Re: Upgrade Windows 2003 server TO Windows SBS 2003

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Carlos;
Then Small Business Server needs to have SP-1.
Or you can uninstall SP-1 from Windows Server 2003.
It is seen as a downgrade since Windows Server 2003 has SP-1 and SBS does
not.

You should ask further upgrade questions in the server newsgroups:
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

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"Carlos Beltrami" <CarlosBeltrami@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:EA92DE0F-9CA1-43D0-B82D-534B13FC0D23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The server with windows server 2003 std edition has SP1 installed.
>
> At the Step 1 : Windows Installaton, I'm getting this message error:
> "Setup can not continue because the version of windows on your computer is
> newer than the version on the cd"
>
> Anyone with this problem?
>
> --
> Carlos Beltrami


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