Install Office 2016 OEM without Live account

sadly in July this might be the best approach as I am still not getting any support either.

they literally dodge the question or try to remote into my machine and activate the office themselves.

when we come to the phone number registration we hit a dead end.

sadly in July this might be the best approach as I am still not getting any support either.

they literally dodge the question or try to remote into my machine and activate the office themselves.

when we come to the phone number registration we hit a dead end.

Only limited mind would think this is a dead end. Not for you. Are you an MS Office addict? Maybe pay for the therapy rather than hammer the wall. Use libre or other software (free or not) and use your freedom. Yes, freedom, you know what freedom is, don't you? Having fun loosing freedom time and money here with ignorant MS? You love to be ignored? Then sorry for this reply, as i should ignore you as well. Sad for you.

I manage IT services for several small businesses and periodically need to purchase new computers with Office. I just purchased a new Dell laptop with the OEM version of Office 2016 Home & Business. It will not let me activate it without adding it to a MS account.

I know this is a perennial question, beginning with Office 2013, that is a major headache for independent technical consultants that support small businesses, as I do. But I have never seen a solid answer as to how to get this installed on the computer without the MS account--just a lot of try this, try that. This is NOT Office 365, just Office H & B 2016!

 I will not:

• Add it to my MS account, or it will be forever stuck to me--which is inappropriate, since I will not own the computer or software once I am paid for the system by my client.
• Make my client set up a MS account just for this.
• Pry into my client's information to get his MS account information (if he even has one).

But I must have Office installed, activated, and updated before I give the system to my client. The activation dialog, in fact, gives me the option of using a product key instead of a login, but then proceeds to "Redeem Online"--which I believe will end up with the same result that requires a MS account.

At this point, I now have a bigger issue. I backed up the Program Data folder that contains the cached Office installation files, then uninstalled MS Office, hoping that a reinstall would give me some option to truly install without being forced to figure out a MS account for my client. The uninstallation removed the original setup folders. Good thing I backed it up, but then when I reinstall from any of those, it installs Office 2013, not Office 2016. And while it still validates the key when I click the option to use a key instead of a logon, it (as before) takes me to "Redeem Online".

Hello, Microsoft: this issue alone has just eliminated my entire profit from this project, given the time I have already spent trying to get this done, then uninstalling and attempting to reinstall.

I know there are versions that can be activated without a MS account, but I do not buy in bulk and can never seem to figure out which is which.

How do I get this installed for my client without being required to use a MS account?

I am nathan

nathandieudonne I am guessing you have not read the opening and salient posts of this very long thread. You are wasting your time. There is no way to do it without an account and Microsoft simply does not care. Install the excellent free LibreOffice on your clients computers and stop buying Microsoft products. There, summarized the gazillion posts for you in a nutshell.