Office 2010 Standard Product Activation failed, but was previously activated and running over a year
After successfully installing and activating the Volume License Microsoft Office 2010 Standard on my computers for over a year now, all of a sudden 2 of them is stating that "Product Activation Failed." When I try to activate using File->Help->Activate in any of the office apps, the activation windows pops up to the 2 options: Over Internet or Over the Telephone. In the activation wizard window I can choose the language, but in step 2, the installation id has this, "[installation id]", that's it, no numbers.  Step 3 is greyed out. Also another thing, I do get an error code 0x8007232b sometimes when I open up an office app. How do I fix this? It just started happening 2 days ago. It was activated and running smoothly for over a year now and now this error of product activation failed. Did a windows or office update create this error? I get updates from our wsus on our network. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling office and no luck. Please help, Thanks in advance!
July 8th, 2015 1:30pm

Hi,

Do you use KMS or MAK to activate Office?

I suggest you use the System File Checker to run the sfc /scannow command to scan all protected system files and replace the incorrect versions with the correct Microsoft versions. This has resolved some similar issues before.

For a Windows 7 PC
  1. Click Start > All Programs > Accessories, and then right-click Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator.
  2. In the command prompt, type sfc /scannow and press Enter.
  3. When the system scan is complete, try to install Office again.
For a Windows 8 PC
  1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.
    (If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Search.)
  2. Enter command prompt in the search box.
  3. In the list of results, swipe down on or right-click Command Prompt, and then tap or click Run as administrator.
  4. In the Administrator: Command Prompt window, type sfc /scannow press Enter.
  5. When the system scan is complete, try to install Office again.

Regards,

Melon Chen
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July 9th, 2015 1:10am

Melon, Thanks for the response.

I forgot to state that my computers are not connected to the internet so I use MAK over the telephone to activate.  Would maybe a windows update or intel driver update cause this problem? 

Should I run the "sfc /scannow" and try to reinstall office right after?  Or should I do an uninstall of office, run "sfc /scannow" and then install office?

Thanks

July 9th, 2015 2:26pm

Melon,

I just tried the "sfc /scannow" and when I tried to install office, one of the options was "repair", I did that and still get product activation failed.  And when I try to activate over telephone, same result.  Step 2 has nothing there for installation id, and confirmation id in step 3 is still greyed out.

Any other ideas? thanks

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July 9th, 2015 2:48pm

Here is what it looks like when I do a "cscript ospp.vbs /dstatusall

c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14>cscript ospp.vbs /dstatusall

Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

---Processing----------------------------

-------------------------------------------

SKU ID: 1f76e346-e0be-49bc-9954-70ec53a4fcfe

LICENSE NAME: Office 14, OfficeStandard-MAK edition

LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 14, RETAIL channel

LICENSE STATUS: ---OOB_GRACE---

ERROR CODE: 0x4004F00C ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the application is running within the valid grace period.

Last 5 characters of installed product key: FF2FV

REMAINING GRACE: 28 days (40363 minute(s) before expiring)

-------------------------------------------

SKU ID: 9da2a678-fb6b-4e67-ab84-60dd6a9c819a

LICENSE NAME: Office 14, OfficeStandard-KMS_Client edition

LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 14, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel

LICENSE STATUS: ---UNLICENSED---

ERROR CODE: 0xC004F014

ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product key is not available.

-------------------------------------------

SKU ID: dd457678-5c3e-48e4-bc67-a89b7a3e3b44

LICENSE NAME: Office 14, OfficeStandardAcad-MAK edition

LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 14, RETAIL channel

LICENSE STATUS:   ---UNLICENSED---

ERROR CODE: 0xC004F014

ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product key is not available.

-------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------

---Exiting--------------------------------

c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14> 

July 9th, 2015 5:02pm

Hi,

Based on the description above, I'm now thinking if this could be related to the MAK key status, please contact the Volume Licensing Service Center to ask if the MAK key is a valid one and let me know the result:

https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/servicecenter/default.aspx

Regards,

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July 9th, 2015 9:57pm

Melon,

I called the licensing service center and they said the volume license I have is good. 

July 10th, 2015 5:17pm

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