If you have purchased a legal copy of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, you'll need to activate it using the provided product key and activation ID. The product key acts as a proof of purchase that allows you to install and activate your Office software.
Microsoft has a simple activation process that involves entering your unique 25-character product key code, followed by an activation ID that verifies your purchase. This two-step process helps ensure only legitimately licensed users can use Microsoft Office.
To get started activating Office 2010 with your product key, you'll first need to install the Office suite on your computer. Once installed, open any Office program like Microsoft Word. Then go to the Help menu and select the "Change Product Key" option. Enter your 25-character product key exactly as it appears, including any hyphens.
After entering the key, you'll need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect. When you re-open Microsoft Word, you should be prompted to complete the activation process using the provided activation ID code.
List of the Microsoft Office 2010 product keys, organized by edition and type:
Microsoft Office Professional 2010 Product Keys
MB8VG-KB3VC-D236C-H82YB-KYRY6
YQYVG-FR8DB-29J6H-3KBF7-BX286
4FXW8-97KD9-QFKDJ-FV3QC-CY34B
DX4MW-PB7F4-YR4WT-BV3MM-4YV79
BTH8T-MTYCP-4GKX7-3QQQT-86CB6
PTGBH-XTT3P-RGDC6-VJDTC-TP6GY
D8BR2-DR2JY-2GK9D-D7KT4-XGJVQ
J6MP4-TT8CJ-4HHPR-8BMTP-Q9KXQ
VYRPJ-Y662G-GF3H8-862W4-8PCY9
6D739-9F4F2-BKKV8-YCHRF-PWR8B
4C9PX-DH3G9-D424D-FGGKF-PRWH3
YHDT7-WPQX9-BCYDM-6VJ9K-KRDMW
6TX3V-WRDJ6-JC34X-BDDPV-6F3PB
KGTM8-XGW8X-D3PWD-8HPHW-4JJ42
7PW33-G9BFY-MBXCW-PB9GP-WCBWG
76XCJ-YMH2W-YQQV6-XX76X-QK3K7
XJ2G2-TDQ49-3MW8D-F4FCT-KPTT6
BGCKH-CRYRT-49VQ7-YMCG3-BRBP7
W4D2C-3YK88-KMYP2-2QTXY-28CCY
9GVVR-X6VJT-WDDXD-YB4M2-RQ7CV
2K79J-DVFWG-MJT2Q-BX82R-T9PDV
BDD3G-XM7FB-BD2HM-YK63V-VQFDK
MRQV4-9Y8W3-KDDPH-K2PG4-MCH2Q
TTK27-44W3B-PVC8K-XJQW8-KJMVG
2VQRW-HFRGP-733PM-Y737F-K7BBB
H2VKD-G9CBT-D2JXH-JFTT6-C22WF
PYVW4-KHTM7-6WPTF-VVDHV-826D8
YDCTD-DKK23-4C3P9-CP8RB-9VVBV
CXQWG-BJWPX-VWWCJ-CJJGV-29G2T
TVFJ7-76TR7-HHCKT-QQFJR-8KTTD
Microsoft Office 2010 Activation Keys
32-bit
YQMQM-9KV3J-97G7V-8CK38-346GW
65XRT-YGH2D-TXX9L-YYTR5-OLPW4
WWRDS-3YYX11-KPO5P-YXSD5-2CCVC
VYSDJ-LOSYR-VBHFU-FHUT6-KOTJH
DLHF8-ERYT8-749YT-3RJKE-WJHF8
64-bit
BQHWD-TGT8T-QC7WW-86HWT-RCT6T
MRPB7-8CBBK-YGPHK-F9JWW-D9KYB
GM3C4-HQQJV-4TQMX-3R8CP-G928Q
XF9HV-MG4CV-KCK8F-T39WK-XW3QR
VZWRP-C9HMB-PV487-R7GTR-VFDG3
Microsoft Office 2010 Pro Plus Product Keys
VYBBJ-TRJPB-QFQRF-QFT4D-H3GVB
3W3MQ-H7M6X-3WYP7-TPCH6-8G8T2
MKCGC-FBXRX-BMJX6-F3Q8C-2QC6P
2KKDC-67TT9-4XT2F-2MG99-B9HB6
Microsoft Office 2010 Standard Product Keys
V7QKV-4XVVR-XYV4D-F7DFM-8R6BM
7TF8R-933DG-MCBQR-TXPM7-G4JRM
YWFQQ-72JGG-BX6G8-7YWWP-QHQ29
GF8X2-9XRHD-FM2W9-WVRTC-7B3PG
MSDN Retail Keys
YMBQG-KH9Y8-HJJFP-FJK8J-QGFGK
2J47K-J32XK-4F3BP-QGPF6-G3P6D
MD6VB-X9MVK-K94YP-JXBPJ-C2HGK
6R7J3-K4CB9-PG7BR-TVDBG-YPGBD
HXJQ4-VT6T8-7YPRK-R2HQG-CYPPY
6DJK7-G8G3F-FXB42-8V7CW-3R22X
33VGV-WJWK8-X3RFF-JDTXG-9BDG9
GFVR6-3B64G-BWB8P-QDV62-XFV2R
How to Activate Office using the Activation wizard
Here are the steps to activate Microsoft Office 2010 using the Activation Wizard:
Open any Office 2010 application like Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
Go to the File menu and click on "Help".
In the Help window, click on "Activate Product".
The Activation Wizard will open. Click "Next" to start the activation process.
