My Office application cannot start because Office is already in use...?

[nolmon28]

Upon opening all of my microsoft word and powerpoint documents (but not
excell for some reason) I recieve a message that informs me that "an
office program is being used by ... Your installation exceeds the
number of installations permitted by the license agreement." Clicking
out of this message shuts down the document. My confussion stems from
the fact that I have not reinstalled or altered my program in any way.
The only change in my computer, when I began recieving this message,
was that I was connnected to the internet (which I usually am not).

Why could this be happening???

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

Upon opening all of my microsoft word and powerpoint documents (but not
excell for some reason) I recieve a message that informs me that "an
office program is being used by ... Your installation exceeds the
number of installations permitted by the license agreement." Clicking
out of this message shuts down the document. My confussion stems from
the fact that I have not reinstalled or altered my program in any way.
The only change in my computer, when I began recieving this message,
was that I was connnected to the internet (which I usually am not).

Why could this be happening???

Another computer on the local network is using Office with the same
serial number. That's usually what triggers this warning. Connection to
the Internet itself is not really the issue usually,


Corentin