I love how all these videos on RUclips follow the exact same routine of deleting 2 of 3 XML files, rename the remaining one and than completely replace the content with the webpage text. Why not create a new XML file with notepad? Just put the filename between quotation marks to prevent an extra txt extension, like ‘config.xml’. Or rename the file after saving it. Other videos claim that this will get you a free activated version of Office. I’m glad you explain it’s just a test/preview version. I tried this install last week, to only find out that it wasn’t activated. But that’s why I, like you, use a test environment.
Your videos are great Brian and I have been following them for years. Also great for a non expert like me. You put in as much detail as you can un each video that it's a relief to go to them😊 So in the spirit of this could I please know how long this "preview" lasts on a computer? I am not using my usual laptop as I am still wading through a host of problems I am facing with repairing my regular laptop that has broken down thanks to Crowdstrike. In my usual laptop I have MS 2010 installed - but there is no MS Office installed on the one I am using right now. So would it be possible to explain the "cans, can'ts, won't happens and not to expects " if I try and install the program you have just demonstrated?
I explained more in my other comment to this video, but this version of Office is only intended for larger businesses and will likely expire early 2025 - january-march timeframe is my guess.
Thanks for the video it is great. So if I do this from the video does this actually install Office 2024 that is going to be coming out later this year. So when it comes out and I buy it when it comes out then I can just use the key I get to then activate it. But for right now just doing this way with the generic product key will pretty much have Office 2024 in a sense until I can actually buy the single time purchase of Office 2024 when MS releases it? Just wanted to make sure since I get confused when it says preview, not really sure what it meant by preview.
This preview is only for business customers who purchase the particular volume licence version of Office. I'd recommend uninstalling it and installing the Office 2024 Home/Pro version when you purchase it. But it will let you get a taste for it and explore its features. They will be pretty much identical to the final version when it becomes available. Don't install it if you have M365 subscription though, as it is older and less feature rich compared to the current version of the subscription offering.
Great video, thanks. So when Office 2024 does release in the UK will this method be cheaper than buying a boxed copy i.e just puchase the proper legal license key to activate it?
Note that this is NOT the Home/student or Pro version of Office for individuals. The Overview page clearly states that this is not for home users. This is for business customers who purchase the Volume Licence version of Office LTSC 2024. So you would have to reinstall Office anyway.
As of today, July 30, 2024, MS Office 2024 is not available for sale and will not be until near the end of 2024. As the video pointed out this is to try MS Office 2024 for a while. MS Office 2024 removes Publisher and Teams. The latter is available as a separate download.
Thank you, for this informative procedure. There is one mistake though, how did you get to that web page for the Microsoft deployment tool? You Skipped that step. If anyone could please list the web page I would appreciate it
@britec09 I could not install it like you did brian, it comes with an error everytime. but I managed to download it. but the setup file says it not configured. So howe do I install it, with the files in the downloaded "office" folder it was making under the download...? best regards Jimmi.
This version of Office is older and less feature rich than your M365 subscription Office. Ignore it. I recommend reading my other comment I posted on this video for more explanation.
@@Britec09 I got the notification, but I didn't see it pop up in my recommended videos on youtube home page, nor in my recommended on the right of every youtube video.
Hey Ben, I know you're busy but if you could answer this question I'd appreciate it: I have Office 365. Is there any reason or advantage I'd gain of doing what you did here in this video? Please let me know.
No, this is for customers who don't want to or cannot use the subscription version. It is less feature rich than the current subscription version of the Office apps that is part of O365.
This one isn't for me Brian... have not used MS Office for a number of years because the 3rd party stuff has more functionality for what I do, without large amounts of metadata about the machine and the user imbedded in it, in truth they have been doing that for decades.. thats why the minimum file size is larger than you expect.
@@anton_idk Correct, though this is the VOLUME LICENCE version for businesses. So when the actual product becomes available for sale you may want to uninstall and reinstall the correct one (unless you buy the VL edition).
