Re: HELP!! SBS 2003 Eval Expired. Want to Upgrade to SBS 2003 Std - don't want to lose exchange & AD Data!!!

From: Mal Osborne (malcolmo_at_silverfern.com.au)
Date: 05/23/04 

Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 22:17:45 +0800

You MAY be able to do a time warp, & set your system's clock back a bit to
get it up for long enough to do the reinstall over the top.

Mal Osborne
MCSE MVP Mensa

"Shai" <hchen@axiservices.com> wrote in message
news:b03bf7f9.0405230117.d2499f5@posting.google.com...
> While trying to fix some SBS 2003 problems with Exchange and SMTP, we
> changed the dates (As suggested by other messages posts) to fix
> sharepoint issues. Nothing resolved our IIS and SMTP problems. We
> backed up the exchange data and tried to reinstall SBS 2003 Eval on
> top of itself to fix some problems. However, the date reset caused
> the the eval edition to expire and locked us out of Windows.
>
> We have a full licensed copy -- unfortunately, we bought the OEM
> version by accident. NOW, we're stuck with an OEM version ... and we
> are worried that we cannot read the exchange data if we install the
> OEM on the server.
>
> SUGGESTIONS?!!?!?
> Recap:
> 1) Locked out of Windows SBS 2003 (eval expired)
> 2) Have only OEM SBS 2003 discs
> 3) Backed up Exchange EDB's, but not AD structure.
>
> What can we do to restore Exchange mailboxes, AD structure, IIS
> settings, etc. with the current situation on hand? Oh yeah, we only
> have 1 machine to play with.
>
> HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> -Shai

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