Would be trying to use OEM or pirated versions quietly, but you are using for training ? So if you are using the OEM OS as a VM on another machine for short period like recovery of files.then you are fine.īut for longer periods like 30 days or 90 days.do you think it is worth risking both your career and freedom (there might be jail terms for some locations).

Then back then, even if you have a licensed application installed on illegal or pirated OS, the whole solution is deemed unlicensed (under BSA T&Cs as of 2012). And note that in Server 2003 EULA, it is not as 'civilized' and there are many T&Cs such as you might be sending data to MS etc. Then note that being able to activate does not mean you are licensed to use the software, especially if it is OEM.

(I really dunno the correct term for that). The reason I am asking is that if you are using OEM Svr 2003 from unbranded server, you maybe able to use it on unbranded lappy as there are no hardware link of some sort. What software did you use to retrieve the product key ?ĭid the original OEM Server 2003 come with a branded hardware (HP, Dell, IBM etc) or was it an unbranded hardware ? What brand of lappy are you using ? Yeah you should have moved off 2003 but if you still need it then just do it! than to do so from TIB (I am assuming the original has crashed and burned) the line between new hardware and a repair is rather blurry really, how many parts constitutes a new hardware? as the others have said it is perfectly ok to remove it pop on a hypervisor and put it back on same box. If your original hardware is still running then it is better to do a live convert to VMware (installs an agent on the original and writes direct to a VMware host) P2V it. Try to re activate it first then if that fails you may need to go for plan B or C. Ring the number and use your phone to answer the questions (it is a robot) it will ask some yes/no questions then for the long number in short parts then it will give you out another long number which you input and it should work. ( I doubt MS cares about 2003 anymore,legal/licencing caveats probably are dead now) It is asking this because the hardware has changed.

Bypass ms office 2003 activation file