If you are trying to activate Microsoft Office 2010 and it hangs at activation and then fails out. Try the following steps:
From an elevated cmd window, set default folder to Program Files\MicrosoftOffice\Office14 and ran cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus
-notice that the last 6 characters of the activation key don’t match the activation key
-type cscript ospp.vbs to get a list of commands to use
-ran cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:<last 6 characters of the incorrect activation key>
(uninstalls incorrect key)
-ran cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:<full correct activation key>
(installs correct key)
-ran script ospp.vbs /act
(activates the key)