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Blog Post: How to uninstall Office 2010 and move to Office 2013 (Click to Run or Volume License)

Eric Wa-MSFT

There are three options for upgrading to Office 2013: •In-place upgrade - The earlier version of Office, such as Office 2010, is still installed on computers and we install Office 2013 on top of it. •Uninstall upgrade - The earlier version of Office, such as Office 2010, is first uninstalled...

on 3 Nov 2014
Blog Post: You cannot open or create Office documents in SharePoint 2013 with Office 2010 and Office 2013 Products installed.

Eric Wa-MSFT

If your environment has Office 2010 installed and you install parts of or all of Office 2013, for example Lync 2013, you will not be able to open or create a new Office document from the SharePoint document library. You will get a blank page displayed instead and may see the following URL links: ms...

on 6 Feb 2014
Blog Post: How to install Office 2010 with a MAK key and have it perform an automatic activation attempt after install (Part Deux)

Eric Ellis [MSFT]

In a previous Office Deployment Support Team Blog post , we explained how to automatically activate Office 2010 by using a customized config.xml file and setting element/property, AUTO_ACTIVATE. This blog post will expand on that a bit and explain how to perform the same actions using an MSP file...

on 8 Nov 2011
Blog Post: Managing Office 2010 Activations using the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT 2.0)

Sean Fr - MSFT

If you are deploying volume editions of Office 2010 using KMS or MAK activation, the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) 2.0 can be used to manage activation for these products. In this video I walk you through using VAMT 2.0 to activate Office 2010 installations and manage Office 2010 product keys...

on 6 Aug 2010
Blog Post: Office 2010 trial now available

Sean Fr - MSFT

Trial versions of Office 2010 Home and Student and Office 2010 Professional are available for download today. Get your copy here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/try/try-office-2010-FX101868838.aspx?WT.mc_id=MiG_HomePage

on 15 Jun 2010
Blog Post: Multiple Exchange accounts created in Outlook 2010 with existing Outlook profiles after upgrading from an earlier Office version using a custom MSP

Eric Ellis [MSFT]

7/19/2011 UPDATE: This issue has been addressed in the Service Pack 1 (SP1) version of the Office Customization Tool (OCT). To prevent multiple Exchange accounts from being created in one profile when you upgrade users to Outlook 2010, you must download and use the Service Pack 1 (SP1) version...

on 6 Aug 2010
Blog Post: Getting invalid product key error when trying to input MAK key for Volume License version of Office 2010

EricAshton

There are a couple common scenarios that occur that can cause an invalid product key error with Office 2010 volume license edition when attempting to install the VL MAK key. 1. After purchasing a Volume License edition of Office 2010, when entering the key that came with the discs that were...

on 15 Apr 2011
Blog Post: Office KMS host setup error "0xC004F050 The software licensing service reported that the product key is invalid"

Eric Ellis [MSFT]

If you are attempting to set up an Office 2010 or Office 2013 KMS host by using the slmgr.vbs script, the "/ipk" switch, and a valid Office KMS host product key, the following error will occur: Error: 0xC004F050 The software licensing service reported that the product key is invalid Unlike Windows...

on 15 Nov 2012
Blog Post: When attempting to install Office 2010 from a precached source the following error occurs: “The language of this installation package is not supported by your system”

EricAshton

This error can occur when attempting to upgrade from Office 2007 to Office 2010 and you are installing Office 2010 from the MSOCache. To reproduce this behavior: Install Office 2007. Then use the following procedure to deploy the local installation source before you plan to install Office...

on 30 Jun 2010
Blog Post: Office 2010 Service Pack 1 and version 2 of the Office 2010 policy templates/OCT files now available for download

Eric Ellis [MSFT]

The 32 and 64-bit versions of Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Office 2010 are now available! Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2460049) 32-bit Edition http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26622 Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2460049) 64-bit Edition http://www.microsoft...

on 28 Jun 2011
Blog Post: How to obtain and use Offscrub to automate the uninstallation of Office products

EricAshton

Sometimes you cannot uninstall the existing 2003, 2007 or 2010 Microsoft Office suite on your computer by using the Add or Remove Programs feature in Control Panel of Windows XP or the Programs and Features feature in Control Panel of Windows Vista/Win7. To help with this Microsoft has created Fix it...

on 8 Apr 2011
Blog Post: Guidance on installing a second KMS host for Office in an environment that has an existing KMS host for Windows.

