Master Product Key to Upgrade Activate Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, Premium and Professional

The Visual Studio 2010 has just been released, but have apparently been cracked or hacked, thanks to the generic master product key that been used by Microsoft to integrate into pre-activated Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, Premium and Professional setup installers in ISO image formats, which is been released to MSDN subscribers, and some editions to WebsiteSpark, BizSpark and DreamSpark participants.

The master static activation product key in question is YCFHQ-9DWCY-*****-*****-*****, which apparently can be used to register, unlock, upgrade, activate and convert all three editions of Visual Studio Professional 2010, Visual Studio Premium 2010 and Visual Studio Ultimate 2010 from trial to full version product.

Best of all, Microsoft is providing free official downloads of Visual Studio 2010 trial version, which can be used for free for up to 90 days after registration. The only difference between the trial version and MSDN version (which is identical to ISO been released on *Spark programs) is that the pre-integrated product serial key been removed. As such, the trial version does accept the serial number above to upgrade to full version product. The workaround allows anybody can get free Visual Studio 2010 (which is not the lightweight Visual Studio 2010 Express) from official source without having to rely on warez or torrent sites to download Visual Studio 2010 MSDN ISO images.

There are two ways to use the leaked master product key for Visual Studio 2010.

Method 1: Change the serial number after Visual Studio 2010 installation

Go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features, locate and highlight Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate/Premium/Professional installation, and click on Uninstall/Change button.

Upgrade Visual Studio 2010 Product Key for Activation

A Visual Studio setup maintenance screen should be shown. After clicking Next button, an option to enter a valid serial number to upgrade product license is available. Enter the upgrade key accordingly, and click on Activate button. No re-installation required.

Alternative:

Upgrade to Unlock and Convert Visual Studio 2010 to Full Version

In any Visual Studio 2010 program, click on Help -> Register Product. Enter the product key and click the Activate button. An error message will appear, stating that the product key cannot be used to extend the product validity. Anyhow, the product key will be accepted, and program will say that a valid product key has been entered after restarting Visual Studio 2010.

Fully Activated Visual Studio 2010

Method 2: Integrate the product key into setup.sdb in Visual Studio 2010 setup installer

Unpack the downloaded Visual Studio 2010 Trial ISO with WinRAR, and then modify the setup.sdb under the setup folder with any text editor. Locate the [Product Key] heading, and change the line under it to YCFHQ9DWCY***************. Run the setup.exe to start the installation, which automatically enters the serial key into installed app.

Note that other Visual Studio 2010 products uses different master activation product keys, where Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 is P2K4R-VPKVK-*****-*****-*****, while Visual Studio Test Professional 2010 uses DYCF9-QQPCD-*****-*****-*****, and Visual Studio Team Explorer Everywhere 2010 uses 7W3RJ-4WX3R-*****-*****-*****.

The leaked product keys potentially costs Microsoft a huge sum, as Visual Studio Ultimate 2010 costs more than $10,000 for a piece of license. Anyway, Visual Studio 2010, been a development and programming tools, may be of less interest to general public. Anyway, Microsoft has been given away free license to use Visual Studio to selected targeted group through various Spark programs to encourage development in Windows environment.

Note: Product keys been removed due to Demand for Immediate Take Down – Notice of Infringing Activity – MS Ref. 312243 from Internet1@microsoft-antipiracy.com.

Disclaimer: This article is for information and educational purpose only.

103 Comments

vish September 1, 2011 at 9:04 am

hey sss, thanks men it worked for me..

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Pankaj Tiwari August 26, 2011 at 8:18 am

@SSS: Thanks a lot for helping us…… God Bless u………..

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Tom Leffler August 18, 2011 at 6:23 pm

Hi,

I have a question that hopefully you will be able to answer.

Well, I downloaded from Dreamspark the Visual Studio 2010 Professional and installed sucessfully on my computer.

Looking at the tool, I found the "Register Option" inside the Help menu.

When I click the option, it opens a screen saying: "A valid product key has been entered for Microsoft Visual Studio." followed by a button containing the text: "Learn more about other Visual Studio Products".

When I click this button, my web browser opens a URL (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=133426" saying my trial period has expired and asking to either buy or extend the trial period.

So, although I´m not getting any error messagem when opening the product, I found strange this web page beeing shown since my product was downloaded from Dreampark and it´s suposed to be fully registered.

