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  • Tuesday, May 11, 2010 10:38 PM
     
     
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    Hello,

    I am deploying Office 2010 Pro Plus and I have used the Office Customization Tool to set specifics including a MAK. There are a couple of things that I have questions on. When the user (testing) logs in after the installation and running one of the installed apps, Office presents the Activation Wizard. Is there a way to automatically activate Office 2010 Pro Plus? I have done a little research into this and the only two ways I see are setting up a KMS server or using VAMT, is there another way to accomplish this task? Also, along with the Activation Wizard the Help Protect and Improve window pops up (three options for keeping Office updated), is there a way to pick one of those options during the deployment/push, i.e. with the OCT (Office Customization Tool)? I do not see this option in the OCT anywhere and would like to suppress or auto-pick the selection so the users never see it. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

     

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  • Wednesday, May 12, 2010 10:14 PM
     
     
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    The ospp.vbs script is installed with Office, and it allows you to manually trigger activation.  One recommendation would be to include the command line command to run cscript ospp.vbs /act in the OCT, so that activation becomes part of installation.  Note that the computer will need to have an Internet connection at installation.

    Do you rebuild these computers often, or is this a one-time installation of Office?  How many users do you have?  A KMS host would be ideal if most of your users are running desktops connected to your corporate network.

    To disable the dialog, set the policy setting found under Office 2010 --> Miscellaneous --> Suppress recommended settings dialog.

    Ted Way [MSFT], Program Manager, Microsoft Office: Enterprise Licensing, Group Policy, and 64-bit Office
     
  • Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:12 PM
     
     
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    Thanks for the response Ted.

    The ospp.vbs looks to have its use but we have about 350 users, 99 + % of which are connected to our corporate network. So, from what I have gathered, it looks like a KMS server will be the recommended way to go. This also lends to its usefulness in the fact we are going to be rolling out Windows 7 later this year as well.

    I did find the setting to disable the recommended settings dialog in the OCT after you, so kindly, pointed it out.

    Thank you for your assistance.  

     
  • Thursday, May 13, 2010 5:28 PM
     
     
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    KMS will definitely save you a lot of headache down the road.  Once you get a KMS host set up, then that host can activate both Windows and Office, and if you use DNS auto-discovery, any Windows and Office machines will automatically activate with the KMS host.  You won't have to worry about giving out keys or maintaining them.

    Please note that WS 2008 is not supported as an Office 2010 KMS host, so I would recommend WS 2008 R2.  If you don't have that, volume editions of W7 or WS 2003 can also server as KMS hosts to activate both Windows and Office.

    Ted Way [MSFT], Program Manager, Microsoft Office: Enterprise Licensing, Group Policy, and 64-bit Office
     
  • Friday, May 21, 2010 12:10 PM
     
     
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    Hello,

    I'm trying the exact same thing. I have a MAK key I would like to activate automatically however I can't figure out where to put the "cscript ospp.vbs /act" in the OCT. It activates fine when I run from a command prompt.

    Any ideas where/how to configure OCT?

    Thanks

     
  • Friday, May 21, 2010 1:32 PM
     
     
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    Hi Jan,

     

    I have a similar question and I found where to put it in OCT:

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/officevolact/thread/13589af1-f4a6-4b67-8308-8f562a2bf53b

    But it doesn't work. Maybe someone gives an answer on my question from the link above.

     

     
  • Tuesday, April 05, 2011 2:41 PM
     
     
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    Hello,

    I'm trying the exact same thing. I have a MAK key I would like to activate automatically however I can't figure out where to put the "cscript ospp.vbs /act" in the OCT. It activates fine when I run from a command prompt.

    Any ideas where/how to configure OCT?

    Thanks


    Actually there is another way to activate with your mak key.

    In the MS Office Customization Tool.

    Click Modify Setup Properties / Click Add /

    Name = AUTO_ACTIVATE

    Value = 1

    Click OK.

     
  • Wednesday, April 13, 2011 3:53 PM
     
     
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    Asnwer to your first question :

     

    You can also activate Office 2010 at the time that you install a MAK key by setting the AUTO_ACTIVATE property value. To do this, follow these steps:

    1.     In the OCT, select Modify Setup properties on the left pane, and then click Add in the right pane.

    2.     In the Add Property Value dialog box, in the Name box, type AUTO_ACTIVATE. Note that property names must be uppercase.

    3.     In the Value box, type 1, and then click OK.

     
  • Tuesday, April 19, 2011 3:57 PM
     
     
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    Question,

    Will computers that are already activated use another license if the OSPP.VBS script is processed on a reboot?

    This method works well for the initial install. I am using SCCM to push Office 2010 and ran up against our maximum number of MAK licenses. I have received more licenses with the help of the MS MAK team but the installations that completed before the license count was increased will not automatically re-attempt to activate. My thought is to use a startup scipt and call the OSPP.VBS. I work for a school district and our AD structure is site based. I want to run this script at the top level because it would not be worth the effort to create a separate OU for these computers.

    Thanks.

     
  • Friday, April 22, 2011 3:32 AM
     
     
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    Question,

    Will computers that are already activated use another license if the OSPP.VBS script is processed on a reboot?

    This method works well for the initial install. I am using SCCM to push Office 2010 and ran up against our maximum number of MAK licenses. I have received more licenses with the help of the MS MAK team but the installations that completed before the license count was increased will not automatically re-attempt to activate. My thought is to use a startup scipt and call the OSPP.VBS. I work for a school district and our AD structure is site based. I want to run this script at the top level because it would not be worth the effort to create a separate OU for these computers.

    Thanks.


    Yes.  If you're using MAK, then running the ospp.vbs /act command on a computer that's already licensed will use up another activation count.

    Some options to consider:

    - Test for licensed state.  Run the ospp.vbs /dstatus command and see whether your status is licensed.  If so, then no need to run ospp.vbs /act.

    - Get the MAK key count increased again

    - Use KMS for activation

    Ted Way [MSFT], Program Manager, Microsoft Office: Enterprise Licensing, Group Policy, and 64-bit Office
     
  • Friday, March 09, 2012 11:28 PM
     
     
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    I just deployed 200 users with 2010. I have done all the things above. I finally installed VAMT 2.0. Loaded the key and forced installation from it. Just make sure firewall disable or the ports are not being blocked.
     
  • Friday, May 18, 2012 12:56 PM
     
     
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    Asnwer to your first question :

     

    You can also activate Office 2010 at the time that you install a MAK key by setting the AUTO_ACTIVATE property value. To do this, follow these steps:

    1.     In the OCT, select Modify Setup properties on the left pane, and then click Add in the right pane.

    2.     In the Add Property Value dialog box, in the Name box, type AUTO_ACTIVATE. Note that property names must be uppercase.

    3.     In the Value box, type 1, and then click OK.

    This isn't working for me. I put this into the OCT and now instead of installing it is erroring out. Before it at least installed. I'm using SCCM 07 to push this out, can I just add that ospp.vbs /act to the command line prompt when I set up the package? or would I have to put it somewhere else?

    Mike in IT

     
  • Saturday, May 19, 2012 4:51 AM
     
     
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    can I just add that ospp.vbs /act to the command line prompt when I set up the package? or would I have to put it somewhere else?

    Mike in IT

    Hi Mike, yes, you can add the "cscript ospp.vbs /act" into your deployment execution, after it runs setup.exe.

    Note that if your client pc's are firewalled from the internet, you may need to relax some of your firewall/proxy configs to allow the activation to occur if running under ConfigMgr as LocalSystem account.

    Don