- Change product key for office 2010 how to#
- Change product key for office 2010 software license#
- Change product key for office 2010 install#
So, the simple usage for switching to a new product key and then re-activating your copy of Office is as described in the KB article (the only differences here being the (x86) in the path in the latter two commands): The files to look for in here are OSPP.HTM (found easily using windows search, especially on Vista or Windows 7 straight from the Start menu) and OSPP.VBS (as far as I know that stands for Office Software Protection Platform).
Otherwise: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office14\ %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office14\ (note the usual inclusion of “(x86)” here) If you have the 32 bit version on a 64 bit platform the file you need to look at would be here:
Change product key for office 2010 software license#
In the KB article it also lists an alternative method to change your product key using the Office 2010 Client Software License Management Tool – a VBS file which is already on your machine as part of the original install, for which there is an accompanying html file with usage instructions and notes. Using a VB script to change your product key
Change product key for office 2010 install#
Incidentally when you do install Office 2010 if you need to keep your previous version (and have a valid licence to do so, ie your Office 2010 is not an upgrade licence which effectively replaces your previous copy). This is much clearer than the previous method for Office 2007 where the last character simply did not appear on screen while it was validating, there was just a mysterious wait and then the character appeared along with a green tick (or not, if it was invalid).ĭuring a normal installation you then go through the various options, but if you are just changing the key that’s all you need to do. Also notice that when you put the last character in you get a message saying “Please wait while your key is validated” and the “Continue” button is greyed out and inactive (as seen below).Īssuming your key is valid the message disappears and the button is activated so you can carry on.
Note when you enter your 25 digit product key, you don’t have to worry about CAPS or putting the hyphens in, that gets taken care of for you (just as with previous versions of Office). The very first screen of the install wizard gives you a bunch of options, simply choose the one to enter a product key as shown below: Via control panel, go to install / remove a program (this called different things in different versions of Windows, but if you have a Technet or MSDN subscription I would pretty much hope you know where this is).įind the entry for Office 2010 and choose to change the installation (not remove).
Change product key for office 2010 how to#
Quick version of how to change your Office 2010 key
There’s more info about what you might be missing in Office or Visio in this Microsoft support article and longwinded instructions about how to fix the issue and use a different product key. If you got your keys before 1st May they might not allow you to use all the features of the product as it seems there was some mix up with product keys for Terminal Services rather than full product ones. So you got excited and installed Office Professional Plus 2010 or Visio 2010 using your Technet or MSDN subscription and product key? What if you want to change it later?
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