Keep the disc for nostalgia, but don't install it unless you are air-gapping the PC.
As of October 2020, Microsoft Office 2010 is . Microsoft Office 2010 Pro Plus X64 -pre-activated-
| Method | Mechanism | Detection Difficulty | |--------|-----------|----------------------| | | A local service mimics a corporate KMS server, responding to Office’s activation requests with a fake approval. | Medium | | Patched osppsvc.dll | The Office Software Protection Platform service DLL is altered to always return "licensed" status. | Low (file hash mismatch) | | Registry Patching | Pre-inserted volume license keys with activation timestamps frozen via registry permission changes. | High (appears valid) | Keep the disc for nostalgia, but don't install