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

From: Shai (hchen_at_axiservices.com)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: 23 May 2004 18:24:06 -0700

Thanks for your suggestion -- we tried and it didn't work. We even
tried some nifty tactics: VPN into the machine, used MMC to connect
to Services, started Telnet. Telnetted in, changed date, rebooted
machine.... nada. (We didn't have access to the machine at the time
and we were desparately trying to find creative ways to fix the
problem remotely).

"Mal Osborne" <malcolmo@silverfern.com.au> wrote in message news:<enRx$CNQEHA.2744@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...
> 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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