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Microsoft Office 2010 RC build 14.0.4740.1000 is available for download and testing to few invited Microsoft connect users. These users also got retail product key to activate Office 2010 RC. Usually every Microsoft product under beta testing gets leaked out in wild on torrents and warez websites. Office 2010 RC is also leaked on torrents and widely available for download.
Disclaimer: This article is for informational and educational purpose only.
Users may download this leaked Office 2010 RC Retail edition but can’t activate unless you have retail product key. However this time hackers are one step ahead of Microsoft, they have already managed to the bypass & crack activation of Office 2010 RC.
Only Microsoft Office 2010 Retail edition requires product key for activation but Office 2010 RC volume license key edition can be installed without product key. The volume licensing (VLK) edition of Office 2010 RC has also made its way on various torrent and warez websites.
Hackers have put together a crack which involves using files from an activated version of Office 2010 Beta in order to bypass the activation process of Office 2010 RC.
It is possible to install MS Office Professional 2010 RC (RTM Escrow) build 14.0.4734.1000 for volume licensing distribution channel without any product key. This build can be found on Torrent networks and other Warez sites. However, the cracking process involves using files from an activated version of Office 2010 Beta in order to bypass the activation process of Office 2010 RC. In other words, you just have to replace two files namely unactivated tokens.dat and pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms, with activated version, which is provided for free by Microsoft for Office 2010 Beta program.
The whole crack procedure for activating MS Office 2010 RC has been published on various blog articles and forums which includes long steps to be followed but to the rescue, SoLoR has made a script called ActivateOffice2010beta.7z which will automatically execute all the steps and activate Office 2010 RC with free product key instantly and easily. This script is said to be working on Windows 7 and Vista and however, XP is still not supported.
Even before the release of RTM release, hackers have managed to crack and activated rumored Office 2010 RTM so, I think Microsoft will fix this loop hole before final release and build 14.0.4734.1000 will not be a RTM version
Interestingly crack, the illegal bypass method works by simply swapping two files (tokens.dat and pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms) which sounds quite easy to do.
Another method to bypass Office 2010 RC activation involves running one script named “ActivateOffice2010beta.7z” made by one of hacker SoLoR and executing series of complicated steps.
As of now we have seen multiple forums and websites listing complete steps to bypass Office 2010 activation and Office 2010 crack is also made available for download.
The Microsoft Office 2010 activation crack is likely able to crack and activate Office 2010 RTM build. As the method has been revealed, it’s likely that Microsoft will fix the loophole before releasing the final RTM version of Office 2010. But who knows hackers may be getting ready with some other crack or activation bypass method for Office 2010.
Info:
Microsoft Office 2010 RC (Release Candidate) RTM Escrow has been massively hitting public eyes. Several unveiled download links of MS Office 2010 RC RTM Escrow have been also leaked via Torrent download including the VLK Build which no activation keys required to install it. Now there is also a guide hack to activate MS Office 2010 RC RTM using only Free Product Key. For user who wants to activate the installed Office 2010, which may become the final RTM version (the RTM version is now rumored to be build 14.0.4740.1000), here’s the trick or hack on how to activate Office 2010 RC. Basically it is a simple 13 steps to crack Office 2010 activation as detailed below works by replacing the unactivated tokens.dat and pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms, with activated version, which provided for free by Microsoft for Office 2010 Beta program.
13 Steps Activating MS Office 2010 RC RTM Escrow
1. If there is any existing Office 2010 been installed, uninstall it, then reboot the system.
2. Download and install official Microsoft Office 2010 Beta (the version of Office 2010 suites to install is Office Professional 2010 Beta build 14.0.4536.1000, and must be the same system architecture of x86 or x64 that intends to be installed at RC, i.e. 32-bit Office 2010 Beta activation files will activate 32-bit Office 2010 RC/RTM while 64-bit Office 2010 Beta activation files will activate 64-bit Office 2010 RC/RTM). While at the Office 2010 Beta page, register and request for a free product key (which is a MAK – Multiple Activation Key) for Office 2010 to activate the installed Office Professional 2010 Beta over Internet against Microsoft’s activation key. (You can refer Here)
Direct Download Link
32-bit (x86) Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta.
http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/office2010/2/4/7/247A463C-AF98-4778-B5A3-934CB8D198D1/ProfessionalPlus.exe
64-bit (x64) Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta
http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/office2010/7/B/A/7BA627BB-E4FA-42A3-89DF-66C1B5382334/ProfessionalPlus.exe
3. Once Office Professional 2010 Beta has been installed and activated, copy the pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms file from the following folder to another folder location for safekeeping:
%ProgramFiles%Common FilesMicrosoft SharedOFFICE14Office Setup Controller
Tip: User who installs 32-bit Office 2010 in 64-bit OS should find the file at %ProgramFiles(x86)%Common FilesMicrosoft SharedOFFICE14Office Setup Controller folder.
4. Also copy and save the tokens.dat file in the following folder to another but same folder location as above for safekeeping (for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server):
%ProgramData%MicrosoftOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform
In Windows XP, it’s located here:
%AllUsersProfile%MicrosoftOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform
5. After copying above two files, uninstall the installed Office 2010 Beta product.
6. Download and install Office 2010 RC (RTM Escrow) for corporate volume licensing distribution channel.
7. Download ActivateOffice2010beta.7z script.
http://stashbox.org/792864/ActivateOffice2010beta.7z
8. Extract the activate.cmd script from the archive and place the file inside the same folder with the two saved tokens.dat and pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms files in steps above.
9. Edit the activate.cmd file with any text editor, and the modify the following line to include the Office 2010 MAK product key used to activate the beta version:
cscript “%PROGRAMFILES%Microsoft OfficeOffice14ospp.vbs” /inpkey:GVFBT-K6Q6T-HTX3P-C4K7G-7V2FR
Replace the GVFBT-K6Q6T-HTX3P-C4K7G-7V2FR in the line above to own personalized Office 2010 MAK product key.
10. Run a console command prompt as administrator.
11. Change directory to the folder with three files mentioned above – activate.cmd, tokens.dat and pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms.
12. Execute the activate.cmd. The script will automate the process to take ownership and grant full access permissions on tokens.dat and pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms, and then replace the files with activated copy. It then calls the ospp.vbs via cscript engine to re-input the product key for Office 2010 and activate the full version product:
cscript “%PROGRAMFILES%Microsoft OfficeOffice14ospp.vbs” /inpkey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
cscript “%PROGRAMFILES%Microsoft OfficeOffice14ospp.vbs” /act
13. The Office 2010 should be activated. To check activation status of Office 2010, run the following command:
cscript “%PROGRAMFILES%Microsoft OfficeOffice14ospp.vbs” / dstatus
Tip: For user who has problem activating Office 2010 RC or RTM Escrow after following steps above, try to delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform registry key after uninstalling Office 2010 Beta.
Tip: The data inside tokens.dat file is generated based on the hardware configuration, so it will be different on each PC. If you intend to activate Office 2010 with crack method above, backup the tokens.dat from each PCs you intend to do so.
Disclaimer: This article is for informational and educational purpose only.
We definitely want you to stay away from such piracy and illegal activities, always buy genuine Microsoft products and enjoy pleasure of having original stuff
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