I’ve built a .cmd script modeled on the sample provided by Microsoft for installing Office 2010 silently. It uses a MAK volume key and also does the activation after the install. There is a vbs script provided in the office installation for managing activation. I activate it by adding the following to my script:
IF NOT “%ProgramFiles(x86)%”==”” (goto ACT64) else (goto ACT86)
REM Attempt to activate the product
:ACT64
cscript “%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office 14\OSPP.VBS” /act
goto End
:ACT86
cscript “%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office 14\OSPP.VBS” /act
I also found that there is a tool for computers to do remote activation on – the Volume Activation Management Tool. It only works with machines that allow remote wmi access, so it’s most useful in situations where you have already enabled this access via group policy to a number of machines.
Tags: activation, office 2010