Processes in Microsoft 365 for setting up Office apps, redeeming product keys, and activating licenses.
What finally worked for me was to remove the PC from our domain back to workgroup. Then the install of Office 2016 worked. I then rejoined the domain and all was well.
I was able to make this work without removing from the domain. Simply logged on as local admin instead of a domain account to do the install.
Out-of-the-box Dell PCs running 1803 (I did Windows Updates before doing the domain join, so not sure if that matters).
My attempts were:
- Run the .NET fix - no help
- Uninstall/reinstall .NET 3.5(2.0) - no help
- delete the two registry keys - no help
- had two going at once
PC1: removed from domain, installed as local admin, worked.
PC2: left on domain, but logged-on/installed as local admin, worked.
Thanks for the tips saving a wipe/reinstall of a minutes-old PC.