Guest Bill Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 Ok so I have 2 180-day trial versions of Windows Server 2003 that came with college text books. If I were to install one of these on a machine, and the trial period expires, can I just enter the key for the second copy to keep using this for another 180 days, or will I need to do a fresh install and enter the second key to continue use? TIA
Guest Andrew Davis Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 Re: 2003 Server Trial On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:10:40 -0400, Bill wrote: > Ok so I have 2 180-day trial versions of Windows Server 2003 that came > with college text books. If I were to install one of these on a machine, > and the trial period expires, can I just enter the key for the second > copy to keep using this for another 180 days, or will I need to do a > fresh install and enter the second key to continue use? TIA I believe its timebombed so that it doesn't matter what you do, it'll stop working after 180 days. It's a trial for a reason, it's so you can try the software free, but Microsoft doesn't want you to keep using it past that. -- ---------------- Andrew Davis IT Administrator WestGate Church
Guest Bill Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 Re: 2003 Server Trial I know it is time bombed, and it will ask for a valid key to make it a full version before the time bomb activates. Since I have 2 perfectly legal trials w/ 2 perfectly legal trial keys, what I want to do would not be anything outside of any terms specified as a condition of the trial wares. Both trials came with 2 different textbooks from 2 different Windows Server 2003 classes. I guess I can always do a backup before the time bomb activates, reinstall, and restore my backup; but I was just hoping someone knew if I could do it the way I would like and avoid the hassle. Anyone else know? "Andrew Davis" <Andrew.T.Davis@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message news:e2pbfzRiIHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:10:40 -0400, Bill wrote: > >> Ok so I have 2 180-day trial versions of Windows Server 2003 that came >> with college text books. If I were to install one of these on a machine, >> and the trial period expires, can I just enter the key for the second >> copy to keep using this for another 180 days, or will I need to do a >> fresh install and enter the second key to continue use? TIA > > I believe its timebombed so that it doesn't matter what you do, it'll > stop working after 180 days. It's a trial for a reason, it's so you can > try the software free, but Microsoft doesn't want you to keep using it > past that. > > -- > ---------------- > Andrew Davis > IT Administrator > WestGate Church
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