Office 2016 is an awesome new edition of Microsoft Office package. Although, Office 2013 and Office 2016 look quite same, but Office 2016 products have more options to customize it. People, who were looking for options to change the old-fashioned blue title bar, can easily change it using built-in option. Apart from that, you will get more other improvements in Office 2016.

Generally, you should always install all the Windows and Office updates. Whenever, Microsoft finds a bug or they get reported for a bug, they launch an update to fix that. Sometime, Microsoft sends updates to provide tiny improvements or new options. Sometime, it works like a security solution. You should never ignore any Windows or Office update.

1. Window 10 and Office 2016 Activation after-the-fact Context. This issue occurs if an OEM version of Office has been preinstalled on the system by the system manufacturer and has not been removed before you install the Volume License copy of Office 2016. Installed Office 2016 on my Windows 10 machine and activated the VPN off campus.
2. Video: Permanently Activate Microsoft office professional plus 2016. Fist, Microsoft office professional plus 2016 download link: Then, After you have downloaded office 2016, install it, install it, and then open any software, such as word, click activation, and enter the product key to activate Office 2016.

The 'Microsoft Office Activation Wizard' pop-up overlays all computer applications. It contains a message stating that the MS Office activation has expired and that the victim has two choices: 1) activate via the Internet, or; 2) call tech support via the telephone number provided (1 800 935 6918). If you want to activate volume license editions of Office 2016, Visio 2016, or Project 2016 with a KMS host or Active Directory-Based activation, you need to first install Office 2016 Volume License Pack. When an Office 2016 volume edition client is installed, it will automatically attempt to activate via either Active Directory by using its.

But, not all the time, update brings new features. Sometime, it cannot be up to your expectation. Sometime, updates can ruin your experience. If you have previously got such experience and do not want to install any further update of Office 2016, here is a solution. These three methods are working and they will let you block all the new updates within moments.

#1 Using in-built option of Windows

If you are using Windows 10, you can find the solution very easily. Not only Windows 10, but also, this setting is available in previous Windows versions as well. But, the method to find this setting is pretty different. Anyway, if you are using Windows 10, you can follow this method,

Press Win + I and go to UPDATE & SECURITY. Following that, expand the Windows Update section. Here you will get Advanced Options button. Just click on it. Now, just uncheck the option that says “Give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update Windows”.

That’s all! Now, Windows will ignore all the other products including Microsoft Office when it will search for updates.

If you are using Windows 7/8/8.1, you can find the same option using following method. At first, go to Control Panel to open Windows Update settings. Here you will get Change Settings option in your left hand side. On the next screen, you can find an option that says “Give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update Windows”. Just uncheck the checkbox to disable Office updates.

#2 Using DoNotSpy

DoNotSpy is a great software for Windows 10 users. It can disable all the things that Microsoft uses to gather user information through Windows 10. You can do different things including disable location, disable password reveal button, disable automatic Windows updates and more others. Just like them, it can also turn off automatic Office 2016 update. To utilize it further, at first, download the software for Windows 10 and install it. Then, open the DoNotSpy windows and find out the option that says “Disable Windows Update for other Products”.

Just check the option and hit the Apply button. The setting will be changed automatically. No restart is required.

#3 Using built-in option of Office 2016

Office 2016 comes with several new features and improvements. Although, this is not a new feature that blocks Office updates, but still you can make use of this option. Therefore, to use the built-in option of Office 2016, go through the following guide. At first, open any Office product like Word, Excel, Outlook etc. Click on the File button and go to the section called Account. Sometime, it can be placed as Office Account. Both are same but it varies from app to app. Anyway, on this page, you will get an option named Office Updates.

By default, it will be set to Enable Updates. Just click on the Update Options button and select Disable Updates from the drop-down menu.

That’s it. Now, your Office 2016 will not be updated until you manually do it.

Applies to:Volume licensed versions of Office 2019 and Office 2016, including Project and Visio

The Office Software Protection Platform script (ospp.vbs), the Software License Manager script (slmgr.vbs), and the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) can help you configure and test volume licensed versions of Office, including Project and Visio. Before you read this article, we recommend that you read Overview of volume activation of Office, Activate volume licensed versions of Office by using MAK, and Activate volume licensed versions of Office by using Active Directory.

The ospp.vbs script

The Office Software Protection Platform script (ospp.vbs) enables you to configure volume licensed versions of Office products, including Project and Visio. The ospp.vbs script is located in the Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice16 folder. If you installed the 32-bit version of Office on a 64-bit operating system, go to the Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice16 folder.

Running ospp.vbs requires the cscript.exe script engine. To see the Help file, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

cscript ospp.vbs /?