Yes, as long as you exclude everything else. The Office Customization Tool is good to use. There isn't a 2024 option yet but you can just change it to 2024 in the config.
What do I do now that after a month I am getting an error message when I open any of the MS products saying that "This copy of MS Office is not activated" and that is was designed for corporate and institutional customers. Did they actually release the actual version so that is why the preview version is giving me this error? I tried looking and I cannot figure it out only if maybe it is for business customers.
No, the finished installation files can't be copied as-is. There are loads of registry entries that won't exist on the other computer, the least being pointers to file installation locations and changes to file type assignments. If it runs at all, it may be with loads of error messages, and you would probably not find all functionality you should have in a regular install. What you can do is copy the downloaded installation files, xml configuration and setup program, and then just run the setup command again on the new machine. There should be no need to download it all over again. Only so-called "portable" programs can be copied to other computers without worrying about the registry. These do not use the registry for their configuration data, and also don't bother about where you have it located. Portable programs are designed to be run from anywhere, including USB sticks.
tl;dr Here is a comment on how to make the commands work, but also a warning about how this copy of Office will expire (soon) and is not intended for the use shown in the video. First: I notice a number of people have problems getting the command to run. I recommend that in the PowerShell window, you first type "cmd" and hit enter to switch FROM Powershell to the traditional Windows command interpreter, THEN run the setup command. If you create a folder on C:\ named "ODT", you can copy the setup.exe file and the 2024.xml file into that folder, then open CMD inside it, type CMD to ensure you are in CMD mode, then run: c:\odt\setup.exe /configure c:\odt\2024.xml Second: The Office demonstrated in this video is both a PREVIEW (beta, though it is function complete) AND it is time bombed (my guess until early 2025, like january-march). Microsoft makes this version of Office LTSC* available to volume licence customers (businesses). Microsoft provides these product keys now so that those companies that consider purchasing the volume licence version of Office 2024 when it is released (probably) in October, can get a feel for the product, document new features for employees and practice rolling it out to computers within their organisation. Microsoft released Office 2021 in a similar fashion and then Microsoft expired the product keys for that a few months later. It is possible that Microsoft will release an Office 2024 for Home and students and Office 2024 Pro for small businesses and individuals that prefer a "perpetual" (i.e. buy now, own forever) versions of Office instead of paying for a subscription. If that is the case it will probably be announced when or after Office 2024 for businesses get released. If you don't mind subscriptions, Microsoft also offer Microsoft 365 Home (for 1 person) and Microsoft 365 Family (for 6 family members) which includes significantly more OneDrive storage and the subscription Office version to install on PCs for as long as you subscribe. With regards to "for free", Microsoft does not give away one of their flagship products for free. The only free version of Office is the web based tools you get as part of OneDrive, which is free with limited storage space. This is the browser based version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Onenote. You can go to www.microsoft365.com and sign in with a Microsoft account to access those. They will store files in OneDrive. The other "free" Office is for schools that are part of Microsofts education program offering, depending on the agreement between the school and Microsoft, students maybe able to obtain a copy of Office that is valid during their studies (but is terminated when they leave the education facility). *) LTSC versions of Office is specifically the non-cloud edition of Office. It is intended for use on terminal servers, lab computers, production floors, submarines and other locations without (reliable) internet access. This is in contrast to the M365 version of Office that gets updated continously as long as you have a subscription. This is all explained in the Microsoft announcement on TechCommunity and on the pages of the LTSC preview that is linked to in the video. It is also common knowledge in Microsoft business circles.
Office 365 is an annual subscription that allows 5 installs and 1TB of OneDrive Storage. This is a single install and you still need to work out how to activate it past the trial.
@@cam_934 I meant in terms of features. There are some advanced features and setting that is present in Office 365 versions of excel, word and powerpoint; are those feature available Office 2024 or is it a stripped down version of Office 365?
Please also bear in mind that if you are signed in on your Microsoft account with office, you need to sign out to activate the key and then I’m back in
I have the standalone version of Office 2021, it sucks that with the standalone version of office you can't upgrade for free, you have to purchase Office 2024.
