How to convert Office 2010 Retail Installation to Office 2010 VL ??

Discussion in 'Microsoft Office' started by pkaji123, May 13, 2010.

  1. ehadin

    ehadin MDL Novice

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    Interesting fact: I ran the OGA on microsoft.com/activate and it says that my copy is genuine. But this could be from my legit office 2007 (which I have already un-installed). Not sure if it detected the office 2010
     
  2. Busykid508

    Busykid508 MDL Guru

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    I also show my Office 2010 as Genuine and I formatted my hard drive, reinstalled windows 7 and then Office 2010 and it came up legitimate...so, I know the OGA for Office 2010 is out.
     
  3. mrthuvi

    mrthuvi MDL Member

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    I've got 3 passed validation computers with office 2010 retail with widely known key. Maybe the problem is with volume only?
     
  4. flare4000

    flare4000 MDL Senior Member

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    My Mak activated office 2010 volume edition passed validation, wierd right?
     
  5. pkaji123

    pkaji123 MDL Addicted

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    But i cannot,still it says the sam thing "No Office products eligible for validation were found on this computer"..
     
  6. letsgoawayhell

    letsgoawayhell MDL Senior Member

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    Same here.
     
  7. maranello

    maranello MDL Novice

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    hello guys,

    i have a version of Office 2010 Pro Plus MSDN-Retail, is there any way to activate it without first converting it to VL ?
     
  8. letsgoawayhell

    letsgoawayhell MDL Senior Member

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    you mean you want to use Retail channel?
     
  9. mrthuvi

    mrthuvi MDL Member

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    That one's easy: use a valid key. lol. Just kidding, people are working on it but there isn't any public solution now.
     
  10. maranello

    maranello MDL Novice

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    something like that i guess, as i saw a few pages back on some screenshoots from you in post #167, you have actived both retail and VL channel and i'm interested if i can activate my retail copy without first converting it to VL, i have installed it using a key found on the net

    on my wife's laptop i have activate it using your 1'st method (Retail2VL.bat + mini_KMS for 180 days), is there any solution to my question ?!

    thanks
     
  11. letsgoawayhell

    letsgoawayhell MDL Senior Member

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    nope.
    i activated that retail one using a legit key.
     
  12. maranello

    maranello MDL Novice

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    ok, i got it now :)

    so far, the only solution for MSDN-Retail activation is by converting it to VL and use the KMS_Activator, right ?

    thanks in advance for your prompt answers
     
  13. maranello

    maranello MDL Novice

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    yep, i tried that method yesterday on a friend's pc (Office.2010.Pro.Plus.
    MSDN-Retail)

    i have followed the steps exactly and when if finished, this is the result:

    oops, it seems that i can't post screenshoots links...(i will try sending a PM to you)

    anyway, as i said, after the activation i end up with 2 licenses:

    1.
    License name: Office 14 - OfficeProPlus Msdn Retail edition
    License description: Office 14, Retail Channel
    License Status: ---OOB_GRACE---
    ........
    Remaining GRACE: 30 days

    2.
    License name: Office 14 - OfficeProPlus-KMS_Client edition
    License description: Office 14, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT Channel
    License Status: ---LICENSED---
    ...............
    Remaining GRACE: 180 days

    is it ok or both of them should display: Licensed ?!
     
  14. CanutoOnline

    CanutoOnline MDL Novice

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    Hi, the links to get WZOR files are broken, could you upload them to another server? Other thing, the output version (VL) is activated?
    Thanks for your support.
     
  15. letsgoawayhell

    letsgoawayhell MDL Senior Member

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    It is OK.
    Now you can remove Retail license if you want:

    cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:<your_partial_product_key>
     
  16. letsgoawayhell

    letsgoawayhell MDL Senior Member

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    Post your request in Office 2010 Repository.
     
  17. maranello

    maranello MDL Novice

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    ok, now i think i understand, i can use the first method (post #1) to convert it to VL and activate using KMS and i will have only one license available for VL, or i can use the mixed channel tokens.dat method and have both retail and VL licenses shown inside Office... ok until now

    but, if both Retail and VL licenses are activated now, isn't it better to remove the VL license that expires in 180 days and use the Retail one that is permanently activated ?! (as shown in post #167)

    or am i missing something ?!
     
  18. letsgoawayhell

    letsgoawayhell MDL Senior Member

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    Retail keys get blacklisted very easily (unless you had 1 for yourself and you don't get it to anyone that is not the case for people here!)
    KMS key is a General Volume License Key (GVLK), so MS cannot blacklist it. That is the reason why I say KMS ACTIVATION IS BETTER THAN ANY OTHER METHOD. :D
     
  19. CODYQX4

    CODYQX4 MDL Developer

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