Re: Is it possible to re-install SBS 2003 without losing the existing setup?

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Thanks for your reply Susan. No, I have not. I was trying to avoid the
charges.

Kevin

"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message news:egtc%23d0nFHA.4012@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Have you called PSS?
>
> Kevin wrote:
>
> >To make a long story short, I have inherited an SBS 2003 std server that
had
> >a corrupt AD. There was no backup of it. DCPromo was done to remove and
> >re-install the directory and all the user accounts were re-created.
This,
> >as you might guess broke a bunch of stuff but I've finally got what
appears
> >to be a healthy server with all the SBS components functioning. However,
I
> >am not able to apply Windows Server 2003 SP1 (on the road to SBS SP1).
> >Given the history, it would have been better to re-install from scratch.
Is
> >it possible to do an upgrade install over top of the existing install
> >without losing the existing setup?
> >
> >If interested, I think the problem with the SP install is at this point
from
> >svcpack.log:
> >
> >144.234: CheckVLKForBlock: LIC.dll not trust verified
> >144.406: Trying CheckVLKForBlock again
> >144.640: CheckVLKForBlock: LIC.dll not trust verified
> >144.640: Error: CheckVLKForBlock failed
> >
> >I have followed all the troubleshooting steps I can find but nothing
seems
> >to work.
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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