Wrong Windows 2003 Server version displayed on splash screen "Simon Watkins" <simon[ at ]nospam.com> 6/20/2007 12:59:35 PM Installed Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition 64bit onto a Dell PowerEdge 2950. The installation disks are correctly printed as Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition 64 bit. However, in boot up the splash screen displays; Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition 64bit . Right clicking on MyComputer reassuringly displays Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition 64bit What's going on here? Has anyone else experienced this? How can I be sure that I actually have the Enterprise Edition installed, not some crazy hybrid? I will need to do clustering with this server, and I'm getting a bit worried. -- Simon

RE: Wrong Windows 2003 Server version displayed on splash screen Mark 6/21/2007 6:02:00 AM Is it version R2? -Mark "Simon Watkins" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Installed Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition 64bit onto a Dell PowerEdge > 2950. > The installation disks are correctly printed as Windows 2003 Server > Enterprise Edition 64 bit. > > However, in boot up the splash screen displays; > Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition 64bit . > > Right clicking on MyComputer reassuringly displays > Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition 64bit > > What's going on here? Has anyone else experienced this? How can I be sure > that I actually have the Enterprise Edition installed, not some crazy > hybrid? I will need to do clustering with this server, and I'm getting a bit > worried. > > -- > Simon > > >

Re: Wrong Windows 2003 Server version displayed on splash screen "Simon Watkins" <simon[ at ]nospam.com> 6/21/2007 3:24:48 PM "Mark" <Mark[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9A00BA07-63DB-4DE9-8B0A-771199EF98F4[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Is it version R2? > > -Mark > Yes it is R2. However, I've found out what the problem was, so for anyone else with this symptom: The 64 bit operating system was installed over the top of the server's previous operating system (windows advanced server 32 bit), while the disk had been re-partitioned, we thought that there was no need to reformat. Reformatting and re-installing fixed things. It was noticed that when the recovery console was used that attempts were made to access files from the previous op-sys, and they had not been removed. I don't know why this is so, nor why it displayed standard edition 32 bit, given that the previous virgin installation had actually been enterprise edition, just 32 bit version. -- Simon