Why does my Outlook 2013 suddenly ask for it to be activated?

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why does my outlook 2013 suddenly ask for it to be activated

it asks for a sign in but won't let me sign in with the microsoft account, or i could use a product key but this office was installed on the laptop from Dell

 

[Slovenix]

Re: why does my outlook 2013 suddenly ask for it to be activated

It could be that it was just a trial program, which usually comes with Laptops.