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Extending Office 2010's Activation Grace Period

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Office 2010 Technical Preview (TP) does not need any keys to install, as we might have known. But, when it nears the 30-day limit of activation, a nag screen appears asking us to activate it. The screen appears starting a few days (usually 4) before the grace period ends. For those who might still be interested in using it for more days, they can extend (or 'rearm' in Microsoft's software jargon) the software using the following method.

Follow up:

  1. Open command prompt and temporarily stop the Office Software Protection Platform by entering net stop osppsvc. Then the following should appear:

    The Office Software Protection Platform service is stopping.
    The Office Software Protection Platform service was stopped successfully.

  2. Type ospprun.

  3. When a prompt like '>' appears, type these commands:

    Code:

    		>Initialize
    		 
    		OK.
    		 
    		>Open
    		 
    		OK.
    		 
    		>> GetInstalledSKUIds
    		   0. 128a057a-7e95-4063-b296-c54c5f3d3f3a (this is the ID for Office 2010)
    		   1. 26adec89-edf3-4adc-a3fc-c865f1a9f71f
    		   2. 59abcf5d-8ba8-48e5-8517-3d0b3c44e0bb
    		   3. 5c0b14e2-a216-42bb-abe2-9998a195d9ce
    		   4. 94021175-a8a2-4aeb-8d52-284f4b86d97a
    		   5. bab7dca9-4765-442c-aa20-837dc4ff4d4d (this is the ID for Visio 2010)
    		   6. c8bb467d-34b7-4393-945a-1b51039f4627
    		   7. de4fe7fd-498e-446f-9f5b-93b093539246
    		 
    		OK.



    To rearm Office 2010, choose the ID 128a057a-7e95-4063-b296-c54c5f3d3f3a. Otherwise, choose bab7dca9-4765-442c-aa20-837dc4ff4d4d for Visio 2010.

    Code:

    		> GetInstalledAppIds 128a057a-7e95-4063-b296-c54c5f3d3f3a
    		   0. 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663
    		 
    		OK.
    		 
    		> GetLicensingStatus 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 128a057a-7e95-4063-b296-c54c5f3d3f3a
    		SkuId            = 128a057a-7e95-4063-b296-c54c5f3d3f3a
    		eStatus          = SL_LICENSING_STATUS_IN_GRACE_PERIOD
    		dwGraceTime      = 2D 14:26
    		dwTotalGraceDays = 30 days
    		hrReason         = 4004F00C
    		qwExpiration     = 2010/10/31
    		 
    		OK.



    The dwGraceTime stores the remaining time in the period. In order to reset it, we have to rearm the Office (or Visio) 2010 installation.

    Code:

    		>Rearm 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 128a057a-7e95-4063-b296-c54c5f3d3f3a 1
    		 
    		OK.
    		 
    		>Close
    		 
    		OK.
    		 
    		> GetLicensingStatus 59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 128a057a-7e95-4063-b296-c54c5f3d3f3a
    		SkuId            = 128a057a-7e95-4063-b296-c54c5f3d3f3a
    		eStatus          = SL_LICENSING_STATUS_IN_GRACE_PERIOD
    		dwGraceTime      = 30D 00:00
    		dwTotalGraceDays = 30 days
    		hrReason         = 4004F00C
    		qwExpiration     = 2010/10/31
    		 
    		OK.
    		 
    		>Quit
    		Bye-Bye

Taken from: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?s=4e270d59dc402305a018b3ee8938e603&showtopic=773066&st=15

Tags: activation, extend, grace period, microsoft, office 2010, ospprun, osppsvc, visio 2010

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3 comments

  1. § arpan Email said on : 12/07/09 @ 17:19
    shows an error after the 42nd step: 'Error code hr = 0xC004E006, The Software Licensing Service reported that the license contains invalid data.' Any solution?
  2. § Angga RF® Email said on : 14/07/09 @ 20:02
    @arpan
    Well, that indicates you have an error in your license, perhaps the ID you have selected was wrong.

    A nice solution might be to choose another application ID and try again. If the error message still appears, does the nag screen still appear too? If not, then you might as well ignore the error and continue using your office product.
  3. § Constantinus Email said on : 26/07/09 @ 23:45
    ****-
    May need to restart Windows, after rearming the Office 2010 installation.
    I'm using Windows 7 x64.

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