In order to use the old school method of POP3 (Yes there are some crazy systems still using this) you need to use a different one time password which bypasses the two factor authentication… The tricky part is where to find this setting!
Screenshot showing where to locate the App Password settings for POP3 configuration in Outlook
This needs a registry update, customize the string value with your OST path.
This is for Office 2013, but can be used with Office 2007/2003 by changing the “15.0” version option.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\outlook] "ForceOSTPath"=string:D:\My Documents\Outlook |
Once the registry update has been completed, create a new profile (which defaults to this location) and move the old .ost to this directory (same file-name and overwrite the existing .ost)
View Office License/Product Key installed:
cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus |
Office 2010 (32-bit) on a 64-bit version of Windows
cscript "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus |
Office 2010 (64-bit) on a 64-bit version of Windows
cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus |
Office 2013 (32-bit) on a 32-bit version of Windows
cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus |
Office 2013 (32-bit) on a 64-bit version of Windows
cscript "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus |
Office 2010 (64-bit) on a 64-bit version of Windows
cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus |
Install Office Key via *.BAT file:
cd c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14 cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX cscript ospp.vbs /act |
Change Office License/Product Key installed:
Quickest method I use for Office 2010 to prompt for a new license/product key (and remove the existing one entered):
Regedit -> right click “Registration” and delete the entire key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Registration |
When you load Office, it should now prompt you to enter the license/product key.
