upgrading from exchange 2003 beta2

I'm having a problem upgrading from beta2 to 2003 FCS.
everytime I try the "Re-install" option, it tells me that
it cannot re-install from the enterprise version to the
standard version. Apparently the beta was the enterprise
version, but the purchased version I have is standard.

Does anyone have a solution (such as changing a registry
entry) that would allow the install program to install the
standard version over the enterprise version without
losing any of my configuration information?

Thanks,


Jeff

John
Mon Oct 27 20:36:41 CST 2003

I do not believe their is an upgrade path from Beta versions. You might
have better luck doing a clean install of Exchange 2003 and just importing
or copying the Exchange databases to retrieve your mail. But this may not
work either if the databases are for Enterprise version. I would contact
Microsoft or just Exmerge your mailboxes.

--
John Oliver, Jr.
MCSE, MCT, CCNA, Exchange MVP

<jvogel@velocityep.com> wrote in message
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>
> I'm having a problem upgrading from beta2 to 2003 FCS.
> everytime I try the "Re-install" option, it tells me that
> it cannot re-install from the enterprise version to the
> standard version. Apparently the beta was the enterprise
> version, but the purchased version I have is standard.
>
> Does anyone have a solution (such as changing a registry
> entry) that would allow the install program to install the
> standard version over the enterprise version without
> losing any of my configuration information?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Jeff
>
>