Release Sql 2000

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[SQL 2000 Enterprise Edition]

This is the full edition.
+1 would be appreciated, as it took ages to find this.

On a server that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003, or Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 (SP4), you try to install Microsoft SQL Server 2000 by using the Volume License Agreement (VLA) media. When you do this, you receive the following error message on the CD KEY page of the SQL Server Installation Wizard:
Unable to validate product key

Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

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[*=center]In the SQL Server Installation Wizard, click [B]Cancel[/B].
[*=center]Start Registry Editor. To do this, click [B]Start[/B], click [B]Run[/B], type regedt32, and then click [B]OK[/B].
[*=center]Locate and then double-click the [B]SafeDllSearchMode[/B] registry entry.

On a server that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows Storage Server 2003, this registry entry is located under the following registry subkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

On a server that is running Windows 2000 with SP4, this registry entry is located under the following registry subkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Control\Session Manager

[B]Note[/B] If the SafeDllSearchMode registry entry does not exist, create the SafeDllSearchMode registry entry as the DWORD value.
[*=center]In the [B]Value data[/B] box, change the value from 1 to 0, and then click [B]OK[/B].
[*=center]Exit Registry Editor.
[*=center]Reinstall SQL Server 2000, and then install the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack.
[*=center]Restart the server.
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