Shold I worry about that ? Are student tools downloaded from Dreamspark full for a limited period only ? Or this website is opened because dreamspark versions are based on trial ones ?

I´m really confused about that.

Your thoughts are really appreciated.

Best Regards.

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Kamesh August 3, 2011 at 11:01 pm

Hey SSS,

Thanks for the Visual Studio Ultimate 2010 Key.

Kamesh

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Dheeraj Sawlani July 25, 2011 at 10:42 pm

Plz help me out,i am using full version of vs 2010 ultimate,Crystal reports are not attachd with it,i download SAP crystal report n attachd to it,but while creating setup it is giving me a problem,because setup cant find the prequistes frm vs.it is frm seperate vendor, i need vs 2010 professional full version..!!

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roger July 21, 2011 at 3:25 pm

Man that error message scared me!

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Fares July 14, 2011 at 8:44 am

Hey man, I would really apreciate it if you mail me the key, I really need it, thanks in advance

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Ryan July 12, 2011 at 8:23 am

Can you send me the code for Visual Studio 2010 profesional? I apreciate it!

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SONA July 9, 2011 at 3:13 am

You can send the product key of visual basic 2010 ultimate.

Thanks………….

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wilfred June 20, 2011 at 4:39 pm

Hey, SSS… thank your for the Serial man…

very like it.

God Bless.

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kembo beracun June 7, 2011 at 5:24 pm

Thax for serial sss

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yeahh at least i will learn again this .NET

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good for VS 2010 ultimate trial ;p

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akhilesh chauhan May 19, 2011 at 5:42 am

my product ID is 00426-OME-8992662-00497 what is my product key?send me my product key

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shekar May 2, 2011 at 9:32 am

plz send me windows 7 activation key thanx

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Ram April 10, 2011 at 7:07 pm

Thanks…..for a serial key….

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- User April 21, 2011 at 5:16 pm
  
  Tried it and it works got the keys from my imagination and it works.
  
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vissie April 8, 2011 at 10:18 pm

@sam, yes they always give out the same key. you must read the article. MSDN subscribers have a link they can use to download the pre activated iso. so there might be millions of activated products using this same key. Microsoft isn't going to provoke the licence because that will result in a fair amount of unhappy MSDN users.

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Supun April 6, 2011 at 2:37 am

Thank you for the serial

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swordfish March 9, 2011 at 8:02 pm

yeah sss.. thanks for the license code… now i will continue my program using visual studio 2010… the world of web will change if i finish this monters virus of mine.. hehehe… pm me if you want some detail of my masterpiece when i done it…

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seosniper February 19, 2011 at 11:56 am

Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2010 iso Download this torrent, no need for serial number already incorporated within setup. use magic iso to extract…. http://www.demonoid.me/files/download/2433280/422… here is MISO DL http://www.magiciso.com/Setup_MagicISO.exe

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Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, Premium, Professional and Team Foundation Server Torrent Downloads » My Digital Life February 17, 2011 at 10:43 am

[...] For people who don’t really trust anything downloaded from Internet via torrent, it’s possible to download the official trial version of Visual Studio 2010 downloads, and then use the leaked master product key to upgrade, activate and convert the trial version to full version VS2010. [...]

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sss February 15, 2011 at 9:34 pm

here it is

YCFHQ-9DWCY-DKV88-T2TMH-G7BHP

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- DEVI August 4, 2011 at 10:26 am
  
  VERY MUCH THANKS…WITHOUT THIS PRODUCT KEY, I WAS STRUGGLING FOR PAST 3 MONTHS, THANKS FOR SENDING PRODUCT KEY YA….
  
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41 December 10, 2010 at 1:25 am

Google is you friend

Type YCFHQ-9DWCY in google and presto!

Dozens of pages with full serials.

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41 December 10, 2010 at 1:11 am

I tried VS2010 in virtual machine. It's bloated and not as fast as 2008 (c++ is still missing refactoring).

+no way I'm installing 2gigs of .net4 – learn to fucking program, M$.

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kuldeep November 17, 2010 at 5:03 am

Please Give me S/no Of visual studio 2010.

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sam November 12, 2010 at 1:03 pm

even if it does work you all have the same key so they will investigate that anyway becuause they dont always give out same key

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sam November 12, 2010 at 12:59 pm

this is not going to work you guys the key will just flag up as invalid plus the fact that you all have the same key so i do not think this will work correct me if i am wrong

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Soobrasse November 11, 2010 at 10:26 pm

Hello Boss,

Can you send me product keys for TFS 2010 and Visual Studio 2010 Ultimated…

It would have been very great of you if you can get a valid Product key for Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition…

Am waiting for your reply…Many Thanks in advance!!!

