who spent a month re-installing software and the ultimate solution was a video driver.  Life is too short to spend ones time constantly configuring computers and never getting to actually work with them.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-12-30T20:24:04+00:00

    When I do a search for Software Protection --either apps or settings -- nothing comes up. My husband is having this message. It suddenly  came up after not having any problems. This doesn't make any sense.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-12-16T16:07:50+00:00

    The question is WHY is the Software Protection Service stopping in the 1st place.

    I know the manual method for restarting this service, but explain what caused it to not auto-start.

    What can be done to make the service auto-start again?

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