• Understanding 64-bit versions of Office 2010 and related deployment considerations, advantages, and disadvantages

    If you are considering the deployment of a 64-bit version of Microsoft Office 2010, it is important to understand the differences between the 32 and 64-bit versions, and be aware of the deployment considerations. See the following blog posts and TechNet...
  • How to install Office 2010 with a MAK key and have it perform an automatic activation attempt after install

      By default when you install a volume license version of Office 2010 it will not ask for a product key. All Office 2010 client VL builds are pre-PID’ed with a single global product key. When you install Office 2010 VL without a product key it automatically...
  • Office 2010 Activation errors - 0xC004F074 "...No Key Management Service (KMS) could be contacted" and 0xc004f050 "The Software Licensing service reported that the product key is invalid"

    When launching Office 2010 applications, a message appears indicating that Office is not activated. Attempts to activate Office may result in the following error: " Error 0xC004F074: The Software Licensing Service reported that the computer could...
  • When launching an Office 2010 application you receive “This copy of Microsoft Office is not activated”

    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...
  • How to check the activation type and status of Office 2010 installations

    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:...