Retail Section

Let’s start with the 32 bit product first…

2) Go to the root of “C” drive and create 2 new folders. Name the folder SP1 and the other Office

3) Copy your downloaded SP1 x86 installer to your SP1 folder. Rename the installer (officesuite2010sp1-kb2460049-x86-fullfile-en-us.exe) to SP1.exePage | 1

Be sure that is the full name with file extension. No spaces. Uncheck ‘hide extensions for known file types’ in folder options if necessary.

4) Now copy your 32 bit Office 2010 installer package (X16-32250) to your Office folder on "C".Rename the installer to Office.exe

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5) Launch the Run dialog-box. To do this, simply press Windows + R keys, or type ‘run’ in the start, search box and select run in the ‘programs’ list.

Type the following command to extract your Office 2010 setup file: Or simply copy and paste.C:\office\Office.exe /extract:c:\OfficeFiles (there’s a space between ‘exe’ and forward slash)

Click Continue button when you are prompted with UAC message. Click OK button when you see 'Files extracted successfully message'.

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You will now see a new folder named OfficeFiles was created in “C” containing the extracted files you need.

6) Next step is to extract Service Pack 1 installation files by entering following command; C:\SP1\SP1.exe /extract:c:\SP1Files

Click 'Continue' button for the UAC prompt and you'll get the Office 2010 SP1 License Agreement box. Check the 'Click here to accept the Microsoft Office

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Software License Terms' box and click 'Continue'.When extraction is completete you will get 'The installation is complete' dialogue...click OK.

Now a New folder named SP1Files has also been created in “C”

7) Open the SP1Files folder, ‘Select all’ and ‘Copy’ all the files present in that folder,

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and (paste) insert them to the Updates folder, found in the OfficeFiles folder.We will save the files in the SP1Files folder to create our Office 2010 x86 VL edition later.Close the SP1Files folder.

8) Move the OfficeFiles folder to your desktop and rename it as Office 2010 with SP1 x86 Retail, or similar. If you don’t want to create any other versions,

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delete all four folders you have created in root of “C”...You're done.If you wish to create a x86 VL edition, save the SP1Files folder to your desktop and rename it x86 VL updates. These files will be inserted to the Updates folder in your x86 VL edition creation below.Delete the remaining folders you created (SP1, SP1Files, Office, and OfficeFiles) in the root of “C” and continue creating a 64 bit version with these same steps using your x64 downloaded files.If you wish to also create a 64 bit VL version, save the 64 bit SP1Files folder you will create in root of 'C' when making 64 bit Retail Section and save the 64 bit 'SP1Files' folder to desktop, rename it x64 updates.

That’s it! You’re done!

SP1 will now be installed with your Office 2010...!

9) You can now install Office 2010 with SP1 directly from your new Office 2010 with SP1 x86 Retail folder using the setup.exe file.If you want to create an ISO, I prefer ISO Recorder for ease of use. Simply right click your file folder and select ‘Create ISO image file’. By default it will create an iso at the same location. Click next in the dialogue and in about a minute your iso will be finished. Burn to DVD, using slow speed.

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Repeat the above steps using the downloaded x64 installer and x64 SP1 installer to create your Office 2010 Pro Plus x64 Retail finished product.

VL Section

VL conversion to create an Office 2010 with SP1 VL finished product.

1)We will use Stannieman’s Office 2010 Installer Channel Switcher.While you are there, PLEASE thank him for his

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GREAT tool with a simple click of your mouse on the ‘thanks’ or ‘star’ button on bottom of his post..!

Code:Channel Switcher

We’ll start with the 32 bit creation…

2) Download and extract the Installer Channel Switcher.‘Run as adminstrator’ and select your Office 2010 Pro Plus x86 Retail installer (X16-32250) from your desktop in the dialogue.

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Name your output file Office 2010 x86 ISO or similar and save to desktop.Be sure the ‘Volume’ radio button is selected for output.Select ‘Start channel switching’ and wait several minutes for the iso to be created on your desktop.Wait until you receive this message and click OK;

The iso image was successfully created, the

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workingdirectory will be removed after you click OK.

3) Now create a new folder on desktop and name it Office 2010 with SP1 x86 VLThen using 7-Zip (or similar), extract the Office 2010 x86 ISO to the Office 2010 with SP1 x86 VL folder.Open your saved x86 VL updates folder on desktop and move the contents to the Updates folder of your new Office 2010 with SP1 x86 VL folder.

Refer to Retail Section #9 to create iso if you wish.

You’re finished! You now have your 32 bit VL product.

Repeat above with the 64 bit installer (X16-32213) and use the extracted 64 bit SP1Files folder contents created in the Retail Section. Copy the contents to the Updates folder of your new Office 2010 with SP1 x64 VL folder.

Should I install 32 bit or 64 bit Office...?

Direct quote from Microsoft;Will a 64-bit version of the Office 2010 product be available?

Yes, 64-bit Office 2010 product upgrades will be available. However we strongly recommend most users install 32-bit version of Office 2010 on both 32 and 64-bit Operating Systems Page | 11

because currently many common add-ins for Office will not function in the 64-bit edition. The 64-bit installation of Microsoft Office 2010 products will be available for users who commonly use very large documents or data set and need Excel 2010 programs to access greater than 2GB of memory. There may be technical issues with the 64-bit version and in order to install a 64-bit version of Office 2010 product users must have a 64-bit supported operating system on their PC. It's clear most should install and use 32 bit Office 2010.

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