Recent content by jbnapc

You are kind to have responded this much. I didnt post here hoping someone would solve it for me for free and thanks for your time. I felt relief stumbling on this thread and seeing someone else has battled a similar issue, and in the sea of responses like the ones Ive gotten today basically...

I understand - and sincerely appreciate your time and energy. Your responses are dismissive which I get that I deserve. You know a lot and I dont. But Office 16 is a specific release of the MS Office suite and not part of 365. Its a decade old. Cheers and have a good day my friend. For the sake...

I know thats the party line in the field. I'd love for you to poke holes in what Ive attempted. Your comment about preconfiguring machines is interesting. I actually went back to ebay to purchase another refurbed acer at one point to look into one of these machines completely fresh out of the...

Appreciate the thoughts and reply. 1) Office installed locally isnt part of the default Windows 11 ISO. Certain parts of the suite are but the classics like excel, word, powerpoint are not. So not only should Office 16 versions of these programs be auto installed, none of them should be. 2)...

I am just barely technology adjacent when it comes to the OS level stuff, but have taken this research up myself after wasting significant money on avenues that werent fruitful. Unplugging the battery during a fake windows update catches things that would have no trace if the job finished. It...

I am in too deep, and didnt do a good job stringing together my thoughts, Im aware. But I would pay good money for someone to prove I'm wrong so I can move on from this just the same as I'd pay to have help beating it. Walking away is all I want. If you have advice or thoughts I'd truly love to...

Hey JB - Another JB here doing the same thing you did and posting about an instance of this that I've been chasing for 5 months... even though your reply was over a year ago. I've avoided posting because I theorize that there is an individual responsible for this in my circle and posting is...