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by jbutryn

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I'm getting a in the event log on a remote PDC in system processes that refers to Windows NT Evaluation Process. It reads as follows,The evaluation period for this installation of Windows NT has expired. This system will shut down in 1 hour. To restore access to this installation, please upgrade this installation using a licensed distribution of this product. As far as I know it has a licensed copy of NT Sever on it.Is this a bug and if so is there any easy fix? Any thoughts

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by graemeda

The install obviously isn't a licensed copy of NT - you either keep retarding the date or reinstall a licensed version

by reddie

I have had this same problem. Initially the server was installed with an eval copy of NT. After that it was probably 'updated' with a licensed version. But because the eval code is hardcoded into the kernel it keeps on returning. No ez fix here. Backup data and do a complete clean reinstal. sorry for the bad news.

good luck

by ann777

Actually, you can get this problem with a licensed version of NT -- if you do the install with boot disks created from an evaluation copy. See MS Knowledgebase article Q173507.

You may be able to do an upgrade to the "licensed" version as per that article... provided that you use boot disks created from a licensed version of NT.

by jbutryn

Thank You, I found the same article shortly before reading your response. Your answer helped my decision to be that much easier!

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