Office 2010 Lifecycle topics

I lost my Office Home and Student version and want it back on the same computer

Lola_Butala — Tue, 03 May 2022 15:54:16 GMT

I had Office 2010 on an older laptop. When I upgraded the operating system, I lost my Office 2010 Home and Student version. It indicates on the “Office Product Key Card” that it’s for 1 preloaded PC only. This is still the same computer that it was initially installed on. How can I reinstall it without a disk or is this not possible?

Totally bummed out

ChemE75 — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:22:28 GMT

I probably should have expected this to happen eventually. Been using MS office for longer than I can recall. Most recent is Office 2010 pro which my former client installed when I was consulting so I could be on same version since I was on 2007, they allowed me to keep when I had to leave due to wife’s relocation since I continued to do some remote work for them. But then medical issues, surgeries, and forced retirement hit and the cost to upgrade is just too high. So now into full retirement my monthly income is only enough for the bare minimum and I’m stuck with Office 2010 at EOL. It’s really a great thing MS caters to the education community with free or low cost deals. But I was an engineer with no ties to education. Meanwhile, I feel they have completely abandoned the retiring boomer generation that has made them wealthy and the powerhouse they are today. We are retiring and some of us have hit hard times. Guess it’s time to look at open source!

MS Office 2010

carrollevans1outlook — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 18:19:08 GMT

Purchased new computer and when I download Office 2010 it ask for the key but said it had been used too many times. I've only used it three times on my own computers. Now when I try to activate is says MS doesn't support 2010. So is there any way around this??

Office 2010 support ended, but updates still released

wroot — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 15:31:46 GMT

On Docs page https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/end-of-support-for-office-2010-3a3e45de-51ac-4944-b2ba-c2... it says that support ends in October. Yet i still see security updates released in November and December (WSUS). Why is that? Have you extended support without announcing that?