I have been using an Office 365 subscription since May of 2015 with no problems--and without any requirement to sign in or authenticate anything--since I've primarily accessed only my local software and kept docs on my local drive. However early this morning, upon clicking my Word icon, instead of the app opening, I was greeted with a "Welcome to Office:Mac" screen--which gives me the option to enter my product key, sign-in to an existing Office 365 subscription, or Try Office 365--a greeting which never happened since I first set up Office back in May. Further, when I attempt to utilize the sign-in to an existing Office 365 option, I get an error message saying "Sorry, there was a problem while trying to connect to your account. (Error code 0x8a010101)" This has persisted for a number of hours now--and with my subscription having been problem free for the past 7+ months, I have a lurking suspicion that the new calendar year triggered something...
Following that roadblock, I proceeded to activate an Office Home & Student 2013 package that came bundled with the new HP Windows 8.1 Small Screen Touch netbook I recently bought--which, through the process, gave me the option of logging into my existing account. This gave me access to my existing Skydrive, and I otherwise had no problems utilizing Office from that laptop. However, I am now wondering if that activation is likely to make regaining access to my previous subscription on MAC a problem.
Any assistance with this is greatly appreciated
