MS Office 2010 versions, pricing and licensing options

OFFICE 2010 SUITE LINE-UP

Microsoft introduces some novelties in Office 2010: One is the discontinuation of old SKUs (namely, Office Small Business and Office Enterprise) along with the introduction of a couple new ones (namely, Office Starter and Office Home & Business); another one is the inclusion of standalone products like OneNote and InfoPath in specific Office 2010 Suites. Yet another is some extent of new nomenclature, like e.g. PKC (which stands for Product Key Card) along with the elimination of older terms like e.g. MLK (Medialess License Kit). Microsoft says the new Suite line-up is simplified and helps customers select the right product for their needs. So, let's have a look at it:
OFFICE 2010 LICENSING

Office 2010 Starter is free, and it comes pre-installed to a new PC (to which it becomes tied). Its license is not transferable. One cannot buy or otherwise acquire Office 2010 Starter; it is made available only to System Builders by Microsoft, and the end-user can only find it as a free pre-installed software on a new PC.

OFFICE 2010 PRICING

The pricing of the upcoming Office 2010 Suites in PKC, FPP and Academic licensing have been disclosed by the MS Office product development group

Fix Error 2203 During Office 2010 Setup

Overview: How to avoid and fix the "Error 2203. An Internal Error Occurred" when installing Office 2010? Here's the way to fix it. The error occurred when users trying to install OneNote to the Office 2010 as it happened in office 2007 before. Though Office 2010 has been newly added new features last month, when installing Office 2010 not everything goes well. If you meet the Error 2203. An Internal Error Occurred during Office 2010 setup, you can fix it now.

Software you’ll need :

* Microsoft Office 2010
* OneNote 2010

Here is how to fix an Internal Error 2203 appears during Office 2010 setup.

Step 1. Reset the Services

Go to Services by typing services.msc in the Search box in the Start Menu and hit Enter key.

Scroll down to Windows Installer and right click to open a window, select the Stop option to stop the services.

Restart it by choosing Start and close the Services window.

Step 2. Select Properties in Temp Folder

Go to the Temp folder by searching %temp% in the Search box in the Start Menu and hit Enter. Select Properties in the open Temp folder.

Step 3. Set up Temp Properties

In will bring you the Temp Properties Window. Click on the Security tab and click on Edit button under the "Group or user names" box, you can change the permissions.

It will pop up the "Permissions for Temp" window. Click the Add button.

Now type Everyone in the Objects Names box and click Check Names to underline it then click OK.

Back to "Permissions for Temp " window you can see Everyone there. Under "Permissions for Everyone" box, check the Full control option and click OK.

Step 4. Finish the Fix and Go on Office 2010 Setup

You can go on Office 2010 setup without error. OneNote will be installed as one of your Microsoft Office 2010 suites.