Slowhand wrote: » It's a virtual hard drive image of Windows Server 2003 R2, meaning you could mount that file in Virtual PC, Hyper-V, or even VMWare and have a running, pre-installed version of Server 2003 R2 to play with.
N2IT wrote: » Cool I have virtual pc already installed. Do I have to use all 4 of those files?
N2IT wrote: » I'm a nub. I got it. I ran the exe and then pointed the VM to the VMC file. Not really hard lol
za3bour wrote: » Nope actually it's the easiest way to have it running
N2IT wrote: » I just fumbled through it. LOL Kind of like how I do it at work Thanks again I do have one question. After my 30 days are up can I reload it and get another 30?
za3bour wrote: » Are you sure it's 30 days only ? I thought it will last for 180 days ? Please check hereWindows 2003 Server evaluation copy expiration behavior And hereWindows Server 2003 R2 Trial Software: Frequently Asked Questions Unless you are talking about activating which I think you should do in 14 days.
N2IT wrote: » Thanks for all the help. Where do you get the unique product key? I didn't get a email I just downloaded it.
za3bour wrote: » Hmm then maybe VHD version is different, what does it say in the documentation ?
N2IT wrote: » Not much. Says it will be included with my link in the email. I downloaded it from the website not the email I never received an email. I did look at the winver.exe and it showed the 180 trial with an end date of 10/2/2011 Maybe it's already registered and I should just ignore those messages.
za3bour wrote: » Yes I think so and I also think that the iso one is no longer available so that's pretty much the only one to get Windows 2003 R2
MentholMoose wrote: » The download page indeed seems to be gone (it is now redirecting to the 2008 trial), but the ISOs are still available. Here are the links for the English 2003 R2 evaluation ISOs.http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/5/C/E5C2CA69-28C9-492A-8F57-BDA0010616E5/X13-05665.imghttp://download.microsoft.com/download/E/5/C/E5C2CA69-28C9-492A-8F57-BDA0010616E5/X13-05463.img