Re: Product Key

From: LW Irving (lirving_at_coffs.com.au)
Date: 09/01/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:18:36 +1000

Mike if you get or got the win2003 beta or demo you do get your key from the
internet. After you sign up for the beta you get an email with a web
address, you go there and it is supplied online.
Not everyone is a pirate

Regards
Wayne

"Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" <mikebran@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "George Delavogias" <gdel@digimark.gr> wrote in message
> news:%23kereY$jEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>I have installed Windows Server 2003 using a temporary Product Key that I
>> found on the Internet. I am now trying to change the Product Key and
>> insert
>> a valid one that I have purchased, but the server does not allow me to
>> change it through the activation procedure. Does anyone have any ideas on
>> how to change the Product Key without reinstalling Windows Server
>> 2003????
>>
>
> George,
>
> There are no such things as temporary keys posted on the Internet.
> The product key is shipped with the retail product. If you are a volume
> license user then your keys are available at the appropriate site and in
> the supplied e-mails and documentation
> Since you successfully installed Windows Server 2003 I assume you had the
> media from either a retail purchase or a Volume License.
> If you have used a stolen/pirated key you acquired from some site on the
> Internet, you could attempt a repair install using the correct media and
> key.
> If this is unsuccessful then reinstall the OS cleanly.
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike
> --
> Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
>
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> "George Delavogias" <gdel@digimark.gr> wrote in message
> news:%23kereY$jEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>I have installed Windows Server 2003 using a temporary Product Key that I
>> found on the Internet. I am now trying to change the Product Key and
>> insert
>> a valid one that I have purchased, but the server does not allow me to
>> change it through the activation procedure. Does anyone have any ideas on
>> how to change the Product Key without reinstalling Windows Server
>> 2003????
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>> George
>>
>>
>
>