From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/1/11 8:38:42, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:   
   > VanguardLH wrote on 1/10/2026 2:04 PM:   
      
   []   
      
   >> Rental software that self-destructs to cripple to worse than the   
      
   (VLH shares my aversion to rental software, though more forcefully!)   
      
   >> perpetual versions.  Just wonderful.  Of course, Microsoft doesn't have   
   >> to support the expired perpetual versions, either.   
   >>   
   > The subscription software removal was previously covered earlier in this   
   > thread.   
   > Support(updates program/security to the perpetual version follow EOL   
   > support life-cycle guidelines - 2016/2019 ended Oct 2025, 2021 ends Oct   
   > 2026 - 5 yrs support for perpetual versions).   
   >   
   > The only significance with respect to the Op's query is that Publisher   
   > won't be removed from perpetual versions and remains functional when the   
   > perpetual version is licensed/activated(requires MSFT account) and installed.   
   >   
   >   
   For older versions, don't even require such an account. (I think, for   
   Office, 2003 or 2007 was the last one that didn't require online   
   activation; not sure when the need for an actual account came in.)   
      
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