Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Microsoft Office Activation Error 0x80070190

You've recently installed Microsoft Office but after entering the serial number and proceeding with the activation process via the Internet you get the error 0x80070190.  I believe this means, you don't have Administrator privileges to perform the activation.

On Windows 7/8, right click on one of the Office apps e.g. Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, etc. and select "Run as adminstrator" -- this will take you back to the activation page so you can finish the activation process (via Internet).