# Microsoft Office 2013, 2016  Activation

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# Microsoft Office 2013, 2016 Activation

**Microsoft Office 2013, 2016 Activation steps in WINDOWS OS:**

- Please make sure that the  **Time Zone is set to (UTC+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi**
- Open a Command Prompt window **"As Administrator"**  and go to Office installed folder in your computer. *The command below assumes that you installed Office in the default location*
- Type the following command, depending on your version of Office:\
  **For Office 2013:**\
  CD \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\
  Note: If you installed the 32-bit version of Office on a 64-bit system, use this command instead:\
  CD \Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15

**For Office 2016:**\
CD \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\
Note: If you installed the 32-bit version of Office on a 64-bit system, use this command instead:\
CD \Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16

- Type the following command:\
  cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms.iitkgp.ac.in and press Enter.\
  You should get an acknowledgement that the KMS was set correctly
- Type the following command:\
  cscript ospp.vbs /act and press Enter