What is the process to upgrade the standalone version (office 2024) for free. Also, does the preview allow you to utilize the program as previously used?
@@brandimayfield2280 I think the other commenter is using "technically" in the strictest sense. You can install over your old Office, however this is a time limited PREVIEW offering for business customers. I do not recommend you install this over 2021. And you won't get a legal copy of 2024 for free anyhow. Microsoft offers Office as a subscription (M365) or the perpetual versions (2019, 2021 and soon 2024) for customers who don't want to or cannot use the subscription model. But the deal with the perpetual ones is that you have to pay for them up front.
@@Britec09what I mean is once you downloaded the files into the office folder. Can I put on a flash drive and install to another machine with the downloaded files within the office folder?
Some don't have much of a choice but to use MS Office. In many academic and professional settings that predominantly use MS Office you can run into formatting and compatibility issues with LibraOffice/OpenOffice. It's pretty easy to get MS Office for free too.
This doesn't work as i keep getting this error. " The procedure point Set Process Mitigation Policy could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll." So what could be the problem why it will not work and how to fix it?
There's still formatting and compatibility issues between the two which can cause issues in some use cases. So it's not exactly a complete replacement yet. Office is also free, wink-wink.
I love how all these videos on RUclips follow the exact same routine of deleting 2 of 3 XML files, rename the remaining one and than completely replace the content with the webpage text. Why not create a new XML file with notepad? Just put the filename between quotation marks to prevent an extra txt extension, like ‘config.xml’. Or rename the file after saving it.
Other videos claim that this will get you a free activated version of Office. I’m glad you explain it’s just a test/preview version.
I tried this install last week, to only find out that it wasn’t activated. But that’s why I, like you, use a test environment.
and he's really liking the clickbait titles
Your videos are great Brian and I have been following them for years. Also great for a non expert like me. You put in as much detail as you can un each video that it's a relief to go to them😊
So in the spirit of this could I please know how long this "preview" lasts on a computer? I am not using my usual laptop as I am still wading through a host of problems I am facing with repairing my regular laptop that has broken down thanks to Crowdstrike. In my usual laptop I have MS 2010 installed - but there is no MS Office installed on the one I am using right now. So would it be possible to explain the "cans, can'ts, won't happens and not to expects " if I try and install the program you have just demonstrated?
I explained more in my other comment to this video, but this version of Office is only intended for larger businesses and will likely expire early 2025 - january-march timeframe is my guess.
Thanks for the video it is great. So if I do this from the video does this actually install Office 2024 that is going to be coming out later this year. So when it comes out and I buy it when it comes out then I can just use the key I get to then activate it. But for right now just doing this way with the generic product key will pretty much have Office 2024 in a sense until I can actually buy the single time purchase of Office 2024 when MS releases it? Just wanted to make sure since I get confused when it says preview, not really sure what it meant by preview.
This preview is only for business customers who purchase the particular volume licence version of Office. I'd recommend uninstalling it and installing the Office 2024 Home/Pro version when you purchase it. But it will let you get a taste for it and explore its features. They will be pretty much identical to the final version when it becomes available.
Don't install it if you have M365 subscription though, as it is older and less feature rich compared to the current version of the subscription offering.
Have Office Pro 2021, and have been wanting to check out Office 2024 version. Thanks, mate!
Great video, thanks. So when Office 2024 does release in the UK will this method be cheaper than buying a boxed copy i.e just puchase the proper legal license key to activate it?
Note that this is NOT the Home/student or Pro version of Office for individuals. The Overview page clearly states that this is not for home users. This is for business customers who purchase the Volume Licence version of Office LTSC 2024. So you would have to reinstall Office anyway.
As of today, July 30, 2024, MS Office 2024 is not available for sale and will not be until near the end of 2024. As the video pointed out this is to try MS Office 2024 for a while. MS Office 2024 removes Publisher and Teams. The latter is available as a separate download.
That is correct
Do we already know the price?
