How to reactivate your Office license off-campus


This guide is for Deakin managed workstations only. If a Deakin-managed workstation running Office is not connected to the network for more than 180 days, the Office licence will expire. If you cannot establish a connection to the Deakin network using Cisco AnyConnect, you will need to purchase a copy of Office for a nominal cost.

This is not required on a Deakin Desktop Mac computer, as the license should not expire. If you are experiencing licensing issues with Office on your Deakin Desktop Mac, please contact the IT Service Desk.

Reactivating your licence

When off campus, establish a connection to the Deakin network using the VPN. 

When on campus, please ensure your machine is connected via Ethernet cable.

  1. Click the Windows start button and type 'cmd' in the search bar.



  2. Click on the cmd.exe icon.




  3. A cmd window will open, and you will be presented with H:\>. Type in 'C:' and press enter.


     
  4. Type (or copy/paste) the following text then press enter:
    cd "\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16"



  5. Now type (or copy/paste) the text: cscript ospp.vbs /act then press enter.



  6. If Office is successfully activated, you will see the following output. You can now close the cmd window.

 If you are experiencing licensing issues with Office activation, please contact the IT Service Desk.