Screenshot leaked in January reveals Office 2010 activation period


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right, i never worked under x64, it's only for X86

The x64 version comes up with the Activation screen but does not create any problems. Just X it and it goes away. Everything runs just fine.

I guess I will just wait until the next version of Office comes out.

TIA

Bill

  • 2 weeks later...

Thank-You mikeyakagod,

Your rearm solution worked flawlessly. I'm thankful I can use the new office programs until the full version comes out. Waiting for your workaround on that one as well. Keep up the great work.

Peace (literally)

chaos61

P.S. I'd rethink that "also known as" but that's your thing. I'm just happy for the fix.

  • 5 weeks later...

Hello,

I am happy for you guys.

Me, I am stuck with this:

#############################################################

> GetLicensingStatus 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 06bfc3ae-3ad1-4096-820

2-984c9f0caa9e

SkuId = 06bfc3ae-3ad1-4096-8202-984c9f0caa9e

eStatus = SL_LICENSING_STATUS_UNLICENSED

dwGraceTime = 0D 0:0

dwTotalGraceDays = 0 days

hrReason = C004F014

qwExpiration = 0

OK.

> Rearm 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 06bfc3ae-3ad1-4096-8202-984c9f0caa9

e 1

Error code hr = 0xC004D307,The security processor reported that the maximum allo

wed number of re-arms has been exceeded. You must re-install the OS before tryi

ng to re-arm again.

############################################################

Any idea what I should do?

The x64 version comes up with the Activation screen but does not create any problems. Just X it and it goes away. Everything runs just fine.

I guess I will just wait until the next version of Office comes out.

TIA

Bill

same here. Just click Close and everything works fine. Expired long time ago.

Stop abusing the re-arm feature ffs.

I know, right. Some of these have complained about others using 7 from technet on personal PCs, and equates it to theft, yet seems to be ok with bypassing a lock to make expired software work indefinitely.

Stop abusing the re-arm feature ffs.
I know, right. Some of these have complained about others using 7 from technet on personal PCs, and equates it to theft, yet seems to be ok with bypassing a lock to make expired software work indefinitely.

It's a beta... it's hardly "theft" or "abuse" to reset the nag screen timer.

I know, right. Some of these have complained about others using 7 from technet on personal PCs, and equates it to theft, yet seems to be ok with bypassing a lock to make expired software work indefinitely.

Main Entry: theft

Pronunciation: \ˈtheft\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English thiefthe, from Old English thīefth; akin to Old English thēof thief

Date: before 12th century

1 a : the act of stealing; specifically : the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it b : an unlawful taking (as by embezzlement or burglary) of property

2 obsolete : something stolen

3 : a stolen base in baseball

The owner still has possession of his property, so it's not theft.

At least get your facts straight. It's at the worst copyright infringement.

Main Entry: theft

Pronunciation: \ˈtheft\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English thiefthe, from Old English thīefth; akin to Old English thēof thief

Date: before 12th century

1 a : the act of stealing; specifically : the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it b : an unlawful taking (as by embezzlement or burglary) of property

2 obsolete : something stolen

3 : a stolen base in baseball

The owner still has possession of his property, so it's not theft.

At least get your facts straight. It's at the worst copyright infringement.

At least learn to read before you go spouting off.

Stop abusing the re-arm feature ffs.

The rearming command is there to be used. It allows you to reset the 30-day grace period twice. How is this abuse when it's built right into the OS and extensively documented?

  • 2 weeks later...
  • 1 month later...

now what do you do if you somehow messed up the activation and you're not in "grace" period anymore but get the (Unlicensed Product) thing in the titlebar? I don't wanna reinstall windows and rearm won't work unless I activate :/

Its working fine with 4417.

C:\Windows\System32> OSPPRUN.EXE
> open

OK.