Hi
@@anton_idk $1 on the digital platforms
Great guide. Thank you Brian!
Thank you, for this informative procedure. There is one mistake though, how did you get to that web page for the Microsoft deployment tool? You Skipped that step.
If anyone could please list the web page I would appreciate it
I get an error when i run the setup command in VMware workstation 17 Pro. Is it because of the virtual machine limitations? "Error Code 0-2048 (0)"
Cool video brian cheers 😄
Thanks 👍
@britec09 I could not install it like you did brian, it comes with an error everytime. but I managed to download it. but the setup file says it not configured. So howe do I install it, with the files in the downloaded "office" folder it was making under the download...?
best regards Jimmi.
With a Microsoft 365 subscription, will downloading this 2024 version screwup you subscription? Thnaks.
This version of Office is older and less feature rich than your M365 subscription Office. Ignore it. I recommend reading my other comment I posted on this video for more explanation.
Why would you want to do that? You already have everything in it and more
Can you install it if you already have Office 2021 in the computer?
Will this work perpetually or there’s an expiration date?
I had to manually check out your channel. I've not seen your videos in my feed for over a week. Shadow ban?
Not sure why mate, views have been low, so looks like people are not being notified
@@Britec09 I'm getting the notifications. ✅
@@Britec09 I got the notification, but I didn't see it pop up in my recommended videos on youtube home page, nor in my recommended on the right of every youtube video.
@@Ratchet_effect that's what I did, but I still didn't see him in my recommended.
@@raymondgradzewicz I don't take much notice of the recommended part it's the Subscription page I watch out for new videos.
Hey Ben, I know you're busy but if you could answer this question I'd appreciate it: I have Office 365. Is there any reason or advantage I'd gain of doing what you did here in this video? Please let me know.
who is Ben ?
No, this is for customers who don't want to or cannot use the subscription version. It is less feature rich than the current subscription version of the Office apps that is part of O365.
This one isn't for me Brian... have not used MS Office for a number of years because the 3rd party stuff has more functionality for what I do, without large amounts of metadata about the machine and the user imbedded in it, in truth they have been doing that for decades.. thats why the minimum file size is larger than you expect.
Which 3rd party program successfully substitutes excel?
Office 2021/2024 is the stand-alone non-subscription version. Microsoft 365 is the subscription version that requires a Microsoft account
Correct
Ohhh like Office 2007? Which came on CD?
Great
@@anton_idk Correct, though this is the VOLUME LICENCE version for businesses. So when the actual product becomes available for sale you may want to uninstall and reinstall the correct one (unless you buy the VL edition).
Great Job Brian
All I really use is Outlook and Word. Will it allow you to just choose those two? I don't need the whole gigantic install of things I'll never use.
Yes, as long as you exclude everything else. The Office Customization Tool is good to use. There isn't a 2024 option yet but you can just change it to 2024 in the config.
What do I do now that after a month I am getting an error message when I open any of the MS products saying that "This copy of MS Office is not activated" and that is was designed for corporate and institutional customers. Did they actually release the actual version so that is why the preview version is giving me this error? I tried looking and I cannot figure it out only if maybe it is for business customers.
best tutorial ever!
Glad you think so!
can we use MAS for this?
Yes. It works
Tested in VM of Win11 IoT LTSC 24H2 = Yes.
Yup, activated LTSC Pro Plus 2024.
Thanks, Brian. But I'm using Apache OpenOffice. The less Microsoft crap on my pc, the better.
Help me. I installed office by applying same method. but trying to activate the office after adding the key but activation still required.
After doing this, can we just copy and paste office after installation to another computer without doing all these steps again?
No, the finished installation files can't be copied as-is. There are loads of registry entries that won't exist on the other computer, the least being pointers to file installation locations and changes to file type assignments. If it runs at all, it may be with loads of error messages, and you would probably not find all functionality you should have in a regular install.
What you can do is copy the downloaded installation files, xml configuration and setup program, and then just run the setup command again on the new machine. There should be no need to download it all over again.
