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Upgrading From Trial Version - 9.May2005 6:53:00 PM

nhskyle

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Hi, I was running the Trial version of Exchange Server Standard 2003 and it expired, so I bought the full standard version. I tried installing the full version and chose the reinstall option, but as it was installing it said the Messaging Service could not be started in a timely manner. I thought this would mean that it failed, but when I rebooted the machine, exchange is working again and I can send and receive mail. Is there anyway to check and make sure the trial version is no longer running?

Thanks for any help,
Kyle

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RE: Upgrading From Trial Version - 9.May2005 7:02:00 PM

mark@mvps.org

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If it's been up an hour or more then it's likely to be running as the retail release. Expired apps shut down after they've been up a while.

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RE: Upgrading From Trial Version - 9.May2005 7:59:00 PM

nhskyle

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Yea it shut down after an hour or so, so then I rebooted and did the reinstall again. This time there were no errors and it said it was succesfully installed, but is the only way I can tell if it worked is if it shuts down in an hour or so?

Thanks for the help,
Kyle

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RE: Upgrading From Trial Version - 7.Jun.2005 8:17:00 AM

damianjones

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Hi,
Along the same theme of this message I installed exchange on the trial version (enterprise edition) and now want to switch to a retail version (standard edition). In my research I found I can't go "down" to a standard edition from enterprise. Can anyone confirm this? I read Microsoft's article "How to move Exchange 2003 to new hardware and keep the same server name" which states "To move Exchange 2003 to a new computer and to keep the same server name, the new computer must have the same operating system installed that the original computer had."
What I would like to know is are they referring to the edition or mearly the version?

Any information is appreciated.

Damian

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