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Windows Server Forum / Small Business Server / SBS 2003 / July 2007Switch from Action Pack SBS to Retail?
What methods are available to switch from the Action Pack SBS 2003 to Retail? I don't want to have to Swing or Wipe/Install, would a in place reinstall or upgrade work?  SignatureLeythos - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address) Leythos, back in 2004 in a SBS chat session it was posted that "The Microsoft Action pack is Not-for-distribution (NFD) software and should be fine for upgrade to Full Packaged Product (FPP)." Don't know if this helps or not. SignatureKevin Weilbacher [SBS MVP] "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long" * > What methods are available to switch from the Action Pack SBS 2003 to > Retail? > > I don't want to have to Swing or Wipe/Install, would a in place > reinstall or upgrade work? > Leythos, back in 2004 in a SBS chat session it was posted that "The > Microsoft Action pack is Not-for-distribution (NFD) software and should be > fine for upgrade to Full Packaged Product (FPP)." > > Don't know if this helps or not. Yea, I know that the AP is NFD, and neither is any of the software in it. I had a client that was scammed by their previous IT company and they were sold the AP, and the chap removed all of their XP/Office stickers/keys and took the.... Long story short, MS would not allow them to purchase retail and keep using SBS or Office 2003, they said that they had to format the machines (all of them) and reinstall from scratch. I found a tool that changes the product key for Office and XP and used their new retail keys and even belarc shows the new retail keys - the SBS had to be wiped and reinstalled. I just wondered if they were a product key changer for SBS or if I could do an in place upgrade from SBS 2003 Prem (pre-R2) to SBS Prem R2 and not have any loss of config/systems? SignatureLeythos - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address) you can do in place upgrade from SP1 to R2 and no settings lost In article <CC6CEA54-3103-42D4-94FE-A33FE24F9DB8@microsoft.com>, kw@DELETEkwsupport.com says... > Leythos, back in 2004 in a SBS chat session it was posted that "The > Microsoft Action pack is Not-for-distribution (NFD) software and should be > fine for upgrade to Full Packaged Product (FPP)." > > Don't know if this helps or not. Yea, I know that the AP is NFD, and neither is any of the software in it. I had a client that was scammed by their previous IT company and they were sold the AP, and the chap removed all of their XP/Office stickers/keys and took the.... Long story short, MS would not allow them to purchase retail and keep using SBS or Office 2003, they said that they had to format the machines (all of them) and reinstall from scratch. I found a tool that changes the product key for Office and XP and used their new retail keys and even belarc shows the new retail keys - the SBS had to be wiped and reinstalled. I just wondered if they were a product key changer for SBS or if I could do an in place upgrade from SBS 2003 Prem (pre-R2) to SBS Prem R2 and not have any loss of config/systems? -- Leythos - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address) > you can do in place upgrade from SP1 to R2 and no settings lost Thanks - that's the info I was looking for. SignatureLeythos - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address) happy to help You ever get the phone situation squared away? In article <3D862BE2-11E9-4DBB-AAC8-457A47DC20E3@microsoft.com>, crisnnospamhanna@computingnospampossibilities.net says... > you can do in place upgrade from SP1 to R2 and no settings lost Thanks - that's the info I was looking for. -- Leythos - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address) > happy to help > You ever get the phone situation squared away? Phone? SignatureLeythos - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address) weren't you working a synch issue for a customer's phone? SignatureCris Hanna [SBS-MVP] ------------------------------------------------- Microsoft MVPs Independent Experts (MVPs do not work for MS) Real World Answers --------------------------------------------------------- Please do not contact me directly regarding issues In article <D11BA15E-0AC2-46FF-937F-9FBD8B7D7674@microsoft.com>, crisnnospamhanna@computingnospampossibilities.net says... > happy to help > You ever get the phone situation squared away? Phone? -- Leythos - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address) |
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