Re: Installing Win 2003 Srvr Standard Edition over trial Win 2003 Server Enterprise

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From: Miha Pihler (mihap-news_at_atlantis.si)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 22:13:32 +0200

Hi,

You can only upgrade your curent version of Windows Enterprise (trial
version) to Windows 2003 Enterprise. You can't "upgrade" from Enterprise to
Standard.

The only option to go from (trial) Enterprise to Standard Edition is to
reinstall.

Mike

"rogerdevans@mindspring.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:90e901c496a8$8fb54430$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I am trying to find out if the Windows 2003 Standard
> Edition can be installed over the top of Win 2003 Server
> Enterprise Edition. We used the trial version of Win 2003
> on the initial installation. The trial version was then
> activated. We then purchased the real software (Win 2003
> Server Standard Edition).
>
> What kind of issues can we expect? We installed terminal
> services, SMTP, and IIS.
>
> Do you think the entire server will have to be re-
> configured?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roger

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