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NOTE: CONNECTION TO THE UCLA VPN or connection On-Campus must be done prior to following the Activation Steps Below

NOTE: THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL NOT WORK FOR ANY MICROSOFT AZURE DEV TOOLS DOWNLOADS

NOTE: IF YOU HAVE A NEW PC AND OFFICE / OFFICE TRIAL IS ALREADY INSTALLED, YOU MUST REMOVE FIRST BEFORE INSTALLING ANY OFFICE DOWNLOADED FROM MCCA.

Getting an Activation Window? Then you installed the SEASnet MCCA Office download on a PC with an existing version of Office. See Below for fix *** (bottom of the page)

How to Manually Activate Windows 10, Server 2012

1. Log into the machine with an account that has administrative privileges – the Administrator
2. Open a Command Prompt window as Administrator.
  - Press the START icon, in the box type CMD. A window will open showing CMD at the top.
  - Right click on CMD and choose ‘Run as administrator’ from the menu.
  - Please be sure that the word ‘Administrator’ appears in the title bar of the window.
  - The example screen shot below is from Windows 8.1; in Windows 7 it will look like this:
    - Administrator: C:WindowsSystem32cmd.exe or Administrator: Command Prompt
  - At Command Prompt window, verify that the current directory is C:WindowsSystem32. If it is not, type
    - cd \windows\System32
3. Type the following command:
  - cscript slmgr.vbs /skms kms.softwarecentral.ucla.edu
  - Press Enter
  - This command sets the Campus KMS Server
4. Type the following command:
  - cscript slmgr.vbs /ato
  - Press Enter
  - This command activates Windows
5. Close the Command Prompt window

How to Install Microsoft Office 2024 for Windows

1. 1. Download both files to a central location (a place where you can locate it):
    - Office365_2024_Windows_x64_setup.exe
    - Office365_2024_Windows_x64_config.xml
  2. Copy both files to your Downloads folder
  3. Open a Command Prompt as Admin:
    - Win11 – Open a Terminal, Powershell or Command Prompt (Admin)
  4. Change directories to your Downloads (location usually would be):
    - cd c:\users\<your PC Login Name>\Downloads
  5. Install Office – copy and paste the below script to your Open Admin Prompt Window:
    - .\Office365_2024_Windows_x64_setup /configure “Office365_2024_Windows_x64_config.xml”
    - Press enter
  6. Office will now install, When done installing do the following:
    - Type in exit to close Command Prompt window
    - Restart your PC
  7. You may have to place shortcuts to these programs on your Desktop manually:
    - Access
    - Excel
    - Word
    - PowerPoint
    - Outlook
    - OneNote

Note: Publisher will be retired Oct 2026 and is not included with this version of Office which retires on Oct 9, 2029

VERIFYING ACTIVATION:

1. - Open any Office Program
  - Click File / Click Account to view Activation Status
  - IF not activated, please see below for Activation Script

How to Install Microsoft Visio Pro 2024 for Windows

Note: This will add Microsoft Visio Pro 2024 to an existing installation of Office 2024 Pro

Download both files to a central location (a place where you can locate it):
- Visio2024_Setup.exe
- Visio_2024_configuration.xml
Copy both files to your Downloads folder
Open a Command Prompt as Admin:
- Win11 – Open a Terminal, Powershell or Command Prompt (Admin)
Change directories to your Downloads (location usually would be):
- cd c:\users\<your PC Login Name>\Downloads
Install Office – copy and paste the below script to your Open Admin Prompt Window:
- .\Visio2024_Setup.exe /configure “Visio_2024_configuration.xml”
- Press enter
Visio will now install using the Office Installer, When done installing do the following:
- Type in exit to close Command Prompt window
- Restart your PC

VERIFYING ACTIVATION:

1. - Open any Office Program
  - Click File / Click Account to view Activation Status
  - IF not activated, please see below for Activation Script

Office Activation Script (Windows Only)

The following instructions are for forcing a manual activation of MS Office and Windows software available through the HSSEAS MCCA subscription. These steps should only be taken in the event that you have problems with the automatic activation. Also, you must be connected to the campus network during this process so if you are off-campus, please connect to the campus network via VPN and then follow the instructions.

1. 1. Open a Command Prompt / Terminal / PowerShell as Admin:
    - Win11 – Open a Terminal (Admin)
  2. Type the following:
    - cscript “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs” /sethst:kms.softwarecentral.ucla.edu
    - Press enter
    - cscript “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs” /act
    - Press enter
    - You should see an individual success message after executing each of these commands

Troubleshooting Office Activation

IF YOU ARE RECEIVING ANY ERRORS WHEN INSTALLING / Activating Office SUCH AS
*** Activation Window appearing
*** any Errors during installation

Then you may have a previous version of Office Installed / Office Trial (with New PC’s) / etc that MUST be removed in order to use our version of Office

1. - Steps to Remove all versions of Office from your Computer:
    - Remove the installed Microsoft Office programs downloaded from MCCA / Reboot
    - Remove all remaining Office Installs / Reboot
    - Run the Uninstall Support Tool to ensure Office is fully removed from your computer / Download from the link below and follow instructions on that page
      - Uninstall Support Tool from Microsoft
    - This Tool will be required to be run several times (with a REBOOT after each run). Once you reboot run the program again and REBOOT. Run again to ensure Office is completely removed
  - Once Office is completely removed
    - Re-install the Microsoft Office downloaded from MCCA
    - Run the office activation scripts (see above)
    - Test any Office Program

** If you continue to experience any issues installing the software or running the scripts, please don’t hesitate to contact the SEASnet Help Desk for assistance at help@seas.ucla.edu or 310-206-6864