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Change 2000 Advanced Server to 2K Server

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by dicepro

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Can I change a Windows 2000 Advanced Server to a Windows 2000 Server? Will I have to reinstall all of my applications? Please detail the process to earn the points!

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by briannarivas

You will definitely have to do a reinstall of your OS and the applications. I do not think you can downgrade an advanced server to a Windows 2000 server. These are two separate OS Families. There are Four in Windows 2000: Windows Professional, Server, Advanced Server and Data Center. You can Definitely upgrade but not downgrade. This calls for a reinstall.

by umbral-echo

This begs the question, why do you need to downgrade? The only major differences between Server and Advanced server is that AS has some additional services such as cluster server that you don't even need to install if you don't want to.

AS also supports more processors and more RAM. All the features that you would use on Server are included in Advanced Server so why do you need to downgrade?

by dicepro

I purchased a copy of Backup Exec and it won't register on Advanced Server. My follow up question will be how to get around this.

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