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by alexr 6 views

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My 30 days activation period comes to the end but I'm not sure if I really have to do this activation. Does anybody know what's gonna happen after this 30 days period will be expired? What does this activation give me?

Thanks,
Alex.

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by cg it

you could wait and then tell us what happens.

by jraster

I believe your server will stop functioning till you activate it.

by myboxofmail

If you do not activate after 30 days, no one will be able to log in to the machine. However, most services will continue to run. Any shares will still be accessible, including the C$ and D$ default administrative shares. So, you are not going to lose total access to files, but your server isn't going to be useful for much. You could technically continue to use the server as a limited file server. However, I imagine this would be considered software piracy.

by alexr

Because I'm not sure about commitment I'm taking by doing that. It's just not clear to me. Except about 1 year ago I installed server 2003 in my office that I have never activated and it works just fine. And I don't remember after installation I had any activation issue...

by smartheart.khan

1. In the Registry, go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\WPAEVENTS.
2. Edit the key OOBETIMER. Change at least three of the binary values therein.
3. Close REGEDIT.
4. Go to Start | Run, and type c \windows\systems32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
5. This will launch the Product Activation screen. You should be able to specify a new product key on the second screen by selecting "Change Product Key."

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