http://www.dynamiq.com your partner in technology Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:16:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dynamiq.com/2011/10/06/how-to-fix-sql-2008-expired-eval/ http://www.dynamiq.com/2011/10/06/how-to-fix-sql-2008-expired-eval/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:31:24 +0000 admin http://www.dynamiq.com/?p=50 Continue reading →]]> My SQL 2008 R2 eval had expired.  All I had was a Volume License (Open Business) and it showed “no product key needed” when I clicked on “key”.  I downloaded full SQL 2008 R2 (not SQL 2008 R2 SP1, it is not full version, only SP1) from Open Business website (as recommended by a helpful post ,thanks!), extracted to hard drive using Extract Now freeware.  Then opened the x64 (or x86) folder and opened the DefaultSetup.ini file.  The Product ID (PID) was there!  I opend the SQL Install Center on my SQL server, clicked on Maintenance, then Upgrade Edition, put in the PID and it was upgraded to SQL Standard in a few minutes!

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