Only so-called "portable" programs can be copied to other computers without worrying about the registry. These do not use the registry for their configuration data, and also don't bother about where you have it located. Portable programs are designed to be run from anywhere, including USB sticks.
Yes. Better to use apache office or libre office for most of daily work.
Nah! i feel sickened by its UI
This worked great .. thank you .. i can not stand 365 cloud base office
wow complicated process thks anyway
You say I can use my "own" key? ... Where do I get one or will my legal key from 2021 work ?
You have to buy the new program Which is available October 1st
Personally I just Libra but that's just me, if I need MS office I'll sign in to my e mail and use it on there but, that's highly unlikely.
tl;dr Here is a comment on how to make the commands work, but also a warning about how this copy of Office will expire (soon) and is not intended for the use shown in the video.
First: I notice a number of people have problems getting the command to run. I recommend that in the PowerShell window, you first type "cmd" and hit enter to switch FROM Powershell to the traditional Windows command interpreter, THEN run the setup command. If you create a folder on C:\ named "ODT", you can copy the setup.exe file and the 2024.xml file into that folder, then open CMD inside it, type CMD to ensure you are in CMD mode, then run: c:\odt\setup.exe /configure c:\odt\2024.xml
Second: The Office demonstrated in this video is both a PREVIEW (beta, though it is function complete) AND it is time bombed (my guess until early 2025, like january-march). Microsoft makes this version of Office LTSC* available to volume licence customers (businesses). Microsoft provides these product keys now so that those companies that consider purchasing the volume licence version of Office 2024 when it is released (probably) in October, can get a feel for the product, document new features for employees and practice rolling it out to computers within their organisation. Microsoft released Office 2021 in a similar fashion and then Microsoft expired the product keys for that a few months later.
It is possible that Microsoft will release an Office 2024 for Home and students and Office 2024 Pro for small businesses and individuals that prefer a "perpetual" (i.e. buy now, own forever) versions of Office instead of paying for a subscription. If that is the case it will probably be announced when or after Office 2024 for businesses get released. If you don't mind subscriptions, Microsoft also offer Microsoft 365 Home (for 1 person) and Microsoft 365 Family (for 6 family members) which includes significantly more OneDrive storage and the subscription Office version to install on PCs for as long as you subscribe.
With regards to "for free", Microsoft does not give away one of their flagship products for free. The only free version of Office is the web based tools you get as part of OneDrive, which is free with limited storage space. This is the browser based version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Onenote. You can go to www.microsoft365.com and sign in with a Microsoft account to access those. They will store files in OneDrive.
The other "free" Office is for schools that are part of Microsofts education program offering, depending on the agreement between the school and Microsoft, students maybe able to obtain a copy of Office that is valid during their studies (but is terminated when they leave the education facility).
*) LTSC versions of Office is specifically the non-cloud edition of Office. It is intended for use on terminal servers, lab computers, production floors, submarines and other locations without (reliable) internet access. This is in contrast to the M365 version of Office that gets updated continously as long as you have a subscription. This is all explained in the Microsoft announcement on TechCommunity and on the pages of the LTSC preview that is linked to in the video. It is also common knowledge in Microsoft business circles.
Is this better or the same as office 365?
Office 365 is an annual subscription that allows 5 installs and 1TB of OneDrive Storage. This is a single install and you still need to work out how to activate it past the trial.
@@cam_934 I meant in terms of features.
There are some advanced features and setting that is present in Office 365 versions of excel, word and powerpoint; are those feature available Office 2024 or is it a stripped down version of Office 365?
برنامج سكاي مدفوع وكذلك أي بي أي في مدفوع ويحتاج ل كود ..ماذا تفعل؟هل مجرد تعبئة محتوى ل حصد الولايات..اذكر من البداية ان التطبيقات ليست مجانية
OK, so where can we get the keys on the cheap?
Thank You!
we need to buy product key for this ?
Not to try it, but to fully activate you will.
