Re: "Expired" Evaluation Version

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From: Henry Craven [SBS-MVP] (IUnknown_at_Dot.Nyet)
Date: 02/20/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 01:41:58 +1100

Ewww.
You put an Eval version into production, and without a UPS....
.... hate to ask, but how's the backup ?

Once an Eval version expires, I has to be completely re-loaded.
Flatten, Re-Install and reload from backup. 

-- 
Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
CI Information Technology
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Melbourne SBS Users Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/melb-SBSusers/
"Richard" <Richard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:7ACBC46F-F364-4EF9-A0C3-8DBA96987090@microsoft.com...
> Last week I convinced a customer of mine to try 2003SBS and I used the
> evaluation copy supplied with my MAPS subscription. Installed and 
> configured
> the software and left my customer happily using the software but last 
> night
> locally we had repeated power failures during the night which managed 
> to
> change the system clock to 2003. Now when they run the software it 
> says
> evaluation copy has expired please buy a licence.
>
> Anyone know how to solve this problem without having to reload the 
> software
>
> Thanks
> Richard

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