> getinstalledskuids
   0. 06bfc3ae-3ad1-4096-8202-984c9f0caa9e
   1. 123f5df3-49d3-4015-a2fc-57e04e1fd5b1
   2. 1dd97979-9e43-4a02-9906-0a2f5fe3ed3c
   3. 2bce5808-b9b3-4a1f-87af-7302ad3f4849
   4. 31f9fd7d-d723-4b70-9edb-85a513627f79
   5. 3489bfff-f317-4daf-b89a-67a40c516e26
   6. 46a59812-365d-45a8-b885-20d211afae76
   7. 6644bbbc-fb57-4df1-bd9f-5f1f773c3b6b
   8. 83672f21-db66-40b3-b6c5-4f51c23798e3
   9. d50472a5-b831-49ca-86af-7e6eb091d811
  10. d685bcc5-5a3a-4a08-8b36-a25bbd2ec425
  11. ee1ad8fa-8197-40e7-afcf-8afe56bb4a66
  12. eef3cafb-38dc-491c-a11f-ffe41551a79e

OK.

> getinstalledappids 06bfc3ae-3ad1-4096-8202-984c9f0caa9e
   0. 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663

OK.

> GetApplicationInformation 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 RearmCount
(DWORD, []) 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 = 0


OK.

> GetApplicationInformation 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 RemainingRearmCount
(DWORD, []) 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 = 10


OK.

> rearm 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 * 1

OK.

> GetApplicationInformation 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 RearmCount

Error code hr = 0xC004D302,The security processor reported that the trusted data store was rearmed.


> close

OK.

> quit

C:\Windows\system32> sc.exe stop osppsvc

SERVICE_NAME: osppsvc
        TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        STATE              : 3  STOP_PENDING
                                (NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, IGNORES_SHUTDOWN)
        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 0  (0x0)
        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE  : 0  (0x0)
        CHECKPOINT         : 0x1
        WAIT_HINT          : 0x4e20
C:\Windows\system32> sc.exe start osppsvc

SERVICE_NAME: osppsvc
        TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        STATE              : 2  START_PENDING
                                (NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, IGNORES_SHUTDOWN)
        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 0  (0x0)
        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE  : 0  (0x0)
        CHECKPOINT         : 0x1
        WAIT_HINT          : 0x4e20
        PID                : 1864
        FLAGS              :
C:\Windows\system32> sc.exe queryex osppsvc

SERVICE_NAME: osppsvc
        TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        STATE              : 4  RUNNING
                                (STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, ACCEPTS_SHUTDOWN)
        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 0  (0x0)
        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE  : 0  (0x0)
        CHECKPOINT         : 0x0
        WAIT_HINT          : 0x0
        PID                : 1864
        FLAGS              :
C:\Windows\system32> OSPPRUN.EXE

> open

OK.

> getlicensingstatus 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 3489bfff-f317-4daf-b89a-67a40c516e26 Minutes
SkuId            = 3489bfff-f317-4daf-b89a-67a40c516e26
eStatus          = SL_LICENSING_STATUS_IN_GRACE_PERIOD
dwGraceTime      = 29D 23:31
dwGraceMinutes   = 43171 minutes
hrReason         = 4004F00C
qwExpiration     = 2010/10/31


OK.

> getapplicationinformation 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 RemainingRearmCount
(DWORD, []) 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 = 9


OK.

> getapplicationinformation 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 RearmCount
(DWORD, []) 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 = 1


OK.

> quit
Bye-Bye

C:\Windows\System32>

That's basically a summary of how it works. Make sure to do it in administrator mode. All I've done with SC.exe is stop and restart the Office SPP Service and Query it to make sure it's running. That is the same as running services.msc and clicking Restart on the Office SPP service just through command line.

I personally missed out on getting in the beta program for Office 2010, and I've been testing out x64 version pretty heavily sending MS bug reports and all that. While I may not be in the official program, I'm sure all the bug reports MS can get pre RTM will benefit them especially for the 64-bit version. I use Excel heavily so I regularly manage to crash the application from doing things out of the norm.

Anyhow the 4417 build has 10 rearms. 64-bit has been great so far, and I look forward to the RTM next year. If you're going to use this beta just make sure you make an effort to use the send-a-smile and send-a-frown tools to give MS feedback. It's the least you can do as a tester (even if not officially one).

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