Re: Can't upgrade directly from eval version to full version

From: Cyriel van 't End (nospam_at_anywhere.net)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 21:46:02 +0200

Looi wrote:
> My client has installed the evaluation version of SharePoint Portal
> 2003 and have service pack 1 applied. Since customer purchased and received a
> full version CD with a license. During upgrading the evaluation version of
> SharePoint Portal Server 2003 the following error was appear on screen and
> could not complete upgrade:
>
> The Autorun program could not complete because of the following:
> Installing the Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 120-Day
> Evaluation edition on a server on which SharePoint Portal Server 2003 is
> already installed is not supported.
>
> How can this be solve and upgrade available from the product CD without
> unistalling and reinstalling the software? I'm suspect the SharePoint Portal
> Server 2003 Service pack 1 causing the software can't upgrade directly. If
> yes, how i can integrate SP1 and product CD. Thank You.

First remove SP1 from the current SPS 2003 installation, to revert to
the original files. Then upgrade to the retail version and if the
upgrade went succesfully install SP1 on top of it again.

AFAIK this is the only way to pull it off.

Regards,

Cyriel

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