Win 2k Key Update

CapatalisimCod

I am currently running Win2k adv server sp4 evauluation, I have been running it for about 80 days now and have only 10 days left!!! I only had the cop on to set up a network drive 2 weeks ago and start saving documents to that ( xp home edition) however it is now pretty full and I still have about 10 gigs valuable of files on the win2k machine, I am very happy with win2k and have purchased a licence for it,however I do not want to go through the process of reinstalling it

I know you can update the key in on the fly the registry in 95/98/mill/2003/xp however I can find no information on win2k, heres the xp hive key in case it brings back memories for anyone on 2k

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents

hostyle

CapatalisimCod wrote:

I am currently running Win2k adv server sp4 evauluation, I have been running it for about 80 days now and have only 10 days left!!! I only had the cop on to set up a network drive 2 weeks ago and start saving documents to that ( xp home edition) however it is now pretty full and I still have about 10 gigs valuable of files on the win2k machine, I am very happy with win2k and have purchased a licence for it,however I do not want to go through the process of reinstalling it

I know you can update the key in on the fly the registry in 95/98/mill/2003/xp however I can find no information on win2k, heres the xp hive key in case it brings back memories for anyone on 2k

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents

See what happens when you don't repartition and store your OS and data seperately? Sorry that I can't actually help you though.

Capt'n Midnight

The trial version is not 2k Home nor 2K pro nor 2K Server - it's 2K Advanced server so the serial would be no use unless it's for advanced server. Normally you could reinstall 2K over the top of a previous install to change the serial and tidy up the reg a bit - but again you could only do that if the upgrade is 2K advanced server.

Psinfo (part of pstools on http://www.sysinternals.com) should tell you if your version is an eval or not. Had a very bad experiance with the NT4 eval version - if you make the boot disks from that CD it will turn an ordinary CD into an eval version - you get one hour of warning 120 days later.

de8o

You can "upgrade" your evaluation install to a full install using your new cd. This should keep all your settings and data, but the old cover me in case I'm wrong clause applies, backup all data before trying.

Check this link

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=250920