@@Britec09 and that will cost over $300.00 USD for sure
@@mando7558 Cost! its a powershell cmd and 15 seconds.
im using office 365 here i pay every month of october mine is for up to 5 devices
I just tried this again and only one config file downlaods.
thanks the video
Please also bear in mind that if you are signed in on your Microsoft account with office, you need to sign out to activate the key and then I’m back in
Where's Microsoft Publisher in Microsoft Office 2024 ?
I think Publisher is discontinued
@@Britec09 Publisher is included with Microsoft 365
What’s next for removal Access?
Doggone Brian, you be up at 4a.m. making videos? Putting in some overtime, are ye
Can i use 2021 key to activate office 2024 ?
No, perpetual Office licenses are only work on the version they're meant for.
not compatible with my setup....
I’ll have to do this later, don’t have time at the moment
no problem
great video
RIP Microsoft Publisher 1991-2026
Publisher isn't losing support until 2026. They still provide and support Publisher, it's just not being bundled with Office anymore.
@@Jon717 i see, edited bro, thanks for correction!
Why would I want to install even more bloatware on my system from Microsoft....
Their os is already worse enough
I have the standalone version of Office 2021, it sucks that with the standalone version of office you can't upgrade for free, you have to purchase Office 2024.
You technically can upgrade for free but you still need to uninstall the previous version.
What is the process to upgrade the standalone version (office 2024) for free. Also, does the preview allow you to utilize the program as previously used?
@@brandimayfield2280 I think the other commenter is using "technically" in the strictest sense. You can install over your old Office, however this is a time limited PREVIEW offering for business customers. I do not recommend you install this over 2021. And you won't get a legal copy of 2024 for free anyhow. Microsoft offers Office as a subscription (M365) or the perpetual versions (2019, 2021 and soon 2024) for customers who don't want to or cannot use the subscription model. But the deal with the perpetual ones is that you have to pay for them up front.
microsoft office 2024 con't install save pdf
Can I use my Office 2021 ProPlus key on this?
No, keys for perpetual versions of Office only work on the version they're meant for.
anyone else getting error code 0-2054 0 ?
How do you install from the folder that was just created? I don not see a setup.exe file.
watch the whole video, its at the beginning.
@@Britec09what I mean is once you downloaded the files into the office folder. Can I put on a flash drive and install to another machine with the downloaded files within the office folder?
Setup.exe file is there after you extract from office deployment tool. The hexagon shape icon in purple and blue color
@@andrenapper8802 Yes you can use the same installation on multiple computers.
Why would anyone want to do this when there are free alternatives that are just as good? I use Libre Office and I havent had any issues with that.
Some don't have much of a choice but to use MS Office. In many academic and professional settings that predominantly use MS Office you can run into formatting and compatibility issues with LibraOffice/OpenOffice. It's pretty easy to get MS Office for free too.
doesn't work anymore.
This doesn't work as i keep getting this error.
" The procedure point Set Process Mitigation Policy could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll."
So what could be the problem why it will not work and how to fix it?
What's your Windows version?
@@seediffusion Windows 7 and before you say it I am not going to upgrade to that bloatware windows 10 and I can't run windows 11.
usesless without url for keys
I just use the cloud version...
I am stuck at activation. anyone help me please
me too bro
👍🏼🤗🙏🏼
Cheers Mike
Not totally seeing the point of this, particularly when you can get Libre Office, which is just as good and best of all it's free.
There's still formatting and compatibility issues between the two which can cause issues in some use cases. So it's not exactly a complete replacement yet. Office is also free, wink-wink.
@@Jon717 I've used Libre for several years now and never had one issue with it.
👍👍👍👍👍👍.
🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯 Libra Office is free, and it also runs on Linux
Will this work on 23h2
Or 24h2
Works just fine, even on 21H2.
wy?
Why bother with MS Office? Open Office does everything MS Office does, and for free...
What about a free version of Outlook??
Nice bait not falling for it.
@Britec09 Best way to get an activation key 🔑?
MAS
MAS/Massgrave (same thing)
not working