Hello, <div>I installed and configured a Windows 2008 Standard Edition. Is there any way to upgrade it to Enterprise edition without having to re-install and re-configure everything?</div> <div>Thanks</div> <div><br/></div>© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:06:46 Z5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7#5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7#5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7Pascal Batzli Jrhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Pascal%20Batzli%20JrHello, <div>I installed and configured a Windows 2008 Standard Edition. Is there any way to upgrade it to Enterprise edition without having to re-install and re-configure everything?</div> <div>Thanks</div> <div><br/></div>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:00:24 Z2009-07-01T15:00:24Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7#4a8ebe7e-9251-409c-82cf-b60c134a8007http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7#4a8ebe7e-9251-409c-82cf-b60c134a8007Isaac Obenhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Isaac%20ObenHello Pascal,<br/><br/>Yes, just insert the W2K8 installation disk and choose the upgrade option. Have your W2K8 Ent key ready.<hr class="sig">Isaac Oben MCITP:EA, MCSE Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:18:07 Z2009-07-01T21:18:07Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7#810f44e3-c54b-4e74-80ba-1e5e402af9bahttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7#810f44e3-c54b-4e74-80ba-1e5e402af9baTim Quan - MSFThttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Tim%20%20Quan%20-%20MSFT<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang=EN-US><span style="font-size:x-small">Hi,</span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang=EN-US><span style="font-size:x-small"> </span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang=EN-US><span style="font-size:x-small">How are things going? We have not heard back from you in a few days and wanted to check on the status of the issue. Please let us know how things turned out.</span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="" lang=EN-US><span style="font-size:x-small"> </span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang=EN-US><span style="font-size:x-small">Tim Quan - MSFT</span></span></p>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:49:23 Z2009-07-06T11:49:23Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7#b5c84996-0bf1-449a-9b94-e2cd962f46dchttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7#b5c84996-0bf1-449a-9b94-e2cd962f46dcAnthonyP100http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=AnthonyP100Is this possible with Windows 2003 as well? The way I understood it was that it was a complete rebuild. Is this new in 2008?Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:27:37 Z2009-07-06T16:27:37Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7#ca7751d6-0fbd-4245-9f6e-10d3286a6334http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7#ca7751d6-0fbd-4245-9f6e-10d3286a6334Pascal Batzli Jrhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Pascal%20Batzli%20JrIt worked perfect. <div>Tks</div> <div>Pascal</div>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:31:41 Z2009-07-06T16:31:41Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7#f0518775-7b9e-4e21-92b9-f39b8a0b1756http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7#f0518775-7b9e-4e21-92b9-f39b8a0b1756Tim Quan - MSFThttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Tim%20%20Quan%20-%20MSFT<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt" lang=EN-US>Hi AnthonyP100,</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt" lang=EN-US> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt" lang=EN-US>No, this method cannot be used on Windows Server 2003.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt" lang=EN-US> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt" lang=EN-US>Tim Quan - MSFT</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt" lang=EN-US><span style=""> </span></span></p>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:20:17 Z2009-07-08T01:20:17Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7#e12af1ee-8caa-435d-b320-3f68b2a29c1ehttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/5318c801-6406-4224-bb1d-8b623d8653f7#e12af1ee-8caa-435d-b320-3f68b2a29c1eBillyXinghttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=BillyXingnow i have a Windows 2008 Enterprise Trial installed.<br/>i want to change that activation key with the new key that i got with the purchase of the Windows 2008 Standard version without disturbing the present Trial<br/>install .<br/><br/>how can i do it?<br/><br/>thanks<br/>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:06:45 Z2009-07-10T05:06:45Z