Albert, If you know the hard drive serial number, you can use a utility like volumeid.exe to cahnge the serial number to match the old id. Then it is a normal install and you can use your previous serial numbers. Also, be careful before automatically going to NTFS. Everything I have read suggests that you keep the boot partition as FAT. That way you still have the ability to use DOS to recover from a crash.
Lastly, I used NT for about 4 years and I just loaded Windows 2000 a couple of months ago. Believe me, Win2000 is much better. David "Eric K. McKell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 04/06/2001 10:30:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: SmartCAM Users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (bcc: Dave Hayden/elliott) Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] Switch to NT Albert, It depends on what all your IT department did during the upgrade. If they converted the file system from FAT or FAT32 to NTFS (the better choice for NT systems) than the hard drive went through a type of format which would change the server code. The server code is based on the hard drive and any time it is formatted, the code will change. You will need to get new license codes for the machine. Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Our IT department just "upgraded" all the company computers from > Windows 98 > to Windows NT 4.0. No hardware was changed, but now I receive a > "Fatal > license error" whenever I attempt to start SmartCAM. A little > detective work > on my part revealed that the System Server Code has changed. I will, > ofcourse, request a new License Key. Curiosity, however, is getting > the > better of me - is it possible that a switch in operating systems could > alter > the Server Code? We migrated from Windows 95 to Windows 98 without > incident. > Should I be looking for a "better", more permanent solution than > merely > requesting a new key? > > Thanks, > > Albert Reyes > Manufacturing Services > Ericsson Amplifier Technologies -- Eric K. McKell Asst. Professor & Program Coordinator, MET Western Washington University Engineering Technology Department Engr Tech Bldg, MS 9086 Bellingham, WA 98225-9086 office (360) 650-7931 fax (360) 650-4847 [EMAIL PROTECTED]Albert,
It depends on what all your IT department did during the upgrade. If they converted the file system from FAT or FAT32 to NTFS (the better choice for NT systems) than the hard drive went through a type of format which would change the server code. The server code is based on the hard drive and any time it is formatted, the code will change. You will need to get new license codes for the machine.
Eric
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi everybody,Our IT department just "upgraded" all the company computers from Windows 98
to Windows NT 4.0. No hardware was changed, but now I receive a "Fatal
license error" whenever I attempt to start SmartCAM. A little detective work
on my part revealed that the System Server Code has changed. I will,
ofcourse, request a new License Key. Curiosity, however, is getting the
better of me - is it possible that a switch in operating systems could alter
the Server Code? We migrated from Windows 95 to Windows 98 without incident.
Should I be looking for a "better", more permanent solution than merely
requesting a new key?Thanks,
Albert Reyes
Manufacturing Services
Ericsson Amplifier Technologies
--
Eric K. McKell
Asst. Professor & Program Coordinator, MET
Western Washington University
Engineering Technology Department
Engr Tech Bldg, MS 9086
Bellingham, WA 98225-9086
office (360) 650-7931
fax (360) 650-4847
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
