Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 Beta 2 Trial Period Expired

I noticed that I get lots of hits on my blog from people that are receiveing the message "Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 Beta 2 Trial Period Expired" when they install MOSS 2007 on a domain controller. I know the solution has been blogged by other persons, but for the people that ended up on my blog (like you?): you need to download and install the following file:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/1/a/b1a6dceb-92a3-4808-8dac-b4e40c90ce00/StandaloneDCWorkaround.msi

15 Comments

  • Thanks for that Jan :)

    Perhaps I can don't has to ditchmy SharePoint blog in favour of MSN Spaces after all!

  • What happened to my typing on that last comment????

  • Jan,

    I have installed MOSS on a virtaul machine- ran the patch- IIS reset, etc.. But I still get the trial expired error. Do I need to unload MOSS and reload it?

  • I also found that the only way to get it to work is to first install the patch, remove the members from the WSS_ADMIN_WPG group and then add them back again.

  • FWIW, I am still having trouble getting MOSS to install- even after after installing the patch, running IISRESET, and removing a bd then adding members back to WSS_ADMIN_WPG. Still get BETA expired notice. (I have ADMINISTRATOR and DOMAIN_AMDIN in the WSS_ADMIN_WPG group). Am I missing anyone? I am running it on a virtual machine if that makes any difference.

  • hi..i would just like to ask if there's a way to reactivate my MS Office 2007 Beta 2 after it has expired..Pls help..tnx

  • I cant get it working :( Tried everything *sigh*

  • Format and re-install.

  • Will this prevent the time-out if one installs the fix before the time-out occurs?

  • u just adjust ur system clock back ur problem will be solved

  • I'm having the same problem with the error message but my server isn't a domain controller? any ideas?

  • Reseting the system time of the server back worked for me. The server first started crunching like hell as if competing against Kasparov but eventually opened the required site. Then just reset the time to current time and all seems well...at least 15 minutes ago (you never know..)

  • Sorry guys, my post just about resetting the system time doesnt work. It did for half an hour, and now I have the same problem again. All sites except central administration give http 404 (Not Found). First occurance of "trial period expired" was after creating MySite and clicking in the welcome page to get back..and all was gone.

  • Anyone knows the solution here?????????

  • Please, any help about Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 Beta 2 Trial Period Expired

    omarh@estartasolutions.com

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