I spent the last 8 or so hours trying to install Microsoft Office 2010 on Windows 8 Pro. Didn't happen. I called iYogi tech support who tryed to help me for the last 3 hours with no success. We finally concluded Office 2010 is not compatible with Windows 8. So, I could upgrade to Office 2013 for ONLY $400.00 or install OpenOffice for free. Well, let me see now, which do you think I did???
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Jump to PostI'm trying to install office 2010 directly onto windows 8.
I assume you did a clean boot before you installed office 2010 on to window 8 because you mention a tech from iYogi tech assist you for 3 hours.
Try this workaround:
Ensure that the Print Spooler service …
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worked perfectly :)
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