Can't upgrade sql server 2000 from professional to standard edition.

>--Original Message--
>Hello Members,
>
>I by accident installed SQL server 2000 personal edition
>on a Windows 2000 server. I want to upgrade it to
>standard edition to allow for more threads and users.
>When i put in the standard cd and get to the upgrade
>screen, the option for upgrade is grade out and I can't
>click it.
>Does anybody know why this happens and what I can do to
>upgrade to the standard edition.
>Regards,
>Bill Gianoukos.
>PS.. please also feel free to email me responses to
>billg@.otpas.com
>.
>
You can not easily upgrade, install new instance and
migrate database over.
Hi,
Not sure what you meant by " You can not easily upgrade".It *is* possible to
upgrade pers edition to std edition.
Dinesh
SQL Server MVP
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<anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> You can not easily upgrade, install new instance and
> migrate database over.