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Reactivating Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office supplied by the University requires activation every six months.

You must be on campus or connect to the UMD VPN or CS VPN.

  • Open Command Prompt as Administrator

    Command Prompt Screenshot

  • To set the hostname for the key server, enter one of these commands. If you are using the 64bit version of Windows run:

    cscript "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\OSPP.VBS" /sethst:kms.umd.edu

    If you are using the 32bit version of Windows run:

    cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\OSPP.VBS" /sethst:kms.umd.edu

    Set Host Screenshot

  • To activate or renew run:

    cscript "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\OSPP.VBS" /act

    or

    cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\OSPP.VBS" /act

    Activation Command Screendshot

  • To check the license status:

    cscript "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus

    or

    cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus

    Office Activation Status Example

  • If the steps above do not work you can do the following:

    Go into the following directory:

    chdir C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14

    Now run the following to activate or renew:

    cscript ospp.vbs /act

    Check the license status:

    cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus