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Z Man
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:16 am Post subject:
Windows 2003 server upgrade illegable to legal copy |
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I 'inherited' a Windows 2003 Server Enterprise installation at a client and
discovered that their copy of the operating system software is not legal. I
have purchased a legal copy and need to install it within the next few days.
Question: do I need to delete the entire previous software, or is there some
means of 'upgrading' the bad copy to my legitimate copy without having to go
through the entire installation, user configuration, etc? |
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Stanley Jones [MSFT]
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:31 am Post subject:
Re: Windows 2003 server upgrade illegable to legal copy |
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I'm not just saying this because I work at MS but you should certainly
completely redo the entire client. Who knows what the future will bring that
may require to have some kind of proof or purchase. (Such as the new
Anti-Spyware beta available at microsoft.com, by the way!)
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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
-Stan
"Z Man" <z1z@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I 'inherited' a Windows 2003 Server Enterprise installation at a client and
discovered that their copy of the operating system software is not legal.
I
have purchased a legal copy and need to install it within the next few
days.
Question: do I need to delete the entire previous software, or is there
some
means of 'upgrading' the bad copy to my legitimate copy without having to
go
through the entire installation, user configuration, etc?
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Massimo
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 2:05 am Post subject:
Re: Windows 2003 server upgrade illegable to legal copy |
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"Z Man" <z1z@hotmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:eTBY1j09EHA.936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | I 'inherited' a Windows 2003 Server Enterprise installation at a client and
discovered that their copy of the operating system software is not legal.
I
have purchased a legal copy and need to install it within the next few
days.
Question: do I need to delete the entire previous software, or is there
some
means of 'upgrading' the bad copy to my legitimate copy without having to
go
through the entire installation, user configuration, etc?
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If the existing system was installed with a stoled product key, there are
some scripts supplied by Microsoft you can use to change it.
If it was also cracked, or if the installed copy's license was in any way of
a different kind than the one you purchased (i.e. OEM or Volume License
instead of full), then you have to fully re-install it; you could try a
repair installation (it works 90% of the times, even on DCs/Exchange
servers), but if you go that way, remember to re-apply all system updates
thereafter.
Massimo |
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Mustafa BASKURT
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:41 pm Post subject:
Re: Windows 2003 server upgrade illegable to legal copy |
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I may be wrong but ;
If you have Open License agreement; MS don't care what media did you used
for setup. So if your licensing is Open you don't have to re-install those
-crack- software.
"Massimo" wrote:
| Quote: | "Z Man" <z1z@hotmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:eTBY1j09EHA.936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
I 'inherited' a Windows 2003 Server Enterprise installation at a client and
discovered that their copy of the operating system software is not legal.
I
have purchased a legal copy and need to install it within the next few
days.
Question: do I need to delete the entire previous software, or is there
some
means of 'upgrading' the bad copy to my legitimate copy without having to
go
through the entire installation, user configuration, etc?
If the existing system was installed with a stoled product key, there are
some scripts supplied by Microsoft you can use to change it.
If it was also cracked, or if the installed copy's license was in any way of
a different kind than the one you purchased (i.e. OEM or Volume License
instead of full), then you have to fully re-install it; you could try a
repair installation (it works 90% of the times, even on DCs/Exchange
servers), but if you go that way, remember to re-apply all system updates
thereafter.
Massimo
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Phillip Renouf
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Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:13 am Post subject:
Re: Windows 2003 server upgrade illegable to legal copy |
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In most cases Microsoft doesn't care what license you have installed on the
system, just as long as you have purchased the official licenses for all the
software/operating systems that you are using. Taking that into account you
don't really need to re-install, you just need to be able to show Microsoft
that you have a valid license for the software you've got installed.
Stanley brings up a good point though, you don't know if an update from
Microsoft will fail to install because the license on your server is not
valid. This happened with Windows XP SP1 and it may be something that comes
up again (I think, as Stanley hinted at, that the spyware removal beta is one
thing that won't work). I would contact Microsoft Support and let them know
the situation and ask them to help you. I would bet that they have some
scripts/utils that will help fix your installation and replace the license
with the valid one. Well worth the money for the support call!
Phil
"Mustafa BASKURT" wrote:
| Quote: | I may be wrong but ;
If you have Open License agreement; MS don't care what media did you used
for setup. So if your licensing is Open you don't have to re-install those
-crack- software.
"Massimo" wrote:
"Z Man" <z1z@hotmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:eTBY1j09EHA.936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
I 'inherited' a Windows 2003 Server Enterprise installation at a client and
discovered that their copy of the operating system software is not legal.
I
have purchased a legal copy and need to install it within the next few
days.
Question: do I need to delete the entire previous software, or is there
some
means of 'upgrading' the bad copy to my legitimate copy without having to
go
through the entire installation, user configuration, etc?
If the existing system was installed with a stoled product key, there are
some scripts supplied by Microsoft you can use to change it.
If it was also cracked, or if the installed copy's license was in any way of
a different kind than the one you purchased (i.e. OEM or Volume License
instead of full), then you have to fully re-install it; you could try a
repair installation (it works 90% of the times, even on DCs/Exchange
servers), but if you go that way, remember to re-apply all system updates
thereafter.
Massimo
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