Sean Fr - MSFT

Volume license editions Office 2010 support KMS activation. If your environment has an existing KMS host for activating Windows you have a few ways of activating Office 2010 using a KMS host: Use your existing Windows KMS host and add Office KMS support to it, if it is running a supported version of...

on 2 Jul 2010
Blog Post: How to check the activation type and status of Office 2010 installations

Sean Fr - MSFT

Use the following steps to see detailed information about what type of activation your Office 2010 installation us using and what the status of your activation is. Open an administrative level command prompt. Navigate to the Office14 folder: 32bit Office on 64bit OS – “cd \Program...

on 11 Aug 2010
Blog Post: How to perform an uninstall-upgrade to Office 2010

EricAshton

There are a few upgrade options available when planning to move to Office 2010 from a previous version. Microsoft has a technet article that touches on these various options here: Plan an upgrade to Office 2010 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624354.aspx There are three options for...

on 6 Apr 2011
Blog Post: Volume License editions of Visio 2010 install Premium edition by default

EricAshton

KMS host key = This key is obtained from the VLSC. This is the key that you would use during the install of the KMS host when setting up a Office 2010 KMS server KMS Client Key = This is a generic key that is hardcoded into all of the Office 2010 client products. ie.. ProPlus, Visio, Project....

on 3 Dec 2010
Blog Post: When activating Office 2010 you receive the ERROR CODE: 0x80070005

EricAshton

While attempting to activate your Office 2010 clients in your environment you find that some of your machines fail to activate against KMS with the following ERROR CODE: 0x80070005. If you run OSPP.VBS to attempt activation and you may receive an error similar to the following: C:\Program Files...

on 10 Jun 2010
Blog Post: When launching an Office 2010 application you receive “This copy of Microsoft Office is not activated”

Sean Fr - MSFT

If you are running a volume licensed edition of Office 2010 and it needs to be activated, you may see this message when you open any Office 2010 application: This message means Office is failing to activate against a KMS host on your network. KMS activation is the default activation type when you install...

on 13 Aug 2010

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Blog Post: How to uninstall Office 2010 and move to Office 2013 (Click to Run or Volume License)

Blog Post: You cannot open or create Office documents in SharePoint 2013 with Office 2010 and Office 2013 Products installed.

Blog Post: How to install Office 2010 with a MAK key and have it perform an automatic activation attempt after install (Part Deux)

Blog Post: Managing Office 2010 Activations using the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT 2.0)

Blog Post: Office 2010 trial now available

Blog Post: Multiple Exchange accounts created in Outlook 2010 with existing Outlook profiles after upgrading from an earlier Office version using a custom MSP

Blog Post: Getting invalid product key error when trying to input MAK key for Volume License version of Office 2010

Blog Post: Office KMS host setup error "0xC004F050 The software licensing service reported that the product key is invalid"

Blog Post: When attempting to install Office 2010 from a precached source the following error occurs: “The language of this installation package is not supported by your system”

Blog Post: Office 2010 Service Pack 1 and version 2 of the Office 2010 policy templates/OCT files now available for download

Blog Post: How to obtain and use Offscrub to automate the uninstallation of Office products

Blog Post: Guidance on installing a second KMS host for Office in an environment that has an existing KMS host for Windows.

Blog Post: How to check the activation type and status of Office 2010 installations

Blog Post: How to perform an uninstall-upgrade to Office 2010

Blog Post: Volume License editions of Visio 2010 install Premium edition by default

Blog Post: When activating Office 2010 you receive the ERROR CODE: 0x80070005

Blog Post: When launching an Office 2010 application you receive “This copy of Microsoft Office is not activated”