You'll be prompted to enter your 25-character Product Key. Enter the key exactly as it appears, including any hyphens.
Click "Next" after entering the product key.
The Activation Wizard will attempt to activate Office online automatically. If it can't activate online, you'll be given the option for alternate activation methods.
For alternate activation, you may need to call the activation hotline and provide the installation ID that is displayed. The agent will walk you through next steps.
Once activation is complete successfully, click "Close" to exit the Activation Wizard.
You may need to restart any open Office applications for activation to take full effect.
That's it! Following the prompts in the Activation Wizard is the easiest way to properly activate your licensed copy of Microsoft Office 2010 using your product key.
Find and locate Microsoft Office 2010 key
Here are a few methods you can try to find the Microsoft Office 2010 product key from your old hard drive:
Use ProduKey (recommended by another user)
ProduKey is a utility that can read product keys from offline Windows installations and registry files.
You'll need to mount or connect your old hard drive, then use ProduKey to load the registry hive from that drive to extract the Office 2010 key.
Manually extract from registry
Connect the old drive and browse to the registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Registration
The product key may be stored in values like ProductKey, ProductID, etc.
Check Office installation log files
Look in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14 for log files like setup.xml or data.xml
The product key is sometimes logged in these files during installation.
Use a key finder tool on the old drive
You mentioned Magic Jelly Bean Key Finder - try running that directly on the old drive once connected.
Other tools like Belarc Advisor can also extract keys from an offline Windows installation.
The easiest methods are likely using ProduKey or a key finder utility directly on the old drive once you can access its files. Let me know if you need any other tips for locating that Office 2010 product key!
How to Reinstall Office 2010 with activation code only
Based on the conversation, it seems you purchased Office Home and Student 2010 directly from Microsoft previously, but after getting your computer repaired and Windows reinstalled, you are unable to reinstall that Office version as Microsoft no longer provides downloads for it.
To reinstall Office 2010, you will need the installation files. Since Microsoft does not officially provide those anymore, your options are:
Use the link Microsoft Office 2010 to download the Office 2010 Home and Student installation files. Be very careful as this is not an official Microsoft site.
See if you have the original installation files/disc from when you first purchased Office 2010. You may have kept the installer somewhere.
Try to locate trusted sources that may still have the legitimate Office 2010 installer available for download.
Once you have the installation files, you can reinstall Office 2010 and use the product key you were originally provided to activate it, following the instructions in the link for activating after reinstall.
Since this is an older Office version no longer supported by Microsoft, your options are limited, but the product key you have should still allow you to reinstall and activate on your repaired Windows 10 computer. Just be very cautious about downloading from untrusted sites.