Does MS Office activation tie into the Windows version ?

eugeneg

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I am proposing to install Microsoft Windows 8.1 64 Bit English OEM DVD - WN7-00614 on a PC that's currently running Vista 32bit with Microsoft - Office Professional Plus 2010 installed. As this has to be a clean install I am concerned that when I reinstall Office, activation will fail as it is a different OS. Am I right to be concerned ?