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).
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. It was already installed on the laptop when I got it, so I thinking it's probablyĪ VL key, as the normal download way doesn't work, MS said to contact the company, but I yet to hear an answer from them.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? That's the one, I tried the "download earlier versions of office" with the key and it said it was available, The product key says "Microsoft Office 2010 Single Use. Talk to experts about Microsoft Office 2019. Visit the dedicated forum to share, explore and If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, to learn more. Mark the replies as answers if they helped. If you have any updates, feel free to post back to let us know. Microsoft support directly for assistance. If it's a volume licensed product key, you need to contact Volume Licensing Service Center supportfor help. They are suppose to supply both the Windows and Office media with a print or electronic copy of the CD keys. Please confirm your product key type and which product it's for. If you have Office Home and Business 2010 refurbishment installed on you computer you need to go back to refurbishment place and get a copy of the media, under the refurbishment agreement
The sticker is the Certificate of Authenticity (COA) label is used on the outside of the retail boxed software and explains what the product is, its country of intended use and country of I did find out X20-46889 on the sticker in the picture above.
Office 2010 from the page Download Earlier Versions of Office. If you have valid product key, you can download Generally, you can install Office 2010 from a disc or by downloading it and activate it with your product key. As far as I know, Office Home and Business 2010 is a retail version of Office.