No my question was not complete. thread was closed before my final comments

[samrc]

new question.

Established: If I reinstall my v16, I can apply the 16.3 update to it since that is the version that was active as of date of purchase


At end of March another update is scheduled. IF I were to allow it into my machine, and IF I were to copy it to an external drive, upon reinstall a year or so from now, would the program accept the March 2020 update because I already have it locally?
The program has expiry file which stores DATE, not VERSION in the expiry info.
So I see one of these things happening:
EITHER:
- it reads the 365 service expiry date Feb 2021 and says yes, that update was within the 365 days, allows install
OR:
- it reads the 365 service expiry date Feb 2021 and says NO, the update is past 16.3 so not allowed.

I wonder if it would allow the install.... HMMMM

Has anyone tested this?
If I could keep the monster machine working for another year, it would be worth the test on that machine...
Not for daily use, just reinstall beyond 365 days....