The general syntax is as follows:

cscript ospp.vbs [Option:Value] [ComputerName] [User] [Password]

Option Specifies the option and value to use to activate a product, install or uninstall a product key, install and display license information, set KMS host name and port, and remove KMS host name and port. The options and values are listed in the tables in this section.

ComputerName Name of the remote computer. If a computer name is not provided, the local computer is used.

User Account that has the required permission on the remote computer.

Password Password for the account. If a user account and password are not provided, the current credentials are used.

Important

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Before you run the ospp.vbs, ensure that:

• If you want to run the script on a remote computer, the Windows firewall allows Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) traffic on the remote computer.
• The user account you will use is a member of the Administrators group on the computer on which you run the script.
• You run ospp.vbs script from an elevated command prompt.

Global options for ospp.vbs

The following table describes the ospp.vbs options for configuring the KMS client.

KMS client options for ospp.vbs

Scenarios that use ospp.vbs

The following scenarios assume that you are running ospp.vbs in an elevated command prompt.

Note

Any changes that you make affect only the Office client products. You have to configure the Windows client separately by using the slmgr.vbs script described in The slmgr.vbs script later in this article.

To change the product key to a MAK key on a remote computer

1. If the remote computer is named contoso1, run the following command to enter the product key. This assumes that you have administrator credentials on the remote computer. If your credentials on the remote computer differ from your logon name and password, you must type your logon name and password at the command line, and then press ENTER:

   cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx contoso1

2. To activate the remote computer, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

   cscript ospp.vbs /act contoso1

To diagnose KMS activation errors

1. If the computer has the KMS client key installed, check the licensing status. To do this, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

   cscript ospp.vbs /dstatusall

2. To check the KMS activation history, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

   cscript ospp.vbs /dhistorykms

3. To trigger activation, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

   cscript ospp.vbs /act

4. Check the error message for error code 0xC004F042. If in the notification dialog boxes you see an error code that is shown to users, you can also use that code to check the error message. To do this, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

   cscript ospp.vbs /ddescr:0xC004F042

To turn on or off KMS host caching on the KMS client

1. On the KMS client computer, to turn caching on, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

   cscript ospp.vbs /cachst:TRUE

2. On the KMS client computer, to turn caching off, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

   cscript ospp.vbs /cachst:FALSE

To test KMS host name, and then set to auto-discovery

1. If you are testing a KMS host named kmstest.contoso.com, and you want to specify it in the KMS client, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

   cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kmstest.contoso.com

   Note

   If you change the default port on the KMS host computer, you must run ospp.vbs with the /setprt option. > For example: cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1750

2. To trigger activation, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

   cscript ospp.vbs /act

3. To check the KMS activation history to see whether the host was successfully contacted, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

   cscript ospp.vbs /dhistorykms

4. Now you want this KMS client to use Domain Name System (DNS) for auto-discovery of the production KMS host. To remove the KMS host name, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

   cscript ospp.vbs /remhst

The slmgr.vbs script

The Software License Manager (slmgr.vbs) script is used to configure and retrieve volume activation information for the Office KMS host and the Windows host. For more information, see Configuring KMS Hosts for Windows.

You can run the script locally on the target computer or remotely from another computer. You have to be an administrator to use the script. If a standard user runs slmgr.vbs, some license data might be missing or incorrect, and many operations are prohibited.

The slmgr.vbs script can use the Windows-based script host, wscript.exe, or the command-based script host, cscript.exe, and administrators can specify which script engine to use. If no script engine is specified, slmgr.vbs runs by using the default script engine, wscript.exe. We recommend the cscript.exe script engine.

You must restart the Software Licensing Service for any changes to take effect. To restart the Software Licensing Service, use the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Services snap-in or run the following command:

net stop sppsvc && net start sppsvc

The slmgr.vbs script requires at least one parameter. If you run the script without any parameters, it displays Help information. The following table lists slmgr.vbs command-line options, and a description of each. Most of the parameters in the table configure the KMS host computer. However, the parameters /sai and /sri are passed to KMS clients after the KMS clients contact the KMS host computer. The general syntax of slmgr.vbs is as follows (assuming you are using the cscript.exe as the script engine):

cscript slmgr.vbs /parameter

cscript slmgr.vbs [ComputerName] [User] [Password] [Option]

ComputerName Name of the remote computer. If you do not provide a computer name, the local computer is used.

User Account with required permission on the remote computer.

Password Password for the account. If you do not provide a user account and password, current credentials are used.

Option Options are shown in the following table.

Slmgr.vbs command options — standard

The following table shows the command options for activating an AD DS forest by using Active Directory-based activation.

Slmgr.vbs command options — Active Directory-based activation

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Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) provides a graphical user interface to manage volume activation. For more information about VAMT, see Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) Technical Reference.

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