To properly activate your UH Faculty/Staff copy of Office Professional Plus 2013, you will need to use the campus Key Management Server (KMS).

If your machine is off-campus and not on the UH network, you will need to establish a VPN connection (using your CougarNet logon credentials) back to the UH campus. To get the latest version of the VPN client, visit www.uh.edu/infotech/php/software_downloads.php.

The license code will automatically be assigned to your copy of Office 2013. No individual code is needed. For those machines that are on-campus and not on the CougarNet domain and need to be activated manually, follow the procedures below.

***NOTE: Office 2013 32-bit can be installed on both 32- & 64-bit versions of Windows 7, 8 and Vista. However, it is strongly recommended that like versions be installed together. For example, Office 2013 64-bit --> Windows 7/8/Vista 64-bit, Office 2013 32-bit --> Windows 7/8/Vista 32-bit, etc.

Windows 7, 8 & Windows Vista Computers

Run the Command Prompt as an Administrator, located in the Start Menu --> All Programs --> Accessories. To run as an Administrator, right-click on the Command Prompt icon and select "Run as Administrator."
Once at the command prompt, change your directory to the Office14 directory:

cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\"

Type the following command and then press Enter to manually tell the PC where to look for the KMS service:

cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:uhkms.cc.e.uh.edu

After confirmation that the KMS server has been manually entered, type this command and press Return to force activation immediately:

cscript ospp.vbs /act

Windows XP 32-Bit Computers

Run the Command Prompt as an Administrator, located in the Start Menu --> All Programs --> Accessories. To run as an Administrator, right-click on the Command Prompt icon and select "Run as Administrator."
Once at the command prompt, change your directory to the Office14 directory:

cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\"

Start the ospp service:

cscript ospp.vbs /osppsvcrestart

Type the following command and then press Enter to manually tell the PC where to look for the KMS service: