Re: Cannot activate SBS 2003 SP2
- From: Susan Bradley <sbradcpa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:19:53 -0700
Windows 2003 sp1 is what he's referring to.
Len, dear? I do not mean to be mean but I just gotta let 'er rip on behalf of a potential client.
Is this for a personal setup or for a client?
If this is for a client can you please tell them to hit you? "the logs tell me I just horked up this setup" that's what the logs are telling you.
I speak from the voice of a customer here. Please I beg you stop trying to cut corners and thus screwing up this install.
If you don't have slip media from Microsoft, PLEASE PEOPLE STOP TRYING TO BUILD YOUR OWN. It doesn't work. nlite or whatever you are using to build slip media doesn't work. You will end up with the inability to add service packs.
The fact that the install messed up sharepoint is TELLING YOU this is a screwed up box.
Please, I beg you, go back, start over do not build ANY slip media and install this all over again.
Len Turner wrote:
Well - what a drama!.
Please pardon my ignorance but why would I have to install Win 2003? Would that be a part of the 4 disk RTM set??
Anyway the saga to date
Could not install the original SBS Standard CD from the original RTM all the way through - went all blue on me, as I said new (very) intel motherboard
Read somewhare in the vastness of the SBS troubles blogosphere that perhaps a solution would be to slipstream the SBS CD with SP1 - did just that and created a boot CD with the slipstreamed SBS RTM with an SP1 download and went through the whole install - including disks 2 & (I think) 3 (sorry - its a bit of a blurr) from the original SBS suite.
Activated over phone ok - glad i'm not dyslexic
Allowed the windows update thing to happen and downloaded and allowed heaps of security update stuff to happen and then ahem.. "A nice SP2 is available to install - would you like to do so?"
Bugger - that was a silly thing to do - after the (long) install "a reboot is required" so then the "You need to activate this software (again)" happened.
No activation ID appeared so I rang MS and got shoved all over the fn planet - each consultant telling me it was a technical issue and passsed me on (from India to Malasia, back to India and the to the states. The bloke in the states said I cant help cause you are from Australia and after I jokingly reminded him that here in Oz we are (reluctantly) part of the "coalition of the willing" he could treat us Aussies as the 52nd state and give me a hand - he must have been tired and emotional cause he hung up on me. those yanks are a bit delicate - the Sub Continent help deskers a way more resilient to frustrated callers.
Anyway next day got a freebie from MS (they wanted me to pay 500 bucks to help resolve an issue that I figure is MS doing but commendably decided to waive the cost) and a "Microsoft Professional Platforms Engineer" bloke called and advised me of lots of tweaky things to do with bits in the activation files - no luck
So I restatred the process - reinstalled the slipstream SBS/SP1 cd and configured the lot again and then cloned the disk (lucky me) and reapplied SP2 - bugger me the same deal - so now i am stuck-
Please excuse the long post but I am bordering on hysterical and I just needed some one to sympathise.....
So my strategy is to create a combined SBS RTM/SP1/SP2 slipsteam disk and try again but am I barking up the wrong tree?
BTW the setup hung up at first when it got to NIC install - told me that 2003 didnt support shared NIC's (they werent) - disbled that nag bit by stopping the netshare service but when I look at the logs it tells me that 2003 doedsnt support Sharepoint 2.0 so i uninstalled it so it may be that in slipstreamin i should also have installed the othe server updates before going to SB2
anyway - thanks for giving the time - this site is a great resource
"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
Did you install SBS 2003 SP1 along with Windows 2003 SP1/SP2?
SBS 2003 SP1 (full install) =
+ SBS 2003 RTM
+ Windows 2003 (SP1 or SP2)
+ Exchange 2003 (SP1 or SP2)
+ Sharepoint 2003 (SP2 or SP3)
+ a couple of other updates
+ SBS 2003 SP1
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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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"Len Turner" <LenTurner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3679B38E-5698-4EE7-B8BD-17230E93D51A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxI attempted a clean install of SBS 2003 Standard OEM on a rebuilt server.
(new mobo) MS agreed that it was ok
Cannot install SP- 0 BSOD happens (probably newer hardware) so slipstreamed
SP1 into the SBS Standard CD and then installs ok. Activate by phone ok..
Set up server and Exchange etc etc then apply the SP2
Then get a "Must activate this software" nag so try to do so - no internet
connection (there used to be) no installation ID number is generated.
Snookered - are there some updates that are needed BEFORE installing SP2 -
Can I build a slipsteamed SBS 2003 Standard CD with SP1 & SP2 to create as
SBS Standard Server / SP2 slipstream CD for install that will then accept my
activation key
Driving me nuts
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