Sometimes it happens, that the online activation of Microsoft Office 2010/2013 (Volume License) fails, i.e. with error code 0x80070190. I don’t know the reason for this, but there is a way to fix it without having to call the phone activation hotline.
Procedure
- Open a command-line prompt with administrative privileges
- Navigate to the Office installation directory, it should be one of these:
1234cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14"cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14"cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15"cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15" - Install your product key (if not done already):
1cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX - Activate (a working internet connection is required):
1cscript ospp.vbs /act
Batch Script
If you need to activate Office on multiple computers you can use a little batch script to make things easier:
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@echo off echo. echo *** SEARCHING OSPP.VBS ... echo. if exist "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs" set SCRIPT="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs" && goto Continue if exist "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs" set SCRIPT="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs" && goto Continue if exist "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\ospp.vbs" set SCRIPT="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\ospp.vbs" && goto Continue if exist "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\ospp.vbs" set SCRIPT="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\ospp.vbs" && goto Continue echo *** NOT FOUND goto End :Continue echo *** FOUND AT %SCRIPT% echo. echo *** INSTALLING PRODUCT KEY ... echo. cscript %SCRIPT% /inpkey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX echo. echo *** ACTIVATING ... echo. cscript %SCRIPT% /act echo. echo *** CHECKING STATUS ... echo. cscript %SCRIPT% /dstatus :End echo. pause |
If all computers are connected to your network, key installation and activation can also be done remotely:
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cscript ospp.vbs /option[:value] [computername] [user] [password] |
Check the Technet Documentation for further information:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624350%28v=office.15%29.aspx
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