Yes! SharePoint and Office 2010 go public beta. First thing I did is go to MSDN and download the goodies using my MSDN Subscription. Ready, steady, go! Nope… Trying to install Office 2010 went fine but running it for the first time I get the usual activation message. Going through it with great confidence but oh my disappointment… I got this weird error stating that the setup controller wasn’t installed properly and therefor activation failed. Damn. Strange thing is that the setup never asked for a key and I am not able to enter a key… pfew
With some googling and fiddling I got it to work. Here is how to resolve the issue;
- Got to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE14\Office Setup Controller and start up the setup (setup.exe)
- The usual setup will show up so just click through
- Next it will ask you for the key. During my initial setup of office 2010 I wasn’t asked for a key...Enter your MSDN key
- Complete setup
- Restart your office applications
Hope it helps out others
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