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MadApples November 5, 2010 at 8:23 am

im soo poor, but i love to develop, maby if they didnt make there sh*t so expisive…. :O

it would take me a long long long long long time to get it.. so yes i would absolutly love to get a key. when i saw ther price?? for teh ultamate.. wich you realy need to develop somthing decent.. my heart sank… grrrr….

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Tesla November 5, 2010 at 4:42 am

Shame on you guys for using pirated keys! By doing that, you reduce their ability to improve visual studio further in the future. If you like visual studio, BUY IT! Think people! THINK!

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Tesla November 5, 2010 at 4:39 am

Shame on you guys for using pirated keys! By doing that, you reduce their ability to improve visual studio further in the future. If you like visual studio, BUY IT!

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mnohj November 4, 2010 at 5:13 am

fuck you I wont the keeeeeeeeeeey

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paresh November 3, 2010 at 10:22 pm

how to change of my product key for vs 2010?

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mm9000 October 29, 2010 at 1:50 am

I request serial key, thank you very much

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tipus October 27, 2010 at 9:24 pm

can you send me key of win 7 ultimate
thanks a lot

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Wan October 20, 2010 at 10:29 am

Can you please send me a product key of vs2010 edition? Thanks

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- Dhrm June 6, 2011 at 10:26 am
  
  Product Key
  
  YCFHQ9DWCYDKV88T2TMHG7BHP
  
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  - Ramesh Kumar .A July 5, 2011 at 7:30 pm
    
    Thanks to MR. Dhrm,
    
    This Visual Studio Ultimate Product Key. It will be successfully registered. if you are using trial version of VS Ultimate Paste Following Product Key and enjoy with VS 2010 Ultimate.
    
    YCFHQ9DWCYDKV88T2TMHG7BHP
    
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khoi hoang October 19, 2010 at 3:47 am

also registered for the "name" and registered for the "company" built on any file in the installation package! anyone know please show me (khoighost@gmail.com) thanks! have a nice day!

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Bauluo October 18, 2010 at 6:11 am

plz send me product key of ms visual studio

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R3L3NT1355 October 11, 2010 at 6:19 am

All of the people asking foe a registration key need to go out and buy the damn thing, using a stolen product key is illegal and pointless obviously it was removed for a reason so stop asking for it

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someone in * September 28, 2010 at 2:43 am

YCFHQ-*****-*****-*****-***** (removed due to Demand for Immediate Take Down – Notice of Infringing Activity – MS Ref. 396716)

Could be this haven tried

good luck

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prasanna September 27, 2010 at 10:51 pm

Please send me the key of visual studio 2010 ultimate edition.

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Belenos September 27, 2010 at 3:13 pm

Hi, Can you send me a product key of visual studio 2010 ultimate edition ?

Thanks !

B

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WooPa September 26, 2010 at 10:56 am

To all you peeps asking for the key….

You noobs should not even know about things like

this if you can't even find a serial key alone.

I found the serial in ~30sec after reading this.

Seriously start thinking people…

Regards

WooPa

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WooPa September 26, 2010 at 10:51 am

You peeps asking for the key here are STUPID!!!

You noobs should not even know about things like

this if you can't even find a serial key alone.

I found the serial in ~30sec after reading this.

Seriously start thinking people…

Regards

WooPa

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Paladin September 25, 2010 at 3:18 am

Can u send me a product key of visual stdio 2010 ultimate edition.

regards

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ts124 September 25, 2010 at 2:59 am

Can you sent me the product key for visual studio 2010 ultimate edition.

Thanks.

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Bojan September 22, 2010 at 3:49 am

Hello Sir,

Can u send me a product key of visual studio 2010 ultimate edition.

Thanks

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CM September 21, 2010 at 5:55 am

Please send me the master product key for MS visual studio professional 2010.

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JD September 21, 2010 at 3:51 am

Can u send me a product key of visual stdio 2010 ultimate edition. pleaseee , please.. i need

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kishor naik September 19, 2010 at 10:23 am

Hello Sir,

Can u send me a product key of visual stdio 2010 ultimate edition.

Thanks & Regards

KN

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Emmie September 15, 2010 at 12:19 pm

Thanks a million Behzad.

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