Office 2010 Activation Failure: Unspecified Error 0x80070190

On a new install, when attempting to activate Microsoft Office 2010 receive error: 

"An unspecified error has occurred. Your request cannot be processed at this time.
Please try again later. (0x80070190)"

To activate Office 2010, please use OSPP.VBS.

a. Open an administrative command-prompt
b. Run one of the following command-lines based on your Operating System:

x86
cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs" /act
x64
cscript "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs" /act

You should see something similar to the following.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14>cscript ospp.vbs /act
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

---Processing--------------------------
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Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: fdf3ecb9-b56f-43b2-a9b8-1b48b6bae1a7
LICENSE NAME: Office 14, OfficeProPlus-MAK edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 14, RETAIL channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: XXXXX
<Product activation successful>
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---Exiting-----------------------------

DONE.

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Importing the nk2 file in Outlook 2010

In general, you can just move the nk2 file to your new computer but if your new computer is running Outlook 2010, then additional actions are needed as Outlook 2010 no longer uses an nk2 file for caching but stores these addresses in the Suggested Contacts folder in the Outlook mailbox itself.

When you upgrade to Outlook 2010, the nk2-file is automatically imported upon starting Outlook 2010 for the first time. When you create a new Outlook mail profile or when using Outlook on a new computer, you can import an existing nk2-file in the following way.

1. Copy the nk2-file to the following folder:

• Windows Vista and Windows 7
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook
• Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Settings\Microsoft\Outlook

2. Rename the nk2-file to the name of your mail profile.

To find out this name use the Mail applet in Control Panel and click on the Show Profiles… button.
By default, your profile is called “Outlook”. So in that case you would call your file “outlook.nk2”.

3. Start Outlook with the /importnk2 switch:

• Windows Vista and Windows 7
Start-> type: outlook.exe /importnk2
• Windows XP
Start-> Run: outlook.exe /importnk2

4. Outlook will now process the nk2 file and import it into the Suggested Contacts folder. Outlook will automatically append .old to the nk2 file.

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Outlook: Grant Send On Behalf Of permission

"Send On Behalf Of" allows one user to be able to send emails on behalf of another. The message will show the recipient who the message was sent on behalf of and who actually sent the message.

There are two ways of granting "Send on Behalf Of":

1. via Outlook (allowing a user to grant others to send on their behalf )
2. via Active Directory Users and Computers (which can be performed by system administrator only)

Grant Send On Behalf Of via Outlook

This procedure will allow you to grant other users the ability to send on your behalf:

1. Start Outlook
2. Tools | Options, select the "Delegates" tab
3. Click on [Add ...]
4. Add the user or users that you want to grant the send-on-behalf-of permission to, then click [OK]
5. The next window will allow you to specify which permissions you are granting. To allow send-on-behalf-of, you need to grant permissions on the "Inbox" to either "Author" or "Editor", then click [OK]
6. Click [OK] to close the "Options" dialog.

Grant Send On Behalf Of via Active Directory Users and Computers

This procedure will allow system administrators to grant users the ability to send on the behalf of other users:

1. Log onto the server running Exchange.
2. Run Active Directory Users and Computers.
3. Find the user's account that you want to be able to send on behalf of, and open up the account properties.
4. Select the "Exchange General" tab.
5. Click [Delivery Options...]
6. Click [Add ...] and add the user (or users) that are to be granted permission to send on behalf of this account.
7. Click [OK] to close the "Delivery Options" dialog.
8. Click [OK] to close the account properties dialog..

How to Send a Message On Behalf Of Another

To send an email on behalf of another (assuming you have been granted the necessary send-on-behalf-of privilege):

1. Start Outlook.
2. Go to your Inbox.
3. Click [New] to start a new mail message.
4. If the message does not show a "From" field then pull down the "View" menu and check "From Field".

Note: I have noticed that if you have Outlook set to use Microsoft Word then the "From Field" does not appear in the "View" menu. The work around is to clear the option to use Word (Outlook | Tools | Options | Mail Format | Use Microsoft Office Word 2003 to edit e-mail messages), you will then be able to show the From field, and this remains even if you re-select to use Word to edit emails.

5. Click [From...] and select the account that you wish to send an email on behalf of.

Compose the email as normal.

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Outlook: Grant Send As permission (to allow sending email as someone else)

"Send As" allows one user to send an email as though it came from another user. The recipient will not be given any indication that the email was composed by someone other than the stated sender.
This option can only be granted by a system administrator.
Follow the procedure to grant users the ability to send as another:

1. Log onto the server running Exchange.
2. Run Active Directory Users and Computers.
3. Under the "View" menu ensure that "Advanced Features" is ticked.
4. Find the user's account that you want to be able to send as, and open up the account properties.
5. Select the "Security" tab.
6. Click [Add ...] (under "Group or user names") and add the user (users or group) that is to be granted permission to send-as this account.
7. For each account added, highlight the account under "Group or user names" and in the "Permissions for ..." window grant the account "Send As" permission.
8. Click [OK] to close the account properties dialog.

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Outlook: Enable Bcc and From fields

Outlook 2010 and 2013:

These two fields are hidden by default, to unhide the fields follow these steps:

1. Open Microsoft Outlook 2010 and click on the New Email button to open a new message.

2. A new message window will now appear.

3. Click the Options tab at the top of the message

4. In the Fields section, select Show Bcc and Show From.

5. The Bcc and From fields will appear in the new message and they will remain on every message you now create in Outlook 2010.

Outlook 2007:

These two fields are hidden by default, to unhide the fields follow these steps:

1. Open Microsoft Outlook 2007 and click on the New button to open a new message.

2. A new message window will now appear.

3. Click the Options tab at the top of the message

4. In the Fields section, select Show Bcc and Show From.

5. The Bcc and From fields will appear in the new message and they will remain on every message you now create in Outlook 2007.

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