Re: Make SBS 2000 Windows 2000 server

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hi Geoffrey,

If you mean to use the old server with another Windows server license,
that's fine. If you mean you plan to use the Windows server component
of SBS2000 so you can use this on the old server especially as part of
the new SBS2003 domain, then it is illegal. This has been a popular
topic recently, and I asked the same myself.

You need to consider the licensing terms, and less on how you can
break some part of the installation script in order to achieve the Win2k
to use as part of another domain.

HTH,
Eugene Tan
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"Geoffrey" <geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e8sHo5$DGHA.3892@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guys:
>
> I think I didn't explain thing clearly enough. Our situlation is we
> purchased a new SBS2003 with 20 cals and a new server computer. I
> installed sbs2003 on new server and migrated all AD data from old domain.
> Old PIII server with sbs2000 installed now retired. Therefore sbs2000 and
> server have become 'spare'. All I want to do is format that retired server
> and install Windows 2000 Server in order to use it to store some files.
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoff


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